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Melbourne startup Elita doubles down on dog longevity
15+ hour, 29+ min ago (293+ words) The longevity boom might be all the rage for humans, but Melbourne startup Elita is betting dogs are next. The pet health company has raised $1.9 million from US venture firm Boost VC, Gandel Invest, Artesian’s Female Leaders Fund, Touch Ventures…...
Canva in duelling US lawsuits over music licensing
22+ hour, 31+ min ago (263+ words) Canva and US music-rights specialist Crunch Digital are suing each other after their commercial relationship broke down amid competing allegations over confidential data leaks, music licensing and unpaid work. In the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Canva…...
Low-rate era is firmly over as markets brace for central bank hikes
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (327+ words) Interest rate rises are firmly back in vogue. Or, as ANZ put it in a recent note, “the post-GFC era of low rates is over”. Here’s what you need to know about the key economic data releases this week. The…...
Australian shares to open lower as surging oil prices hit Wall Street
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (434+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight, as an uptick in US producer prices and surging oil prices fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates next week, while rising Treasury…...
Oil above USD107 as Houthis close in on shipping chokepoint
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (78+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. First Table raises $10 million without AI angle. Oliver Curtis is shifting focus beyond Australia’s shores. It could also be a new frontier for Firmus investor and supplier…...
Dining platform First Table raises $10m to sell empty tables restaurants can’t fill
4+ day, 31+ min ago (332+ words) Australian restaurants are closing down at twice the rate of the rest of the economy, but a New Zealand dining platform is hoping to convince these restaurants that a table sold at half price is more valuable than if it…...
TSMC, MediaTek sales surge as AI chip demand stays strong
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (328+ words) The news: MediaTek and TSMC both reported a surge in monthly sales on Thursday as Taiwanese chipmakers grapple with strong demand for AI semiconductors. TSMC, the world’s largest chipmaker, reported a 53.3% increase in monthly sales in August, lifting revenue to…...
Australian shares to open lower as oil surge hits Wall Street
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (367+ words) The news: The Australian sharemarket is set to open lower after Wall Street fell overnight as oil prices surged above USD101 ($138) a barrel, with losses deepening after the US Treasury announced plans to purchase up to USD6 billion of longer-dated government debt....
Brent tops USD100 as tankers burn
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (105+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. In the space of a month the accounting software company has run into AI-related issues with its three core constituencies: investors, staff and now customers. Rose Mackenzie…...
Don’t call it a backlash, AirTrunk’s been building data centres for years
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (235+ words) AirTrunk has been building and operating data centres in Australia for more than a decade. But even it has been caught off guard by the shift in sentiment towards the facilities as a generational AI boom kicks into gear. The…...