The news: SoftBank Group has agreed to buy ABB’s industrial robotics unit as Masayoshi Son doubles down on AI and a surge in data centre construction. The numbers: The deal values ABB’s robotics ...

The Australian share market finished lower as the consumer discretionary sector led broad losses for a second session in a ...

As the fallout over the Optus triple-zero outage spreads, Communications Minister Anika Wells has become the opposition's new ...

Melbourne startup Heidi has secured USD65 million ($98 million) in funding, making it the fastest-growing company in ...

Shareholders of building services provider Johns Lyng have voted in favour of the company's proposed $1.1 billion takeover by ...

The news: The spot price of gold has soared past USD4,000 ($6,095.7) per ounce for the first time but ASX-listed gold miners were hit by profit taking. The numbers: At 1:17pm AEDT, the spot price ...

The news: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has reduced the country's official cash rate (OCR) by 50 basis points to 2.5%. The numbers: Markets had priced in a 70% chance of a 25-basis-point cut ...

The founder of aviation services business Alliance, Scott McMillan, will step down from his role as managing director on 27 November, concluding a more than 12-month transition period to joint ...

The news: Asset manager MA Financial and Singapore Stock Exchange-listed Keppel REIT have jointly acquired Top Ryde City Shopping Centre for $525 million. The numbers: At 11:09am AEDT, shares in MA ...

Optus had admitted it emailed the wrong government address alerting to its triple-zero outage, sparking outrage from the Coalition and heaping further pressure on its CEO Stephen Rue. Stephen Rue ...

Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast rallied for the second straight session, after reporting on Tuesday a 66% jump in ...

The news: Online bookmaker Betr Entertainment has added chief executive Andrew Menz and former NRL and Nine Entertainment executive Alexi Baker to its board. The additions come after independent ...