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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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• Sale of Georgiou Group completed

  29-01-2025 10:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Austrian company STRABAG has completed the acquisition of family-owned contractor Georgiou Group two months after revealing negotiations were underway.
  
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• Euroz lifts profit on ECM work

  29-01-2025 09:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Corporate finance firm Euroz Hartleys is anticipating net profit of $6.25 million for the first half after capitalising on a “brief but strong” wave of equity capital market work.
  
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• Fortescue, Black Swan renew partnership

  29-01-2025 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Black Swan State Theatre Company has announced the renewal of Fortescue's sponsorship of the arts organisation until the end of 2026.
  
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• Develop mulls Woodlawn stake sale

  29-01-2025 08:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Bill Beament-helmed Develop Global is mulling selling a 20 per cent stake in its Woodlawn project ahead of bringing the mothballed asset back into production.
  
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• At Close Of Business Podcast January 29 2025

  29-01-2025 08:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss St John WA's innovative new strategy for healthcare delivery.
  
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• Clothing chains to close, job cuts

  29-01-2025 08:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than 250 outlets of two leading retail chains will close, costing nearly 1000 jobs, after receivers failed to find a buyer for the stores.
  
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• Nationals WA pledge $80m for sport fund

  29-01-2025 08:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia’s sport and recreation industry has continued to attract attention ahead of the March 8 state election.
  
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• Aussie shares rally as hopes grow for February rate cut

  29-01-2025 07:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 has risen 0.6 per cent to approach its all-time high after cooling inflation increased the chances of an earlier interest rate cut.
  
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• Sirona signals more student housing

  29-01-2025 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Perth-based developer has reached a major milestone at its $150 million CBD student accommodation tower.
  
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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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• Breaking myth of job-ready graduates

  29-01-2025 07:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The path from university to successful employment is one that requires a collective training effort.
  
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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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• Trump chases peace deal for Ukraine

  29-01-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: But there is a risk US talks will focus on speed rather than a durable peace settlement.
  
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• Pilbara Minerals sees price uptick

  29-01-2025 06:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pilbara Minerals has recorded a small uptick in the price for the key battery material last quarter, which its chief says underscores confidence a price floor may have been found.
  
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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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• Geraldton beachfront site sells for $8m

  29-01-2025 05:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The 162ha development site has been purchased by WA company Sunset Shores, which plans to build housing.
  
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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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• Ore haulage begins for Brightstar

  29-01-2025 05:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold focused-junior Brightstar Resources has announced the beginning of ore haulage from its Laverton project, with its first gold pour penciled in for March.
  
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• WA launches defence industry strategy

  29-01-2025 04:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has released a strategy for growth of the defence industry in Western Australia, as activity scales up in the sector in Perth’s southern suburbs.
  
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• AVL joins major projects unit

  29-01-2025 04:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  AVL’s flagship project is designed to bolster domestic vanadium supply as the green energy revolution ramps up.
  
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• Goldminers mull growth amid price records

  29-01-2025 03:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A new record Australian dollar gold price greeted local producers this morning, as companies including Vault Minerals and Ramelius Resources outlined their growth ambitions.
  
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• Train, connect and support key at St John

  29-01-2025 03:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ambulance operator has established new strategies to improve safety, wellbeing and innovation in WA's healthcare delivery.
  
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• London to get taste of Pilbara art

  29-01-2025 03:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rio Tinto will take its Pilbara arts exhibition across the seas to London for the first time to mark the 20th anniversary of the event.
  
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• Boss on course for guidance at Honeymoon

  29-01-2025 03:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Boss Energy is on course to meet its 850,000-pound production guidance for the 2025 financial year at its Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia.
  
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• Growth expected for non-alcoholic sector

  29-01-2025 03:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Non-alcoholic brewing company Lightning Minds has recorded a 180 per cent revenue increase for the 12 months ending December 2024, indicating continued growth in the non-alcoholic beverage sector.
  
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• CPI up 0.2pc, rate cut likely

  29-01-2025 03:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia’s consumer price index rose 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, buoying expectations the Reserve Bank of Australia could cut rates in February.
  
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• Gold Road tight-lipped on De Grey

  29-01-2025 02:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold Road Resources management has held its cards close to its chest on its intentions around De Grey Mining, as Northern Star Resources closes in on an acquisition of the gold developer.
  
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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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• BCI cumulative spend jumps by $102m

  29-01-2025 01:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BCI Minerals’ cumulative expenditure rose from $788 million to $898 million during the December 2024 quarter, as construction of its Mardie salt and potash project continues.
  
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• US stocks up following tech rebound

  29-01-2025 00:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks ended higher overnight, with Nvidia and other artificial intelligence-linked technology shares recovering from sharp losses the previous day as investors snapped up bargains.
  
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