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Port Access

Sims to acquire Tri Coastal Trading assets for $94m

Institutional Placement

Revolution Private Credit fund requests trading halt for equity raise

Profit Beat

Amotiv lifts HY profit 39% to $46m, misses consensus

Private business

Macquarie deploys $5.7b into private credit in Q3 as profits grow

Done Deal

PLS Group inks two-year offtake deal with China's Canmax

Hot Property

Region Group upgrades FY26 guidance as HY profit tops estimates

Signing Out

Westpac chief information officer Scott Collary to retire

Market Open

Australian shares set to open higher after Wall Street tech rebound

Standup

Alphabet lines up rare 100-year sterling bond amid record AI spend

EY puts AI at centre of consulting services as tech transformation demand surges

Ideas

Our growth has hit the speed limit set by weak productivity

Drug Fight

Novo Nordisk sues Hims & Hers over obesity drug copycats

No Service

Optus service disruption affecting thousands of customers

Antitrust Activity

EU warns Meta to stop excluding third-party AI bots on WhatsApp

Road Block

eSafety to test Roblox safety measures after reports of child exploitation

'Puts investment in jeopardy': Telstra takes its fight with the regulator to Canberra

The Edition

Open season

Market Wrap

ASX ends 1.9% higher as tech rebounds; Web Travel, Car Group rally

Challenger's Pepper Money deal stokes share buyback concerns

Data breach

FIIG Securities to pay $2.5m penalty for cyber security failure

Spending Lag

Household spending falls 0.4% in December

Capital Gains

AI tipping point

Money Merger / Update

Pepper Money rallies on Challenger's acquisition offer

Super Move

HESTA CEO Debby Blakey to step down after 11 years

Charity Fund

Future Generation Global declares 4 cents final dividend

Firmed Up

Firmus lands $14b debt facility led by Blackstone, Coatue

Improved Health

Splose raises $46m to improve allied health scales care

Profit Push / Update

Car Group soars after lifting first-half profit, dividend

Guidance Affirmed / Update

Web Travel Group rallies after reiterating FY26 guidance

Market Open / Update

ASX opens higher as tech sector rebounds

Guidance Affirmed

Web Travel Group reaffirms FY26 guidance amid Spanish tax authority audit

Process Automation

AI substitute for management consultants Fluency raises $9m in seed round led by Accel

Tough Trading

Argo Investments lifts HY profit despite poor portfolio returns

Seeking Impairment

Seek to recognise $356m impairment charge related to Zhaopin investment

Software Support

Bravura Solutions upgrades EBITDA, revenue guidance for FY26

Money Merger

Challenger offers to acquire 25% of Pepper Money

Profit Push

Car Group posts 16% jump in first-half profit, reaffirms guidance

Market Open

Australian shares to open higher after Dow Jones hits 50,000 for the first time

Standup

Japan’s Takaichi secures strong projected win

Block backs CBA in ‘critical’ digital wallet war against Apple