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Sour notes — Capital Brief
13+ hour, 34+ min ago (210+ words) Canva and US music-rights specialist Crunch Digital are suing each other in the Superior Court of California. As Capital Brief’s Bronwen Clune reports, the commercial relationship has broken down, and each side is now accusing the other of causing it....
Low-rate era is firmly over as markets brace for central bank hikes
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (327+ words) Interest rate rises are firmly back in vogue. Or, as ANZ put it in a recent note, “the post-GFC era of low rates is over”. Here’s what you need to know about the key economic data releases this week. The…...
Oil above USD107 as Houthis close in on shipping chokepoint
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (78+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. First Table raises $10 million without AI angle. Oliver Curtis is shifting focus beyond Australia’s shores. It could also be a new frontier for Firmus investor and supplier…...
UK’s Andy Burnham rejects call for data centre moratorium
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (380+ words) The news: British prime minister Andy Burnham has rejected a call from a member of his own party to impose a moratorium on AI data centres. Labour MP Ian Lavery asked Burnham to support a moratorium on future data centres…...
Rate cuts in 2027 are expected to stop property price falls. What if the RBA doesn’t ease?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (193+ words) Economists will be keeping a close eye on scheduled remarks from Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser and assistant governor economic Sarah Hunter this week for clues about where interest rates are heading. Here’s what you need to know about…...
Wall Street bets on rate hike after shock jobs report
1+ week, 2+ day ago (111+ words) Good morning. Here’s what happened overnight and what you need to know today. The implied freedom of political communication has become a test of how far the High Court should reach into politics, exposing a fault line among its judges....
Dutch central bank moves gold from US to London, citing geopolitical risks
1+ week, 4+ day ago (413+ words) The news: The Netherlands’ central bank has shifted 86 tonnes of gold from North America to London in an effort to hedge against geopolitical unrest. In a statement on Wednesday, the bank said it had made the decision to improve its…...
🪃 Boomerang angst — Capital Brief
1+ week, 5+ day ago (202+ words) Earlier this year, Superpower co-founder Max Marchione told Capital Brief he would invest in any Australian founder who relocated to San Francisco to start a company. Last week, he brought together close to 100 young founders and operators at The Pillars…...
Geoff Wilson’s mea culpa after WAM Capital’s ‘hardest year’ and ‘worst investment ever’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (292+ words) If investors in Geoff Wilson’s second largest listed investment company, WAM Capital, were seeking some reassurance after shares cratered last week in response to its worst ever annual portfolio performance, they may have done well to avoid the investing veteran’s…...
Economists split on RBA rate path as productivity concerns deepen
1+ week, 5+ day ago (590+ words) More news: State Street Global markets head of APAC economist Krishna Bhimavarapu said the better-than-expected GDP print, coupled with the absence of a negative surprise in upcoming August employment data, points to a high probability of a September RBA hike,…...