U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo opened talks with Chinese government officials on Monday saying it is “profoundly important” the world’s two largest economies have a stable economic relationship. She said the entire world expects the United States and China will have a stable economic relationship; the two countries share more than $700…

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It means a tougher outlook for Australian shares, which are already feeling the impacts of the lower profit expectations. The benchmark S & P/ASX200 is already down 4 per cent since reporting season began, to be trading at 15.1-times forecast FY24 earnings per share, or 22-times for the industrials (ex-financials) universe.

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India’s market for emotion recognition technologies has grown significantly in the last few years. AI start-ups are offering Indian employers the “dark personality inventory” that claims to identify “negative” traits like self-obsession and impulsiveness in potential hires. “Human Resources tech” features claims of providing emotion recognition systems to classify the mood of…

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Starlink is now the world’s largest network of satellites delivering internet from space. A simplified version of it works like this: ground stations, such as one on the outskirts of Broken Hill in far west NSW, beam data up to the satellites, which are about the size of a pizza box and…

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“At the moment, given the level of poor sentiment, we can pick up world-class businesses at pretty attractive prices that are still growing earnings despite the headwinds that the economy is facing.”

Few have weathered the region’s recent downturn as well as Maple-Brown Abbott’s Asian equities division.

A bull in a China drop:…

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“At the moment, given the level of poor sentiment, we can pick up world-class businesses at pretty attractive prices that are still growing earnings despite the headwinds that the economy is facing.”

Few have weathered the region’s recent downturn as well as Maple-Brown Abbott’s Asian equities division.

A bull in a China drop:…

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Delivering on this opportunity will require deliberate planning and action. Other countries are racing to attract investment and win their share of future green industries – the US, UK, EU, Japan, South Korea and Canada among them.

In rare earths, Australia is uniquely positioned by virtue of our mineral endowment, environmental stewardship and the…

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Delivering on this opportunity will require deliberate planning and action. Other countries are racing to attract investment and win their share of future green industries – the US, UK, EU, Japan, South Korea and Canada among them.

In rare earths, Australia is uniquely positioned by virtue of our mineral endowment, environmental stewardship and the…

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This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The agency explained the spacecraft “switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with…

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This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander. The agency explained the spacecraft “switched to an off-design orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with…

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