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• Live: US shares down as Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady

  29-01-2025 22:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The major US share indices trade moderately lower as the central bank elects to hold rates steady, with Australian shares expected to start flat. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: NAB backs Feb rate cut, ASX up as Zip stocks tumble, Wall Street down on Fed rate hold

  29-01-2025 22:47 via abc.net.au
  
  NAB has changed its rate cut call to Februrary, with all 4 big banks now on the same page. The ASX gains as Zip stocks tumble, while Wall Street fell overnight after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX hits record high as big four banks predict February rate cut

  29-01-2025 22:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has broken a new record off the back of all four big banks backing a February rate cut by the Reserve Bank. Follow live.
  
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• ASX hits record high as Big Four banks predict February rate cut — as it happened

  29-01-2025 22:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has broken a new record off the back of all four big banks backing a February rate cut by the Reserve Bank. Here's how the trading day played out, with insights from our business reporters.
  
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• Solar power breaks new records but still has vulnerabilities

  29-01-2025 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Increasing solar power is reshaping the national energy grid, with wholesale prices plummeting during the day but spiking during the night.
  
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• Why is inflation falling? The answer lies in the cost of essentials

  29-01-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The chances of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut in February have improved significantly as price rises ease. So what's behind the inflation pull-back?
  
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• Sticky inflation stopping RBA from making rates cuts is loosening up

  29-01-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The chances of a Reserve Bank interest rate cut in February have improved significantly as price rises ease. So what's behind the inflation pull-back?
  
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• Most jobs are advertised in August, but the annual peak of applications is now

  29-01-2025 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers and employers are missing each other. Most job-seekers are looking now, but new research says job ads peak in August.
  
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• More work on Snowy 2.0 halted over union concerns for underground workers

  29-01-2025 07:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Work on three major tunnelling projects at the Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro site has now stopped due to safety fears.
  
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• Thousands of retail jobs lost as fashion group Mosaic closes 252 more stores

  29-01-2025 07:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Mosaic's receivers have failed to find new owners for Millers and Noni B, the last two brands with any hope of a future following the fashion group's collapse
  
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• WA Nationals seize on Kalgoorlie's water woes with $100m pipeline proposal

  29-01-2025 07:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A decades-old plan to build a desalination plant in Esperance is again on the agenda, but questions have been raised over how the South Coast Marine Park could impact the plan.
  
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• WA Nationals pledge $100m to end water woes, but marine park poses hurdle

  29-01-2025 07:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A decades-old plan to build a desalination plant in Esperance is again on the agenda, but questions have been raised over how the South Coast Marine Park could impact the plan.
  
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• Lunar New Year lobster demand delights fishers in trade ban recovery

  29-01-2025 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  For the first time since 2020, Chinese plates will feature Australian rock lobster for Lunar New Year. It's led to a boom in Australian prices, but some fishers are worried it could be short-lived.
  
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• Australian lobsters back on the menu for Lunar New Year in China

  29-01-2025 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  For the first time since 2020, Chinese plates will feature Australian rock lobster for Lunar New Year. It's led to a boom in Australian prices, but some fishers are worried it could be short-lived.
  
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• The recovery from PR blunders can be slow and costly

  29-01-2025 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  For some brands, surviving PR disasters means facing a public backlash and trying to rebuild trust — a nearly impossible task once it's lost.
  
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• PR scandals cost brands millions, so why do some handle it so poorly?

  29-01-2025 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  For some brands, surviving PR disasters means facing a public backlash and trying to rebuild trust — a nearly impossible task once it's lost.
  
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• Odds of interest rate cut increase as inflation slows

  29-01-2025 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The odds of an interest rate cut next month have increased, with official figures showing the Reserve Bank's preferred measure of inflation fell to 3.2 per cent over the year to December.
  
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• 'Cut baby cut!' Odds of interest rate cut increase as inflation slows

  29-01-2025 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Financial markets are betting the Reserve Bank will preview a rates reprieve in February, with official figures showing the RBA's preferred measure of inflation fell to 3.2 per cent over the year to December.
  
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• 'Cut baby cut!' Chances of interest rate cut increase as inflation slows

  29-01-2025 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Financial markets are betting the Reserve Bank will preview a rates reprieve in February, with official figures showing the RBA's preferred measure of inflation fell to 3.2 per cent over the year to December.
  
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• Impatience grows for promised genetic testing insurance ban

  29-01-2025 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government vows to ban life insurers from using genetic testing results to refuse cover or hike premiums, but advocates say delays to the policy are harming patients.
  
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