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ASX 200 live: Rio's weak March quarter; BOQ profit beat; Zip's best earnings; US-China trade war continues
Welcome to the Trading Day blog for Wednesday, April 16. The ASX 200 index closed flat, down marginally to 7758.90 points as ...
Trump ramps up conflict against defiant Harvard
President Donald Trump escalated his war against elite US universities Tuesday with a threat to strip Harvard's tax-exempt ...
Mining giant Rio Tinto faces uphill battle to hit iron ore guidance
Rio Tinto remains optimistic about the strength of the Chinese economy as it braces for the impact of US president Donald Trump’s tariffs on global trade.
Andrew Forrest’s miner acquires 50 electric drills for second solar farm in net zero race to 2030
Fortescue will fork out $350m for electric drill rigs at its iron ore operations in Western Australia where it has started ...
Boeing faces fresh crisis with US-China trade war
US aviation giant Boeing, fresh off a crippling labor dispute and quality control crisis, has now found itself drawn into the ...
Wine consumption falls heavily into the red
Worldwide consumption of wine fell in 2024 to its lowest level in more than 60 years, the main trade body said Tuesday, ...
Felix Gold pulling out all the stops to produce antimony by end of 2025
Felix Gold is taking concrete steps towards becoming a potential antimony producer from its Treasure Creek project in Alaska’s Fairbanks mining district before the end of this year.
US court throws out claims by Sydney-based PlayUp’s Daniel Simic against American executive
A US court has thrown out all claims made in a lawsuit launched by sinking Australian sports betting company PlayUp against a former key American executive.