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Total Tools has doubled in size since it was snapped up by Metcash five years ago.

Metcash bolts together hardware brand under Total Tools flag

Metcash is knocking up a new plan to reinvigorate its hardware division, with moves to bring two groups under the one pergola.

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A quarterly financial report released last week showed Toys R Us had just $211,000 in cash and cash equivalents at the end of March.

Playtime’s over: Toys R Us collapses again

Toys R Us has collapsed into administration amid desperate recaptialisation efforts to right the beleaguered retailer.

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Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

Trump wants America to make things again. Can it be done?

Trump’s tariffs have upended supply chains, walloped businesses and focused the minds of corporate leaders on one question: Does America have what it takes to bring jobs back?

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Donald Trump’s tumultuous trade moves loomed large in the minds of the Reserve Bank board and its governor Michele Bullock.

Trump’s trade war is dominating deliberations for wary RBA

JACKSON HEWETT: The central bank’s minutes revealed that economic forecasting has rarely been more complex, given the range of possible outcomes a trade war could unleash.

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New Domino's CEO Mark van Dyck.

Domino’s keeps slicing the top brass, this time in Japan

Domino’s Pizza has announced yet another shake up among its leadership ranks, this time focused on turning around the fast-food giant’s ailing Japanese market.

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Traders on Wall Street are pricing in at least two 25-basis-point Fed cuts by the end of the year. (AP PHOTO)

Wall Street closes higher despite investor fears on tariffs

US stocks have closed higher despite investor concerns about US President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

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Todd Barlow is the CEO of Soul Patts.

Long-time partners Brickworks, Soul Patts tie knot for $14b

Investment house Washington H. Soul Pattinson has secured a $14 billion deal to snap up diversified industrial group. Brickworks.

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The new and old world of finance are colliding on American markets.

Inside America’s financial clash of the titans

The new giants of Wall Street are breaking down old boundaries.

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The US Court of International Trade has dealt Donald Trump’s tariff crusade a serious blow.

How US court blew a major hole in Trump’s trade war

The US Court of International Trade’s move to block Donald Trump’s tariffs will spark all-out lawfare. To use an American expression, Australians should be rooting for the judiciary.

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An Air Canada Boeing flying in the deep blue sky.

Boeing’s Trump bump a welcome relief after years of bad news

Boeing’s reputation for reliability in recent years has been earned by its ability to generate unwelcome news. So the first few months of 2025 have come as something of a relief.

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The MAGA movement made political capital out of the environmental, social, governance framework but the pendulum could be swinging back again.

How ESG investing became a ‘recipe for Donald Trump’

‘ESG wasn’t a political slogan,’ one expert told an investment conference. ‘It wasn’t for regular, ordinary people.’

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China is looking at using AI advantages in a production sense, as opposed to America’s aim of using the technology to become a superpower.

Xi Jinping’s plan to beat America at AI

China’s leaders believe they can outwit American cash and utopianism.

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Bigger companies are tending to weather the Trump-AI storm better than smaller counterparts ... for now.

Why it has never been better to be a big company

The upheaval brought by AI and Trump favours corporate giants - for now.

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The crisis surrounding America’s security bonds isn’t just limited to the US.

Why America’s deepening debt is spooking the world

Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill and chaotic policymaking has put the once-unquestionable haven status of US Treasuries up for debate.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 09: CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon visits "Mornings With Maria" with Maria Bartiromo at Fox Business Network Studios on April 09, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) Noam Galai

Will Jamie Dimon build the first trillion-dollar bank?

The JPMorgan Chase boss is already heading up the biggest bank America has never seen. But he’s looking to go even bigger.

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