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The global shortfall in tin

Elementos Limited (ASX:ELT) Managing Director Joe David provides an update on the company’s tin projects in Tasmania and Spain. Paul Sanger: Hello. I’m Paul Sanger for the Finance News Network, and I’m at the IMARC conference here in Sydney, talking with Elementos (ASX:ELT) CEO Joe David. Joe, great to catch up with you again. Joe […]

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Ryanair to initiate regular dividends after 40 years as profits soar

Nearly 40 years after its inception, Europe’s mega low-cost airline, Ryanair, is set to pay its shareholders a regular, first-time ordinary dividend and has announced plans to continue doing so annually, depending on market conditions. This decision comes on the heels of Europe’s largest airline reporting record-breaking revenues and profits for the six months leading

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AustralianSuper increases stake in Origin Energy, potentially blocking takeover bid

AustralianSuper has moved closer to constructing a blocking stake against the proposed $20 billion takeover offer for Origin Energy (ASX:ORG) from Brookfield of Canada and the smaller EIF group of the US. AustralianSuper told the ASX on Monday that it had lifted its stake in Origin to 15.03% with the purchase of 23.4 million Origin

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ASX closes 0.28% higher ahead of RBA’s cash rate decision

The ASX experienced a subdued Monday session, with its benchmark index nearing 7000 points for the first time in over two weeks, anticipating the Reserve Bank’s impending cash rate decision. Australia’s central bank is anticipated to raise the cash rate to 4.35 percent during its upcoming monetary policy meeting, marking the first increase since June.

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Afternoon update: ASX currently trading 0.23% higher as investors await Fed decision

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index briefly exceeded 7,000 points for the first time in over two weeks, with a 0.3 percent gain of 20.1 points, as investors exercised caution in anticipation of the Reserve Bank’s cash rate decision on Tuesday. The ASX has since fallen below that figure, currently trading higher by 0.23 percent. Additionally, the

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Shares helped by US earnings, Softer US payrolls, Record population boosting retail, RBA to hike

Investment markets and key developments over the past week Global share markets rebounded over the last week from oversold levels on the back of increasing optimism that the Fed has finished raising rates helped by soft US jobs data, strong US earnings results and the war in Israel being relatively contained so far. For the

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