US-based private equity firm Merchant Wealth Partners has committed A$385 million to acquire a strategic stake in Ironbark Financial Group and support expansion of its A$97 billion platform.

The ASX 200 climbed nearly 1% as property, technology, defence and gold stocks rallied, despite inflation rising to 4% and ...

Investigators are assessing a possible new ransom note in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance, while authorities caution they have ...

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has reportedly been attending reformer Pilates classes at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire while ...

Australian shares closed higher after technology stocks led gains, offsetting the RBA's fourth rate increase of the year and ...

The answer to Wordle puzzle No. 1928 was SCUBA, an ocean-themed word linked to underwater breathing equipment that players ...

US coffee drinkers can claim free drinks, discounts and other perks on National Coffee Day, with offers from major chains often restricted to members, apps or participating locations.

Spotify users in the United States reported problems for a second consecutive day, with Downdetector tracking complaints while the company had not confirmed a widespread outage.

Users reported trouble with Claude on Downdetector, but Anthropic and several independent monitors showed no matching outage, leaving the scale and cause of the disruption unclear.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its cash rate to 4.60%, increasing mortgage costs, reducing borrowing capacity and creating mixed consequences for renters and savers.

Carnival reported record third-quarter revenue and profit, exceeded Wall Street expectations and raised its 2026 outlook despite higher fuel costs, sending cruise stocks sharply higher.

The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards averaged 8.43 million viewers, the show's biggest audience since 2015, as Madonna returned to the stage and Taylor Swift set a new awards record.