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Labor's $600m smelter bailout could snowball

Australia's share market has sold off for a third-straight session, in which the only sure things were gold and investor uncertainty.

US stocks closed lower overnight as investors, deprived of economic data resulting from the shuttered government, looked to secondary indicators and remarks from US Federal Reserve officials for clues.

Ley, Wells clash over Triple Zero failures

Australia's share market has tracked lower for a second-straight session, as consumer discretionaries, communications and real estate stocks sold off.

Wall Street keeps setting more records, and excitement about the artificial-intelligence industry keeps leading the way.

CBA core banking system now lives in the cloud

Australia's share market has retreated from record highs, as investors await a catalyst to send the bourse into unchartered territory.

PC cash flow tax plan will hit economy, says BCA

Australia's share market is within striking distance of record highs as "Goldilocks" market conditions continue to fuel investors' buy orders.

President Donald Trump is mulling "temporary or permanent" spending cuts that could set up a lose-lose dynamic for Democratic politicians.

Wall Street's three major indexes marked record closing highs with modest gains overnight, largely thanks to support from the technology sector.

Telcos face new rules on outages

Australia's share market has rallied to within one per cent of its best close in a session that almost reduced September's losses to a memory.

Wall Street's main stock indexes closed higher overnight, with the biggest boost from the healthcare sector.

ANZ expands cost-cutting focus to tech systems

Australia's share market has finished the day roughly flat, despite trade concerns for BHP weighing heavily on the raw materials sector.

Wall Street's three major indexes closed a choppy session higher overnight, marking quarterly and monthly gains - even as investors braced for a US government shutdown.

NRL boss warns against Nine and Foxtel team up

Australia's share market has handed back early gains after the Reserve Bank hinted investors might have to wait longer for the next reduction in borrowing costs.

Wall Street ticked higher overnight as technology stocks recovered.

Tax revenue surges to a 25-year high

Australia's share market has finished the week with a shrug, closing roughly where it began after a mining sector rally dug the bourse out of trouble elsewhere.

Fresh from attending the United Nations General Assembly, Anthony Albanese will receive a rockstar reception from progressive world leaders in the UK.

US stocks ended moderately lower overnight.

Shakeup for super schemes

Australia's share market has finished marginally higher after a choppy trading session, with a rally in miners digging the bourse out of trouble.

Financial services giant Macquarie will reimburse investors $321 million over a failed retirement scheme which magnified concerns over the sector's oversight.

US stocks closed lower for a second straight session as investors booked profits with indexes near record levels.

Bottlenecks stifle green investment

The local share market has suffered its worst drop in three weeks after a domestic inflation readout and cautious commentary from the US Federal Reserve dimmed hopes for quick interest rate cuts at home and abroad.

US stocks finished lower overnight, breaking a three-session string of record closing highs.