Business
Markets
ASX rebounds as Trump calms markets
Australian shares closed firmly higher on Wednesday after comments from US President Donald Trump soothed investors' nerves.
- by William McInnes
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Aurizon reaches 16mth high on Fed Court decision
S&P/ASX 200 closes 0.7 per cent higher at 6284.2 as expectations rise of economic stimulus in China.
- by Lucy Battersby
Opinion
Trade wars
Don't go searching for a strategy in Trump's tariff moves
While Trump's advisers may be developing policy built on his impulses, you won't find a cohesive plan in his actions. This, after all, is personal.
- by Timothy L. O'Brien
Soft commodities
Drought forces Australia to import wheat for first time in a decade
The Australian Department of Agriculture & Water Resources revealed this week it has issued a permit to ship bulk wheat from Canada.
- by Ashley Robinson
Food & drink
Rotting teeth and fatty organs turn Australians sour on sugar
Consumption has been flatlining, and appetite for the sweet stuff probably won't grow much at all as people shift to low sugar, diet and sugar-free options.
- by Rebecca Keenan
World markets
Wall Street jumps as trade rhetoric cools
Wall Street reclaimed some of the ground lost in the prior day's steep sell-off as investors were heartened by a tonal shift in US-China trade rhetoric.
- by Stephen Culp
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8@eight
8@eight: ASX set for gains as Wall Street bounces back
What happened overnight and what's ahead for the ASX.
- by Kyle Rodda
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin has surged 30 per cent in four days as investors flock back to cryptocurrencies
Investors who are skittish about the ongoing trade war are jumping back into cryptocurrencies - and Bitcoin is the big winner so far.
- by Olga Kharif
World markets
'People literally guessing at this point': Wall Street surges back, but sceptics doubt recovery will last
Enjoy the buoyant mood while it lasts, say a chorus of sceptics. It probably won't be around for much longer.
- by Luke Kawa and Sarah Ponczek
Broadcast rights
Prospa looks to navigate market turmoil in second IPO attempt
Small business lender Prospa is making its its second attempt at a public listing amid a sharemarket rocked by Donald Trump's trade war with China
- by Colin Kruger
Sharemarket
China retaliation sparks ASX sell-off
The sharemarket wiped $17 billion and plummeted to a four-week low on Tuesday after China retaliated to tariffs imposed by Washington.
- by William McInnes