Global study shows Australians are the most frustrated by AI customer service bots

Global study shows Australians are the most frustrated by AI customer service bots

A recent study has shown more than half of Australians have been frustrated by the inability of AI customer service chatbots to resolve their issues, but Gen Z consumers ar...

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) has kicked off a landmark 50-50 joint ve...

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Sydney-based medtech Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ) has secured firm co...

ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

The competition regulator has knocked back Coles Group's (ASX: ...

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ASX LISTED MEDICAL CANNABIS COMPANY SCORES $40 MILLION COSMETICS...

INFLUENCER PLATFORM DEFIES EXPECTATIONS, BRINGS INTEGRITY BACK IN THE NEWSFEED

INFLUENCER PLATFORM DEFIES EXPECTATIONS, BRINGS INTEGRITY BACK IN THE NEWSFEED

WHEN it comes to social media marketing in 2017, there's no ...

ADAIRS PAYS BIG FINE FOR BREACHING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS

ADAIRS PAYS BIG FINE FOR BREACHING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS

ASX-listed retailer Adairs (ASX: ADH) has paid a $66,000 fine af...

PRICELINE EXPANSION HELPS BOOST PHARMA GROUP IN TOUGH RETAIL MARKET

PRICELINE EXPANSION HELPS BOOST PHARMA GROUP IN TOUGH RETAIL MARKET

AUSTRALIAN Pharmaceutical Industries (ASX: API) has reported a 5.4 ...

CROWN CASINO 'TAMPERED WITH POKIES, IGNORED DRUG USE AND VIOLENCE'

CROWN CASINO 'TAMPERED WITH POKIES, IGNORED DRUG USE AND VIOLENCE'

CROWN Resorts (ASX: CWN) has suffered a major share slide after ...

AFTERPAY BOOKS MASSIVE QUARTERLY SALES RISE

AFTERPAY BOOKS MASSIVE QUARTERLY SALES RISE

PAYMENT services provider Afterpay Touch Group (ASX: APT) is rep...

TECH ENTREPRENEURS SHARE THEIR KEY LESSONS ON LISTING ON THE ASX: PART 3

TECH ENTREPRENEURS SHARE THEIR KEY LESSONS ON LISTING ON THE ASX: PART 3

OVER the past two months, 25 companies have listed on the ASX an...

ANZ SELLS FINANCIAL PLANNING BUSINESS TO IOOF FOR $975 MILLION

ANZ SELLS FINANCIAL PLANNING BUSINESS TO IOOF FOR $975 MILLION

IOOF Holdings Limited (ASX: IFL) has acquired ANZ's (ASX: AN...

SOLOMON LEW CALLS ON STRUGGLING MYER TO SHOW PROOF OF 'GREEN SHOOTS'

SOLOMON LEW CALLS ON STRUGGLING MYER TO SHOW PROOF OF 'GREEN SHOOTS'

MYER's largest shareholder Solomon Lew has called on the dep...

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Entrepreneurship

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

Euroz Hartleys sells Capital Markets arm to Canadian giant BMO for $145 million

Euroz Hartleys sells Capital Markets arm to Canadian giant BMO for $145 million

Perth-based financial services company Euroz Hartleys Group (ASX: E...

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...

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Retail

ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

ACCC blocks Coles' planned supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie over competition concerns

The competition regulator has knocked back Coles Group's (ASX: ...

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...

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

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Sydney-based medtech Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ) has secured firm co...

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 ...

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

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease kicks off $46b joint venture with royal family's Crown Estate to unlock UK housing supply

Lendlease Group (ASX: LLC) has kicked off a landmark 50-50 joint ve...

Centuria Capital paying $454m for stake in World Square towers at steep discount to replacement

Centuria Capital paying $454m for stake in World Square towers at steep discount to replacement

Centuria Capital Group (ASX: CNI) is paying $454 million for a 50 p...

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...

Health

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Biome Australia shares surge 17pc as probiotics firm tracks toward record full-year revenue

Shares in probiotics company Biome Australia (ASX: BIO) surged&nbsp...

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Echo IQ raises $110 million to fuel US expansion and cardiovascular AI pipeline

Sydney-based medtech Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ) has secured firm co...

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...

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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