Today

8:16PM(AEST)

Tech stocks, Canada dollar flash points

The prospect of the United States, the world's largest economy, raising interest rates and shrinking its mammoth balance sheet has reverberated across markets from Toronto to Beijing. Read more

4:31PM(AEST)

Stocks to watch

Stocks to watch on the Australian stock exchange: Read more

4:27PM(AEST)

Sprint Telco fined for acting as Telstra

Phone and internet provider Sprint Telco has been fined $10,800 for allegedly tricking a consumer into believing it was an agent for Telstra and transferring them to its own service. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

EVZ wins tank construction contract

EVZ has been awarded the contract for the design, fabrication and construction of an 8ML jet fuel tank for Viva Energy Australia at their Newport Terminal, Victoria. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

Musgrave extends Break of Day

Musgrave Minerals has intersected 1m @ 57.7g/t Au from 294m down hole on the Twilight Lode from the RC drilling program at the Break of Day gold prospect on the Cue project. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

Aquabotix's Live Remote Viewing technology

UUV Aquabotix introduces Live Remote Viewing, a new product feature that enables real-time underwater viewing and interactivity during underwater exploration and inspections. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

Novatti's Flexepin accelerates growth

Novatti Group's Flexepin payment network has accelerated its growth, with quarterly revenue on track to roughly double in each quarter of FY 2017. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

Kalium has high brine flowrates

Kalium Lakes has received excellent brine test pumping flowrates with pump rates up to 25 litres per second for the Beyondie sulphate of potash project in Western Australia. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

DroneGun passes French Military test

DroneShield's DroneGun product has been certified under the French military's Dangers des Rayonnements Electromagnetiques sur les Personnels (DREP) test, which measures electromagnetic emission levels on human users. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

PPP & Zeta enter to merge via scheme

Zeta Resources will acquire all the shares in Pan Pacific Petroleum via a scheme implementation. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

eSense-Lab eyes US food market

Life sciences company eSense-Lab will collaborate with US food manufacturer, Healthy Chocolate Florida, for development and marketing of terpene and chocolate based controlled dietary supplements. Read more

4:22PM(AEST)

MOD confirms T3 copper

MOD Resources has discovered significant copper intersections from all eight, large diameter, geotechnical core holes drilled within the proposed T3 open pit design in Botswana. Read more

4:12PM(AEST)

NZ shares edge up in light trading

New Zealand shares barely moved in quiet trading on Tuesday, with Air New Zealand and Fletcher Building leading gains while Xero declined. Read more

3:37PM(AEST)

CSL to pay $466m for stake in Chinese firm

CSL has secured a foothold in the world's fastest growing plasma therapeutics market with a $US352 million ($A466 million) stake in Chinese biotech Ruide. Read more

3:37PM(AEST)

NZ dollar rises to 3-month high vs pound

The New Zealand dollar rose to a three-month high against the pound on Tuesday on concern an unstable minority government in Britain will be in a weaker position to negotiate an exit from the European Union. Read more

2:46PM(AEST)

Ice Cube gets Hollywood star

Rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and thanked everyone who helped his career in music and movies. Read more

2:42PM(AEST)

Beef, lamb prices lift rural confidence

Farmers are feeling better about the year ahead as they fetch high prices for lamb, mutton, wool and beef. Read more

2:12PM(AEST)

New "Foundation 500" takes on stereotypes

From a Peruvian trout farm manager to the head of an Indonesian meatball company, a list of 500 women entrepreneurs in emerging markets has been launched to challenge the stereotype of a typical company boss and inspire women globally. Read more

1:06PM(AEST)

NKorea most urgent threat to US security

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis says North Korea's advancing missile and nuclear programs are the "most urgent" threat to national security and that its means to deliver them had increased in speed and scope. Read more

12:05PM(AEST)

Tycoons leave home rather declare assets

Some of Russia's super-rich have given up residency to escape a 2014 law requiring them to disclose offshore assets, wealthy businessmen have told Reuters, a practice that could keep billions of dollars hidden from Moscow's tax authorities. Read more