The Australian sharemarket was treading water on Wednesday, with gains by mining stocks offset by weaker energy stocks as oil dropped below the $US100-a-barrel mark.

Muse, Meta’s AI agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.

At face value, 71-year-old farmer Howard Buffett has no obvious qualifications to be appointed chairman of a prestigious company, other than that he is the founder’s son. He couldn’t have a more daunting act to follow.

Critica Ltd has produced a high-purity 98.2 per cent total rare earth oxide sample and a high-grade iron by-product from its Jupiter project in WA, ahead of product offtake discussions.

Critical Resources has surged after making a first-mover play in Suriname, securing rights to acquire a 90% interest in the 164-square-kilometre Gonini gold project.

Aurum Resources has banked $52.5M to fast-track its 3.22Moz Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, with funds earmarked for early development works and aggressive drilling.

Qantas says the direct flight will begin in mid-2028 and will shave three hours off the typical journey from Sydney to New York.

Syngenis has joined Perron Institute and Gene S founders in a new precision-medicine venture that puts its integrated DNA and RNA biotech platform to work.

A manager at Coles has failed to prove her resignation was made “in the heat of the moment” after she was accused of stealing and drug use while on the job.

The report examined issues surrounding two broadcasts led by sacked reporter Mahmood Fazal that the ABC pulled this year.

Weeks after Jetstar unveiled a new overhead baggage fee, the Australian Services Union said its members will waive a range of fees as they push for higher pay.

The Australian sharemarket advanced on Tuesday, led by tech stocks after an AI-fuelled rally on Wall Street, even as oil prices ended their four-day drop during the session.

Donald Trump owes his dominance of American politics to Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News. But this week, the media empire deserted the president.

Platina Resources has banked the final US$2m from its Owendale scandium sale to Rio Tinto, completing a US$14m payday to add more financial firepower to its expanding WA gold hunt.

Petrol and diesel prices have returned to their highest levels in nearly six months and risk climbing further after attacks on another key oil route.

Dalaroo Metals has cranked up its Côte d’Ivoire gold drilling to two shifts, with first samples from its 7km Gold Ridge corridor now in the laboratory as assays loom.

Advance Metals has drilled a bonanza 1m hit of 4120g/t silver at its Gavilanes project in Mexico, associated with the project’s highest-grade zinc-lead mineralisation to date.

Broken Hill Gold has demerged Alice River and St George into Emerald-backed Manda Resources’ Queensland gold portfolio, freeing it to focus on White Dam in South Australia.

Republicans, fearful of losing control of Congress, are pressuring the US president to ban or restrict diesel exports to stop the fuel’s price surge as the midterm elections loom. It would backfire, and not just on America.

Cabin crew want dedicated cleaning crews to return as the mess left by passengers and gruelling turnaround duties leave staff working up to 10 hours without a break.

Customers are welcome to keep calling it Fishbowl if they want – just don’t call it a slop bowl.

China’s economy is in its worst shape in decades and Xi Jinping is facing criticism for what he is focusing on.

Former Super Retail Group boss Anthony Heraghty had just started a new high-profile gig when ASIC came knocking.

Platina has turned a US$14m scandium exit into a well-funded WA gold hunt, zeroing in on scale across a trio of gold projects in WA’s prolific Laverton district.

Broken Hill Gold has lifted Vertigo’s indicated oxide ounces 160% to 24,300 ounces, firming up its SA White Dam restart case as drilling targets a gold-copper sulphide prize.

Dalaroo Metals has mapped the key structural controls at its Blue Lagoon rare earths project in Greenland, noting similarities to a nearby REE discovery.

Larvotto Resources has produced a maiden antimony-gold concentrate from its Hillgrove operation in NSW, with offtake deals already locked in with Wogen and Glencore.

The sharemarket has had a flat start to the week as interest rate concerns, soaring bond yields and stubborn oil prices keep investors on the back foot.

ASIC alleges the former CEO of Rebel Sport’s owner misled the market and breached his directors’ duties over a relationship with a former senior executive.

Forrestania Resources has acquired four WA gold licences, bolstering its Westonia Hub strategy ahead of a 2027 production restart at its 402,800-ounce Edna May project.