Business, Economics and Finance

Embark Education launches a takeover bid for rival early childcare company Mayfield Education, alarming experts who say providers that fail to meet baseline safety standards are being allowed to expand without oversight.

If successful, it would be the third oil tanker seized as Donald Trump continues his campaign on President Nicolas Maduro.

The ABC's political reporters, commentators and broadcasters reflect on what defined the year in politics.

While the prime minister will forever struggle to shed the perception that he was too slow to recognise the threat to Australia's Jewish community, he is taking action. 

ANZ has been ordered to pay a $250 million fine for misleading its customers and the Australian government, while the ASX finished trading higher after central banks in Europe, Britain and Japan announced their interest rate decisions.

The US president's company also operates a number of cryptocurrency-related financial products and owns social media platform Truth Social.

It was a relatively steady day for the ASX, while Wall Street and Asian markets were weighed down by renewed selling across tech and artificial intelligence stocks, as finance presenter David Chau explains.

Some superannuation funds have been accused of delaying disability insurance claims causing some people severe financial hardship.

The uranium sector weighed on the ASX after Boss Energy warned of lower expected output from its Honeymoon project, while the big iron ore miners gained ground. See how the trading day unfolded on the business blog.

The global oil pr.ice has fallen to its lowest level since 2021

The Australian share market fell again with resource stocks leading the market lower.

The ASX slipped into the red after a positive start to the session, dragged down by energy stocks, miners and the banks

Shares in stock exchange operator ASX fell as the regulator increases its capital requirements after damning inquiry findings. The local share market started the week in the red, weighed down by heavy selling in the miners.

When the White House quietly released its national security strategy late one night last week, it instead seemed to get lost in other news. Except, perhaps, in Europe.

The reforms have unleashed a wave of confusion and despair amongst hundreds of thousands of elderly Australians, from those wanting care to those who already have it.

Silver prices surge to a record high, while the ASX finishes its week sharply higher and US tech giant Oracle sheds around $AU 100 billion in market value on concerns it may be 'overspending' on artificial intelligence.

Blackrock Investment Institute chief strategist for APAC and the Middle East, Ben Powell, tells The Business the focus at the Fed meeting was softer jobs but strong inflation might prevent too many more rate cuts.

After a seven-week planned outage that left 1.1 million HESTA members unable to access their retirement savings, the financial regulator has now imposed additional licensing on the superannuation giant. 

Some of the nation's top economists spoke to business reporter Daniel Ziffer about the big economic issues of 2025 and what they think we can expect in 2026.

The Australian share market ended its day slightly higher, while the latest figures from the ABS are showing cracks emerging in the jobs market.