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$20m raisingCommentsPremiumCashed-up WOA’s transition into plant-based market

Wide Open Agriculture is about to make a bigger push into the plant based food and drinks market after raising further funds.

Jenne Brammer

Not onCommentsPremiumVulcan boss defends legal action against short seller

Vulcan Energy boss Francis Wedin has defended the company’s decision to take legal action against a short seller that published a damning report on the lithium hopeful.

Stuart McKinnon

MarketsPremiumASX lower as Omicron caution remains

Coronavirus variant Omicron continues to loom over ASX investors, although there were signs concern may be easing.

Steven Deare

MarketsPremiumAsian shares brace for Omicron uncertainty

Asian stocks have regained some ground after copping a battering over fears the concerning new Omicron variant will hurt economic recoveries.

Wayne Cole

Investors spooked CommentsPremiumASX dives into red as Omicron infects travel stocks

The Australian share market dived in the opening minutes of trade in the new week as investors digested the ramification of a new coronavirus variant.

Danielle Le Messurier

Amended returnsCommentsPremiumGremlins in machine of ATO’s auto franking credit refunds

Big cracks have appeared in a program designed to make franking credit refunds easier for seniors.

Nick Bruining

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Fossil fuels, ESG and investing opportunities post-COP26

The discussion revolves around environmental, social, and governance, green energy, decarbonisation and fossil fuels. You may ask: ‘Why go there?’ Because I sniff an opportunity.

Peter Warnes

Operational issues CommentsPremiumChina takes gold production lead after Oz output slides

China is back in the lead as the world’s biggest gold producer after production at some of Australia’s largest gold mines took a hit in the September quarter. 

Danielle Le Messurier

Share tradingWhere you should invest to get rich

Aussies looking to cash in on the share market in the new year should look to invest in these four sectors.

Rebecca Le May

Big potentialCommentsPremiumAustralia opens up offshore wind frontier

Offshore wind will add another weapon in Australia’s renewables arsenal, which includes the world’s highest uptake of rooftop solar and ambitious projects to export green power to markets in Asia.

Rob Verdonck

Hit hardCommentsPremiumTravel stocks crash amid new COVID variant concerns

Travel stocks have plunged amid fears of a new COVID-19 variant that has forced some countries to implement border restrictions.

Caitlin Paroczai

MarketsPremiumStocks slip, COVID variant spooks market

Safe havens such as bonds and the yen have rallied, while stocks have fallen on concerns about a new COVID variant adding to growth and interest rate worries.

Tom Westbrook

MarketsPremiumASIC imposes licence conditions on ASX

Australia's corporate watchdog has imposed a number of licence conditions on the ASX following an outage in November 2020.

Alex Mitchell

Investor advocateDraft laws back hybrid shareholder 'mail'

Draft laws on how companies must communicate with shareholders are a step up from the emergency measures put in place during the pandemic, experts say.

Marion Rae

MarketsAust shares slide over virus concerns

Australian stocks have tumbled amid rising concerns about a new coronavirus variant found in South Africa.

Prashant Mehra

$8.4b offerCommentsPremiumBlackstone, Packer’s CPH hold takeover talks

The US takeover giant pushing to gain control of Crown Resorts is believed to have started direct talks with the embattled casinos and hotels operator’s biggest shareholder.

Daniel Newell

MarketsPremiumASX wades through drama-packed session

There was plenty of excitement on the ASX, including a big retail deal, a major bank copping a spanking and a cannabis firm chair stepping down over an ASIC probe.

Rebecca Le May

New ventureCommentsPremiumFormer Galaxy boss eyes new $US250m battery metals SPAC

Former Galaxy Resources boss Simon Hay has joined the Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPAC) craze in the US with the proposed listing of a $US313 million blank cheque company targeting battery metals.

Stuart McKinnon

Strike votePremiumOnline retailer Kogan whacked by investors

Investors have lashed out at Kogan over executive salaries, saying they should have lost a lot of money after the share price plunged.

Rebecca Le May

MarketsPremiumAsian shares inch lower, dollar marches on

The US dollar has continued to move higher as investors bet on interest rates rising more quickly in the United States than in other major economies.

Alun John

MarketsAust shares up despite offshore rate rises

ASX shares have inched higher despite inflation concerns prompting a second central bank to raise rates in as many days.

Steven Deare

Watchdog demandPremiumBlumenthal steps aside as ASIC probes Cresco Pharma

Adam Blumenthal will stand aside as chairman of Perth-based Creso Pharma after it was revealed the cannabis products developer had become embroiled in an investigation launched by the corporate regulator.

Daniel Newell

Conditions imposedCommentsPremiumBCI Minerals gets green tick for Mardie salt project

BCI Minerals says the conditions placed on the environmental approval for its $1.2 billion Mardie salt project near Karratha will have no impact in its design, costings or operations.

Stuart McKinnon

MarketsPremiumWall St ends higher as tech stocks gain

Tech stock gains have lifted Wall Street to close higher, while retailers Gap and Nordstrom plunged on weak quarterly results and supply-chain challenges.

Ambar Warrick and Noel Randewich