Aussies among the most cautious when trusting AI in retail, health and finance

Aussies among the most cautious when trusting AI in retail, health and finance

Businesses may be increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) to cut costs, improve productivity and elevate the customer experience, but Australian consumers are no...

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Sydney-based developer Billbergia and alternative asset manager Met...

Collins Foods posts record profit as KFC operator clears the decks with Taco Bell exit

Collins Foods posts record profit as KFC operator clears the decks with Taco Bell exit

KFC operator Collins Foods (ASX: CKF) has delivered record full-yea...

Autosports Group flags record order write as EV demand surges past 40pc of customer orders

Autosports Group flags record order write as EV demand surges past 40pc of customer orders

Prestige and luxury automotive retailer Autosports Group (ASX: ASG)...

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Billabong continues to sink, management looks to Quiksilver parent for a lifeline

Billabong continues to sink, management looks to Quiksilver parent for a lifeline

Affirming its relatively grim guidance from earlier in the year,...

Reporting season wrap: Wednesday's highlights

Reporting season wrap: Wednesday's highlights

Wednesday was another busy day with a slew of ASX-listed compani...

The Games served on a platter

The Games served on a platter

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games is a once-in-a-lifetime e...

Reporting season wrap: Monday's highlights

Reporting season wrap: Monday's highlights

Monday was a big day for listed companies, with Domain, oOh!medi...

Star Entertainment reports massive profit slump ahead of major project unveilings

Star Entertainment reports massive profit slump ahead of major project unveilings

Star Entertainment (ASX: SGR) has seen its profits slump by 76.8...

Mantra lifts revenue but profit and earnings decline

Mantra lifts revenue but profit and earnings decline

Australian accommodation giant Mantra (ASX: MTR) has recorded recor...

Joint venture success buoys Villa World profit

Joint venture success buoys Villa World profit

Villa World (ASX: VLW) is on track to deliver its full-year fore...

The most passionate chef in Queensland is at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

The most passionate chef in Queensland is at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre

Passion. It oozes out of Garry Kindred and you can't help bu...

The Cannabis Index: A complete guide to cannabis stocks on the ASX

The Cannabis Index: A complete guide to cannabis stocks on the ASX

Over the past two years, medical cannabis has become an exciting...

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From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

From $13,000 to $20 million: how a PCOS diagnosis and a pair of scissors built Xali Organics

Inspired by a medical diagnosis and driven by innovative marketing, Melbourne husband-and-wife team Kasey and Michael Giarratana have bootstrapped beauty brand Xali Organic...

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

AI-powered biotech startup Gutgutgoose accepted into Silicon Valley's Y Combinator

Queensland-based biotech startup Gutgutgoose has been accepted into...

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Scalare Partners rescues Fishburners from administration, boosting its presence in the startup space

Sydney-based startup accelerator and investor Scalare Partners...

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Sprout Organic's Selasi Berdie secures $8m buyout from NGS to take his infant formula company public

Gold Coast-based plant-based infant formula company Sprout Organic ...

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Fresho snaps up food-tech platform Freshmetrics in its second UK deal this month

Fresho snaps up food-tech platform Freshmetrics in its second UK deal this month

Melbourne-based food wholesale order management platform Fresho has...

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Tasmea snaps up energy services provider JPS Group in deal worth up to $75 million

Industrial services group Tasmea Limited (ASX: TEA) has acquired in...

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Lowes Petroleum boosts regional infrastructure arm with buyout of Tamworth engineering firm EMP

Regional fuel distributor Lowes Petroleum has acquired Tamworth-bas...

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Retail

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby Bunting cuts profit guidance as rate hikes and softer spending bite in fourth quarter

Baby goods retailer Baby Bunting (ASX: BBN) has downgraded its full...

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Accent Group shares shoot past $391m zero-premium takeover bid from UK retail giant Frasers Group

Shares in Australian footwear and apparel retailer Accent Grou...

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

Barbeques Galore closure caps brutal cull of iconic Australian retail brands that stood for decades

The move to liquidate Barbeques Galore announced this week marks th...

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group sets its sights on 110 new stores as Rebel brand targets regional markets

Super Retail Group (ASX: SUL) has unveiled a five-year strategy to ...

Opinion

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

The fluency trap: managing the most insidious risk in the AI era

In July last year, Deloitte Australia handed the federal government...

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

The lending risk most business owners aren't pricing in

If you're planning to borrow in the current market, there's...

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

Battle of the Claws: the winning move in AI agent war is the one no one is selling

A Meta safety researcher recently watched her own AI agent delete h...

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CAPITAL RAISING & FINANCE

Southern Launch secures $25m to help scale Australia's sovereign launch infrastructure

Southern Launch secures $25m to help scale Australia's sovereign launch infrastructure

Adelaide-based spaceport operator Southern Launch has raised $25 mi...

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Sicona Battery Technologies secures $45m ARENA grant to build silicon anode facility at Port Kembla

Illawarra-based battery technology company Sicona Battery Technolog...

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Sydney-based maternal health technology company Oli has secured $2 ...

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 m...

Leadership

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Loam Bio appoints US-based ag-tech veteran Rob Hranac as CEO in global scaling push

Orange-based agricultural biotechnology company Loam Bio has appoin...

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

Former Star Entertainment CEO Matt Bekier hit with six-year ban and $700,000 penalty for breaches

The Federal Court has disqualified former Star Entertainment Group ...

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

ASX taps Euronext veteran Anthony Attia as new CEO after global search

Australian share market operator ASX Limited (ASX: ASX) has appoint...

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Property

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Billbergia and Metrics Credit Partners lodge upsized $1.3b twin-tower proposal for Chatswood

Sydney-based developer Billbergia and alternative asset manager Met...

Cedar Woods launches $22 million office warehouse project in Melbourne's west

Cedar Woods launches $22 million office warehouse project in Melbourne's west

Perth-based property developer Cedar Woods Properties (ASX: CWP) ha...

Perth Glory owner Pelligra Group plans 208 apartments, 1,000-seat stadium at Embleton reserve

Perth Glory owner Pelligra Group plans 208 apartments, 1,000-seat stadium at Embleton reserve

Perth-based A-League club Perth Glory has unveiled plans for a new ...

Lendlease to transform former Visy glass site into 4,000-home South Brisbane riverfront precinct

Lendlease to transform former Visy glass site into 4,000-home South Brisbane riverfront precinct

Development giant Lendlease (ASX: LLC) has been handed a major...

Health

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Medtech startup Oli backs up $6.5m raise with $2m federal grant to build Sydney manufacturing base

Sydney-based maternal health technology company Oli has secured $2 ...

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Women’s health platform Ovum triples valuation to $18m in a year after $4m seed round

Australian women’s health startup Ovum has backed up a $1.7 m...

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotech Racura Oncology raises $34.3m to fully fund three cancer drug trials

Clinical-stage biotechnology company Racura Oncology (ASX: RAC) has...

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Biotech Memphasys secures supply deal with Monash IVF for Felix sperm selection system

Sydney-based reproductive biotech Memphasys (ASX: MEM) has secured ...

Technology

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

DorsaVi licenses robotics IP from Singapore's NTU in push beyond wearable sensors

Melbourne-based wearable sensing and robotics company DorsaVi Limit...

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

WA startup Hyperion Systems unveils southern hemisphere's first 3D-printed autonomous vessel

Perth-based advanced manufacturing start-up Hyperion Systems has un...

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

Additive Manufacturing centre greenlights first five research projects unlocking $11m in investment

The Additive Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre (AMCRC), est...

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Arkeus closes $25m Series A to scale manufacturing of AI-powered defence sensing technology

Melbourne-based technology company Arkeus has closed a $25 mil...

Legal

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Super hit with $10.3m penalty for failing to report serious member service issues to ASIC

Mercer Superannuation (Australia) has been ordered to pay $10.3 mil...

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

SkyCity strikes $21m deal with South Australia to settle Adelaide Casino regulatory failings

Auckland-headquartered casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group ...

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

ASIC seeks $35m penalty after HSBC admits to systemic scam-protection failures

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is seek...

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