Market Reports

• Australian Market Report: The S&P/ASX 200 headed up in early trade before dropping 47.9 points or 0.54 per cent to 8879.6 at close..... [more]

• U.S. Market Report: After moving to the downside early in the session, stocks have fluctuated over the course of the trading day on Friday but largely maintained a negative bias..... [more]

• European Market Report: The major European markets closed on a firm note on Friday even as other markets in the region turned in a mixed performance, with investors digesting the latest batch of regional economic data and earnings news..... [more]

• Asian Market Report: Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Friday as Apple warned of rising memory chip prices and China's state-owned Securities Times warned against speculative trading..... [more]

Australian Business News

• Any Reserve Bank lift to interest rates could be the added financial pressure that causes more households to collapse, consumer advocates say. "A rate rise would be the straw that breaks the camel's back for a lot of our clients,".... [more]

• The OECD’s annual survey of Australia’s economy last week bluntly noted what most Australians understand very clearly – housing is expensive and in short supply..... [more]

• Joe Longo: ASIC chair calls for ‘boring’ investing, as Aussies chase high-risk returns.... [more]

• How Macquarie is winning the battle for mortgages. The major banks have been the mainstay of the domestic investment landscape in Australia for over 100 years..... [more]

• Experts are predicting another strong year for Adelaide's real estate market, as the median house price inches closer to $1 million..... [more]

• AMP Limited has reset its cost base to reflect the changed shape of the business. The company has undertaken the reset ahead of the result of its full-year results early next month saying it had reviewed how costs are allocated.... [more]

• Kaiser boosts coffers to $43.1M on strong Henty gold production.... [more]

• The Northern Territory's workplace safety regulator is investigating a suspected incident at Inpex's Ichthys gas facility in Darwin after several workers were potentially exposed to sulphur dioxide and one person was hospitalised..... [more]

• Horizon banks $37.5M from Kalgoorlie gold sales.... [more]

• Manuka Resources (ASX:MKR) is ramping up activities at the Wonawinta silver and Mt Boppy gold mines on the back of a robust 10-year mine plan, which outlines an opportunity to produce 13.2 million ounces silver and.... [more]

• 88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF, FRA:POQ) confirmed a cash position of some A$6.8 million at the end of December as it today released its quarterly activities report..... [more]

• Rare earths mine at centre of Trump-Albanese deal yet to materialise after years in the making.... [more]

• Sydney pub baron Arthur Laundy has shelled out $56m for Nine’s talkback radio stations. The announcement caught commentators by surprise, with media players Craig Hutchison, who is building a sport media empire,.... [more]

• Life360 pulls back after 27% rally as investors lock in gains.... [more]

• Westpac's Group CTO exits.... [more]

• Boutique Sydney rum maker Sydney Distilling Co has gone into voluntary administration, with a firm exploring every option possible to save the legacy distillery brand. The business trading under the name Brix Distillers.... [more]

• $1000 fine for hiding $45 million in bribes: ‘Embarrassing’ end to landmark corruption case. It is one of the most high-profile bribery cases in corporate history, and now the years-long saga has concluded.... [more]

• Opinion - James Gruber: Where to find opportunity in an expensive market.... [more]

• Opinion - Josh Chiat: The forgotten upside risk to palladium prices.... [more]

World Business News

• The rush for gold climbed to new heights at the start of 2026, with prices hitting a fresh record earlier this week. And around the world, people have lined up to either sell pieces of the precious metal they already own or buy into.... [more]

• Silver marks biggest drop in 46 years, with ‘every man and his dog rushing for the exit’.... [more]

• Trump's Fed pick has sparked a gold and silver meltdown.... [more]

• President Donald Trump on Friday chose former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to head the U.S. central bank when Jerome Powell's leadership term ends in May,.... [more]

• Trump’s choice of Warsh to lead Fed could reshape the world’s most influential central bank.... [more]

• 3 takeaways for markets as Kevin Warsh gets teed up as the next Fed boss.... [more]

• US producer prices post biggest gain in five months, businesses passing on tariffs.... [more]

• GameStop wants to acquire a publicly traded consumer company that’s far larger than the video game retailer in a deal that could be “transformational” for the company, CEO Ryan Cohen told CNBC in an interview Friday..... [more]

• If you're looking to put some money to work in markets right now, Vanguard says it's a good idea to lean into bonds. In fact, the asset management giant says the ideal portfolio at the moment is 60% bonds and 40% stocks,.... [more]

• Apple Loses More AI Researchers and a Siri Executive in Latest Departures.... [more]

• American Express saw its profits grow 13% in the fourth quarter, as the credit card giant continues to benefit from its well-to-do clientele spending heavily on their cards on everything from luxury goods to restaurants to travel..... [more]

• Anthropic bolsters enterprise offerings with Cowork plugins.... [more]

• DraftKings stock falls after New York betting data disappoints.... [more]

• Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. said Friday that it will build a $3.5 billion manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania, as the company expands domestic production and capitalizes on surging sales of obesity and diabetes treatments..... [more]

• Shares of Tesla (TSLA.O), jumped nearly 5% on Friday after reports that SpaceX was in deal talks with Elon Musk's other companies stoked ​investor hopes that the billionaire's tech empire could be unified further..... [more]

• Meta Platforms (META.O), is set to face trial next week in a lawsuit brought by the state of New Mexico accusing it of exposing children and teens.... [more]

• Donald Trump said it was "very dangerous" for the UK to do business with China, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer arrived in Shanghai on the third day of his visit to the country..... [more]

• Sterling drops as dollar lifted by Fed chair speculation.... [more]

• AstraZeneca has unveiled a tie-up with China’s CSPC Pharmaceutical Group to ramp up development of experimental weight loss and diabetes drugs in a deal worth 18.5 billion US dollars (£13.4 billion).... [more]

• Chinese carmaker Chery is to open a research and development headquarters in Liverpool, in a move that could pave the way for a deal for the British manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover to build its cars..... [more]

• A cut in tariffs on Scottish whisky exports to China will come into force on Monday, the prime minister has told the BBC. As a result of a new deal agreed during Sir Keir Starmer's trip to China,.... [more]

• On Polymarket, ‘privileged’ users made millions betting on war strikes and diplomatic strategy. What did they know beforehand?.... [more]

• German inflation rises slightly in January.... [more]

• ByteDance and Alibaba Group Holding are poised to ratchet up their artificial intelligence infrastructure initiatives, as the global AI arms race continues to intensify..... [more]

• Bank of Japan’s silence on US Fed threat should worry us all. As global central bankers rally to Powell’s defense against Trump, questions rise whether BOJ can be independent under Takaichi.... [more]

• Panama voids Hong Kong-based firm's canal port contracts.... [more]

• Indian steelmaker Jindal Steel (JINT.NS), reported a third-quarter profit on Friday that plunged nearly 80%, hurt by weak steel prices and higher raw materials costs..... [more]

• Pakistan has stepped back from the edge of immediate default, yet it remains far from building an economy capable of generating durable power. On January 7, Islamabad signaled just how exposed its flagship geoeconomic strategy.... [more]