Stuck between a rock and a hard bake
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Stuck between a rock and a hard bake

While pranksters get the better of Ezra.

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Sports cars. What’s the point?
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Sports cars. What’s the point?

And is it time to drop the rock cake?

Northern doughlight
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Northern doughlight

Where the locals have crust issues.

Playing the long game with long division
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Playing the long game with long division

When change couldn’t come soon enough.

Saving cash with the Czechs
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Saving cash with the Czechs

While the grandkids nag,nag,nag.

Stakeout at Crater Crescent
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Stakeout at Crater Crescent

When the scribbler met the scribe.

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ASX dives amid escalating Middle East tensions
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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.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Why the US dollar is setting off alarm bells around the world
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Why the US dollar is setting off alarm bells around the world

Suddenly,tension and uncertainty have gripped financial markets,making them highly volatile.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Mining giants drive ASX higher;Wall St odds of quick rate cuts dim

Mining giants drive ASX higher;Wall St odds of quick rate cuts dim

US markets were flat overnight ahead of a week in which the focus will be on inflation figures and the prospect of fewer interest rate cuts by the Fed.

  • byMillie Muroi andJessica Yun
US inflation shock rattles markets and central bankers
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US inflation shock rattles markets and central bankers

The US inflation rate appears more stubborn than expected,which is not good news for other central banks,or those stretched Australian households hoping the RBA will start cutting interest rates soon.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
America’s fiscal watchdog sees decade of spiralling debt and deficits

America’s fiscal watchdog sees decade of spiralling debt and deficits

The Congressional Budget Office expects the world’s largest economy’s deficits and debt to soar to record levels over the next 10 years.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz