Bumper equities trading helps Goldman overcome Wall Street’s fixed income woes

Performance of stock traders helps Goldman report 30 per cent rise in third-quarter net income

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

James Packer says Australia ‘tends to tear down’ entrepreneurs after Firmus fiasco

Billionaire investor hits out after data centre operator abandoned plans to raise $5bn in Sydney

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Visa gets approval for China card business ahead of Trump-Xi summit

US payments giant has sought market access for more than a decade

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Premier Inn owner urges investors to resist pressure from activist hedge fund

Whitbread asks shareholders to reject Corvex Management’s demand for board seat

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Selling a home? Think documents before decor

A lick of paint can seduce a buyer, but having planning consents to hand will take the deal over the line

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Healey rejects calls to equalise capital gains and income tax rates

UK proposal had been backed by senior Labour figures, triggering nervousness among entrepreneurs and investors

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Ships in Hormuz strait hit by worst spate of attacks since start of war

Twenty-four tankers and other vessels targeted by Iran in two weeks, including six on Sunday alone

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Iran has made ‘major shift’ to target UK military sites, says MI5 chief

Ken McCallum warns that both Tehran and Moscow are seeking to escalate hybrid warfare, with state threats quadrupling in a decade

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Cyber attack on French supermarket fridges raises alarm over food security

Some stores reported fridge temperatures as high as 80°C, melting equipment and destroying food

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026

Chip stocks slide in wake of ‘casino’ comment by Broadcom boss

Declines for Samsung and SK Hynix drag Kospi sharply lower as investors fret over scale of AI investment

Posted on Tuesday October 13, 2026