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While the proportion of house resales seeing a profit nationwide has decreased over the first half of 2026 to 97.4 per cent, Brisbane has bucked the trend, with the vast majority of sellers seeing positive results According to Domain’s latest Profit and Loss Report, Brisbane remained the strongest market in the country when it came…

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) announced a definitive agreement on Wednesday to acquire MarketAxess Holdings (Nasdaq: MKTX) in a deal valued at approximately $6.0 billion in equity, aiming to build what the companies call the most complete fixed income marketplace in the industry. Under the terms, ICE will pay $167 per share in cash for MarketAxess,…

A dodgy Queensland builder has been fined $8,000 and ordered to pay additional compensation after carrying out work on a home without a licence. A Queensland man has been fined $8,000 and ordered to pay compensation after undertaking building work without an appropriate licence on the Sunshine Coast. Ricky Ayden Potter, sole trader of his…

The Blockchain Association has stepped forward to support Custodia Bank in its bid for US Supreme Court review of a long-running dispute with the Federal Reserve over access to a master account. In an amicus brief filed this week, the crypto industry group urges the justices to examine whether regional Federal Reserve banks hold broad…

“The inflation picture at the moment isn’t enough to derail what really remains an earnings-driven market,” Bill Merz, head of capital markets research at US Bank Asset Management, told CNBC.   Merz said the recent moderation in CPI and PPI was constructive for now, but that it remained to be seen how the Fed under its…