Sumeyya Ilanbey
Age reporter
Sumeyya Ilanbey is a business journalist for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald
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ASX dives amid escalating Middle East tensions
Australian stocks dived for their seventh session in the past days, with investors fearing the ramifications of escalating tensions in the Middle East, also weighing on the market was a US labour report, released overnight, that reaffirmed bets interest rates would remain higher for longer.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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World markets
Big miners spark ASX gain; jobs data lifts tech shares
Mining heavyweights BHP and Rio Tinto boosted the Australian sharemarket, which also benefited from the latest unemployment figures showing a slowdown in the labour market.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Watchdog cracks down on Glad garbage bags ‘greenwashing’
The manufacturer of Glad garbage bags faces potentially millions of dollars in penalties after the consumer and competition watchdog launched legal action over false claims some bags were made partly from recycled ocean plastic.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
BOQ profits stifled as inflation, higher funding costs shred margins
The bank unveiled a cash profit of $172 million in the six months to February 29, down 33 per cent compared to the first half of last year.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Sharemarket
ASX retreats as losing streak hits five days
The Australian sharemarket retreated in late trading to finish in negative territory for the fifth consecutive session despite making up some of the ground it had lost over the past week.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Australian miner loses bid to avoid sanctions over Russian coal
A mining company backed by billionaire philanthropists Paul Little and Jane Hansen has lost a legal challenge against Australia’s strict sanctions regime.
- by Simon Johanson and Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Liberal Party
Influential Liberal Michael Kroger at centre of heated corporate coup
Kroger is embroiled in a battle for control over the $52 million Mayfield Childcare fuelled in part by a contentious deal three years ago.
- by Paul Sakkal and Sumeyya Ilanbey
Winemakers cheer end to China’s tariffs, but keen to grow in other markets
Nikki Palun was ecstatic when China announced it would drop its tariffs on Australian wine, but will no longer rely heavily on the Chinese market as she once did.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Under water and under pressure: The fight to fix flood insurance
As climate change increases the severity and frequency of natural disasters, insurance companies face pressure to improve the handling of their claims.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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World markets
ASX finishes the quarter on a high before the Easter break
The Australian sharemarket closed the first quarter of the year on a record high amid a rally that briefly pushed the local index above 7900 points.Â
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey