August 4, 2023

Mark Cooksey – Managing Director & CEO – ABx Group (ASX:ABX) specialises in supplying the global market with crucial rare earth elements and essential chemicals like aluminium fluoride, addressing the increasing demand for strategic minerals.

Hank Holland – Chairman & CEO – Amaero International (ASX:3DA) provides an integrated metal 3D printing research, development, design, prototyping and manufacturing service to our aerospace, defense and tooling customers.

Neal Hawkins – Chief Financial Officer – MoneyMe (ASX:MME) is a digital financial service company that offers fast and easy credit products to tech-savvy Australian consumers and businesses.

James Brennan – CEO – Linius (ASX:LNU) is a video search tool that allows viewers to take full control of their viewing experience by allowing them to ‘deep-dive’ into content and create personalised compilation videos.

The Reserve Bank has lowered its economic growth predictions and expects inflation to slow down faster than previously estimated. According to its quarterly economic update, it anticipates the gross domestic product (GDP) to expand by 0.9% by the end of the year, down from the previous forecast of 1.2% made in May. Next year, GDP

Some of the 30th June reports from Australian retailers, due to be issued this month, will make tragic reading for shareholders if the latest analysis of retail sales is any guide. Growth in sales volumes will be weak, and any gains will be due to higher prices – which have, in turn, seen consumers haul

Contrasting June quarter results from tech giants Apple and Amazon were reported on Thursday. While Apple produced a weak set of numbers that met market expectations, Amazon showed a return to strong growth, resulting in a significant increase in its shares during after-hours trading. Apple’s shares were down 3% after hours as analysts noted concerns

The competition regulator, the ACCC, has rejected ANZ’s proposed $4.9 billion takeover of Suncorp’s banking arm – a decision that has been widely expected by investors since being announced in 2022. Not too many investors saw a chance for ANZ to succeed in its deal, despite both banks pulling out all stops with support from

Melbana Energy (ASX:MAY) announced that the planned Total Depth of the Alameda-2 well has been reached ahead of schedule. Executive Chairman, Andrew Purcell, commented: “Excellent quality logs have been obtained over the entire Amistad interval – a great improvement on last time when logs could not be obtained over some of the most productive units.”