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China’s factory prices jump 5.7%, the fastest in more than four years, but its shoppers are paying almost nothing extra

Prices at China's factory gates rose 5.7% in the year to October, the fastest pace since June 2022 and well above the 5.3% economists…

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Got a call about your super? A typical switch costs $15,700 to $44,900 over ten years, and the checks to make before you say yes

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ANZ’s profit jumps 23% to $7.3 billion, but the bank is quietly setting more aside for borrowers feeling the rate rises

ANZ has reported a statutory profit of $7.27 billion for the year to 30 September, up 23%, as the cost cuts Nuno Matos began…

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Telemarketers steered $678 million into 15 advice firms in 17 months, mostly super, and ASIC says some let them do the advisers’ job

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Oil has its biggest weekly fall since the pandemic on a US-Iran deal that nobody has signed

Brent crude ended last week at US$98.32 a barrel, down about 16% from US$117.64 a week earlier, its steepest weekly fall since the Covid…

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Fox closes its US$22 billion Roku takeover months early, and Lachlan Murdoch now owns the screen millions use to pick what to watch

Fox Corporation has completed its takeover of streaming platform Roku, a deal valued at about US$22 billion that the companies had not expected to…

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The AI premium is gone: US tech stocks now trade cheaper than the S&P 500 for the first time since 2017

After four straight losing weeks, US technology stocks are valued at about 17 times expected earnings, below the 18 times for the wider S&P…

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Berkshire Hathaway doubles its buybacks to US$9.6 billion as Greg Abel bets on his own stock and Geico slips

Berkshire Hathaway bought back about US$9.6 billion of its own shares in the September quarter, more than twice the amount of the previous three…

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Jensen Huang tells Nvidia staff he was unfaithful to his wife as the board orders an inquiry into whether he was targeted by foreign spies

Nvidia shares fell for a second day on Tuesday, and a shareholder class action filed in federal court in San Jose now accuses Huang…

7 Nov 2026 5 min read

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Eight weeks to 31 December: the 2026 401(k), IRA and RMD limits and deadlines, and the new Roth catch-up rule

The window to use this year's 401(k) limit closes with your last paycheck of 2026, and required minimum distributions are due by 31 December.…

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Business

China’s factory prices jump 5.7%, the fastest in more than four years, but its shoppers are paying almost nothing extra

Got a call about your super? A typical switch costs $15,700 to $44,900 over ten years, and the checks to make before you say yes

ANZ’s profit jumps 23% to $7.3 billion, but the bank is quietly setting more aside for borrowers feeling the rate rises

Telemarketers steered $678 million into 15 advice firms in 17 months, mostly super, and ASIC says some let them do the advisers’ job

Oil has its biggest weekly fall since the pandemic on a US-Iran deal that nobody has signed

Fox closes its US$22 billion Roku takeover months early, and Lachlan Murdoch now owns the screen millions use to pick what to watch

The AI premium is gone: US tech stocks now trade cheaper than the S&P 500 for the first time since 2017

Berkshire Hathaway doubles its buybacks to US$9.6 billion as Greg Abel bets on his own stock and Geico slips

Jensen Huang tells Nvidia staff he was unfaithful to his wife as the board orders an inquiry into whether he was targeted by foreign spies

Eight weeks to 31 December: the 2026 401(k), IRA and RMD limits and deadlines, and the new Roth catch-up rule

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