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The energy crisis wreaking havoc across the globe
Panic buying of petrol in the UK, industry closures and energy subsidies in Europe and street lights being switched off in China are being driven by a global shortfall in gas supply.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Cryptocurrencies
The fight to control the $2.7 trillion crypto market is heating up
It’s not that governments like China are banning cryptocurrencies because they expect them to fail. It’s that they want to be in charge of an experiment with potentially trillions of dollars in play.
- by Claire Ballentine, Alice Kantor and Blake Schmidt
As it happened: ASX falls 1.5 per cent, energy stocks soar
Energy stocks bucked the weakness on the Australian sharemarket on Tuesday which closed 1.47 per cent lower, at 7275 points.
- by Dominic Powell and Clancy Yeates
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World markets
ASX set to fall as tech giants weigh down Wall Street
Wall Street has another mixed session with losses by technology and health care companies outweighing gains elsewhere in the market.
- by Damian Troise and Alex Veiga
World’s no.1 owner of shares gets nod to crack down on polluters
The world’s biggest owner of publicly traded stocks is about to get the political go-ahead to insist that all companies in its portfolio have clear targets for cutting CO2 emissions.
- by Lars Erik Taraldsen
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Cryptocurrencies
‘No grey area’: China leaves no doubt with its cryptocurrency ban
Chinese officials have taken steps for months to crack down on cryptocurrencies, with mixed effects. Now they tried to erase any doubts about their intentions.Â
- by Joanna Ossinger and Zheping Huang
As it happened: ASX rises 0.6% as banks and energy stocks rise
The ASX200 closed 0.6% higher, up 41.6 points to 7384.2 on Tuesday as energy stocks continued their ascent.
- by Dominic Powell and Colin Kruger
ASX set for flat start; bitcoin slides on China crackdown
Investors could be in for more choppiness as markets continue to have a mixed September.
- by Damian Troise and Alex Veiga
Corporate crackdown: China’s quest for ‘common prosperity’ splits investors
Investors are split on the merits of investing in China amid an unprecedented period of market volatility, triggered by the CCP’s interventionist approach to markets.
- by Charlotte Grieve
A climate reckoning is coming for the world’s government debt
Australia is one of the countries that will be heavily impacted by the transition to a lower-carbon economy - and it could pull down its credit ratings.
- by Jill Ward
As it happened: ASX closes 0.4% lower as miners drag on the bourse
Despite the bullish lead from US stocks, the Australian sharemarket closed 0.4% lower.
- by Emma Koehn and Colin Kruger