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After acquiring Hawaiian Airlines in 2024, Alaska Airlines reassigned Hawaiian’s wide-body 787s to carry passengers from Seattle to Europe and Asia.

While the country’s five biggest home lenders have passed on the rate rise to borrowers in full, only two also committed to increasing the amount they pay savers.

Larvotto has extended mineralisation at its Hillgrove mine in NSW, hitting 32m at 5.68g/t gold equivalent in a new lode while also defining 11.13 per cent tungsten.

The Dirty Bird is not only jumping on global taste trends like pickles but is revamping its core chicken serves.

Broken Hill Gold has doubled its tenure by securing two historic goldfields near its White Dam project in SA that produced 48,400 gold ounces grading up to 23g/t.

Vodafone says Australians are keeping phones for longer. Handset prices of up to $5000 may have something to do with it.

Aureka is drilling its newly acquired and cash-producing Vic gold mine, chasing bonanza grades while building an integrated gold business around a strategic processing mill.

Lindian Resources says its Malawian rare earths project is unaffected by local export rules, with first production from its Kangankunde project on track for Q4 2026.

PLC Resources has wrapped up drilling at its WA Rochefort gold prospect, hitting a geological sweet spot of sheared, sulphide-bearing dolerites, with assays pending.

Forrestania Resources has bolstered its WA gold inventory, tabling a new 285,700-ounce resource for its Ladies project and lifting high-confidence ounces by 43 per cent.

Anthropic’s IPO prospectus reveals it lost $US42 billion last year and is dangerously reliant on two big customers and its own rivals as it plans the biggest sharemarket float in history.

Cheaper models and soaring fuel prices have supercharged Australia’s electric vehicle sales and triggered a decisive tipping point for the industry.