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India's inflation in August accelerated for the tenth month straight to 4.82% in August amid rising food and fuel prices.

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HDFC Bank, Patanjali Foods and Paytm were the top-traded contracts

From hijacked verified accounts to fake software and security checks, cybercriminals are exploiting trusted platforms to make malware look legitimate and trick users into running malicious commands

Divis Laboratories Ltd is quoting at Rs 9108.5, down 0.97% on the day as on 13:19 IST on the NSE. The stock jumped 50.52% in last one year as compared to a 8.14% slide in NIFTY and a 17.48% spurt in the Nifty Pharma index.

Piramal Pharma Ltd is quoting at Rs 202.53, down 0.46% on the day as on 13:19 IST on the NSE. The stock in last one year as compared to a 8.14% in NIFTY and a 17.48% lost in the Nifty Pharma index.

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The Australian sharemarket took a breather on Wednesday as the rally in oil prices paused and investors treaded lightly ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs The Guardian view on the Bank of England’s £120bn bill: power without accountability Long-dated UK government bond prices are flat this morning, ahead of the Bank of England’s decisions at noon. This leaves the yield on 30-year UK gilts unchanged at 5.85%, and the 10-year yield marginally higher at 5.301%. “We remain positioned for further equity gains while preparing for near-term volatility. If tightening remains measured, credit spreads remain stable, and profits continue to grow, the rally should have scope to broaden across sectors and regions. We recommend diversified equity exposure while avoiding excessive concentration in areas that are particularly sensitive to interest rates or rely on a single return driver.” Much of the tightening is already priced in. Economic strength makes tightening more manageable. Strong earnings can counter higher yield Continue reading...

Trump urges lower rates after central bank agrees increase by quarter-percentage point to range of 3.75% to 4% The US Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since 2023 as the central bank continues to fight to tamp down inflation. The Fed’s open market committee voted unanimously to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point to a range of 3.75% to 4%. This is the first time the Fed has raised rates since July 2023 and potentially sets Kevin Warsh, the current Fed chair, on a collision course with Donald Trump. Continue reading...

The artificial intelligence boom could push the global economy into "good deflation" as economic growth surges, but that could result in interest rates exceeding 7 per cent, according to a major technology investor.

Deepan “Deeps” Pavendranathan’s latest filings reveal the market maker is splashing money around the US stock market.

The RBA looks close to abandoning its goal of protecting employment gains while it addresses inflation as economy wide price pressures remain uncomfortably hot.

Warning comes as forecast for nation’s economic growth downgraded amid concerns over rising debt and inflation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The International Monetary Fund has called on Australia’s federal and state governments to cut spending as it warns the Reserve Bank may have to hike interest rates further to get price pressures back under control. More disciplined budgets would rein in rising debt burdens and help solve Australia’s long-running inflation problem, the IMF said in a new report, as it downgraded its forecast for Australia’s economic growth in 2027. Continue reading...

The Australian sharemarket has risen for the second day in a row after the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate rise in three years and a drop in oil prices.

In this episode of Guardian Australia’s weekly US politics podcast, co-hosts Jonathan Yerushalmy and Reged Ahmad look at whether there is any appetite across the political spectrum to put guardrails on artificial intelligence as around the world existential fears mount that the technology is developing too quickly. They also explain what the latest supreme court ruling on the Trump administration’s mail-in ballot restrictions means for the midterms. And they look at what happened when the US president waded into the Irish reunification debate Read more: Trump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies John Crace: AI on course to kill us all within 10 years? Donald Trump says: ‘Hold my Coke’ Continue reading...

Marsh’s global head of equities Rich Dell says high oil prices, rising bond yields and potentially unsustainable earnings growth could hit pause on markets.

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Melbourne fund manager LongView faces a tough task raising its second housing investment fund in the current market. But it says data will guide its calls.

Wiluna Mining, backed by billionaire Mark Creasy, has launched an IPO bookbuild in hopes of returning to the ASX boards after months of preparations.

Shares gain; Macquarie faces class action over Shield collapse; housing slump to slow economy and assist RBA, says HSBC; CSL chairman issues mea culpa. Follow live.

The combined business would be spitting out about $200 million in earnings and “offer more runway in terms of growth” for the next owner.

This is shaping as the biggest test for active stock picking in more than a decade, and there’s performance to be made either way.

Aguia Resources has hit record gold production and grade at its Santa Barbara project in Colombia, with August output more than doubling its previous best performance.

Auric Mining has picked up a bargain, locking in key components for its 600ktpa WA gold plant rebuild for just $1.2M, a fraction of the estimated $15M-$20M replacement cost.

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Broken Hill Gold has stepped up its White Dam sulphide hunt in SA, deploying major geophysics and a second drill rig to chase deeper gold-copper targets well beyond Icebreaker.

The stakes for the great power competition may be too high to slow down artificial intelligence development, strange as this may sound, given the risks.

The company briefed investors on Tuesday, saying the tools were transforming how customers and staff interacted with the bank despite fears about the technology.

There are arguments for and against an interest rate rise in September but there are some very real ways Australia's economy is different to the United States.

Under-fire Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate says he had a conversation about tariffs with US President Donald Trump just before dinner at Mar-a-Lago — despite the Trump Organization claiming no such dinner happened.

Peter Allen's world famous maracas and a custom-made vest for pioneering Indigenous singer Archie Roach are also among items on display for the 50th anniversary of the Australian Performing Arts Collection.

Tom Tate has been asked questions about conflicting accounts of a dinner he claimed to have had with US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago earlier this year.

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Aureka has hit high-grade gold outside its Irvine resource, including 16.1g/t gold, while cracking a previously underexplored 2km gap between its two main lodes in Victoria.

The Herald Sun has expanded its use of artificial intelligence to deliver reports of local council meetings in areas where News Corp has shuttered dedicated local newspapers.

Augustus Minerals is set to roll the rig onto a target at its Music Well gold project near WA’s Leonora that returned high-grade rock chips of up to 30.4g/t gold.

As the heads of the biggest AI companies in the world call for a "kill switch" to be mandated, an expert says it's only a "distraction".

Inflation is spreading out from the energy sector into everyday items, keeping prices higher for longer across the economy.

Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting is investing A$8.7 million (C$8.6 million) in the early-stage Nunavut-focused copper explorer White Cliff Minerals (ASX: WCN; US-OTC: WCMLF) for a 13.5% stake.... The post Billionaire Rinehart’s Hancock takes stake in Nunavut copper explorer appeared first on The Northern Miner.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has been shunned by Donald Trump after the Iran war is brought to his doorstep, forcing the kingdom to deeply slash oil production.

Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group The North Sea oil and gas industry has called on Labour to scrap the windfall tax on fossil fuel firms three years early, as Britain heads into a winter with energy bills expected to reach their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the industry’s trade body, wants the tax replaced in 2027, rather than in 2030, with a narrower levy that only applies during price spikes. Continue reading...

Shares up 0.3pc; James Hardie falls; Geoff Wilson exits PIA board; Codan boss gets pay boost; Infratil lifts full-year earnings guidance. Follow live.

The Australian sharemarket closed at its lowest level in more than three months, weighed down by the mining heavyweights and the big four banks after another jump in oil prices.

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IMF says Australia may need further interest rate rises to tame inflation Reuters

Future Metals defines maiden Eileen Bore copper target Mining.com.au

With no sign of de-escalation, there is a higher risk the expanding Iran war will push oil prices even higher than the level it reached during the global financial crisis in 2008.

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