Resumption of Normal Life No Boon for Kogan

Shares in e-commerce firm Kogan.com were crunched on Friday as it joined the growing number of companies reporting weak or weakening sales and earnings figures for the March quarter.
Read MoreShares in e-commerce firm Kogan.com were crunched on Friday as it joined the growing number of companies reporting weak or weakening sales and earnings figures for the March quarter.
Read MoreAMP shares bounced in early trading on Friday after investors took heart that the mooted deal with US investor group, Ares had finally fallen over.
Read MoreCredit Suisse has been forced to raise more than $US2 billion in new capital to strengthen its balance sheet after warning of more losses from the Archegos and Greensill debacles.
Read MoreShares in global logistic giant Brambles traded higher yesterday after a strong third quarter update saw it on track to meet full-year guidance.
Read MoreA single proposed accounting rule change by the US Securities and Exchange Commission will make sure that SPACs are no longer so easily derived.
Read MoreThe rise in oil and LNG prices helped Woodside and Santos improve revenues for the March quarter and the outlook for both remains buoyant under the current conditions.
Read MoreShares in online retail and art marketplace Redbubble slumped more than 22% after the company reported a number of “key misses” in a third-quarter trading update.
Read MoreA major policy proposal from APRA will see insurers and superannuation funds elevate the impact of climate change to rank alongside credit risk, underwriting risk and liquidity risk.
Read MoreShares in AMP hit a new all-time low on Thursday after it reported more outflows in the March quarter from its shrinking wealth and asset management businesses.
Read MoreIn a surprise move, AGL Energy CEO Brett Redman has resigned with immediate effect after just two-and-a-half years in charge of the country’s biggest energy utility.
Read MorePriceline chemist chain operator Australian Pharmaceutical Industries surprised on Thursday with a 30% slide in interim profit thanks to the impact of COVID shutdowns.
Read MoreThe interim earnings releases for Westpac, NAB and ANZ are now around two weeks away and analysts have started rubbing their crystal balls, with Westpac for some the one to watch.
Read MoreRetail sales recovered in March, but while the 1.4% rise was slightly better than expected and more than made up for the slide in February, the longer-term trend remains cloudy.
Read MoreTwo updates yesterday from mid-level operators Helloworld and Corporate Travel Management suggest a rising degree of optimism about the future for the travel industry.
Read MoreBHP had solid ore sales from its mines in Western Australia in the three months to March 31 as wet weather and maintenance impacted output and exports.
Read MoreInvestors on Wednesday sold off Nuix shares after the company said it will not meet the business forecasts set out in its IPO documents issued last December.
Read MoreNetflix disappointed investors again with subscriber numbers falling short of its own forecasts, but the market ignored the company’s best quarterly financial performance in its history.
Read MoreRio Tinto lifted its shipments of iron ore during the March quarter, thanks to solid demand from China and recovering demand from Japan, South Korea and other markets.
Read MoreWoolworths has tightened its control of retail data analytics firm Quantium and will use the controlling stake in the start-up to build a completely separate division.
Read MoreChallenger’s investors didn’t seem to like the figures in the financial group’s third quarter update, despite it looking good on paper with further growth across the business.
Read MoreIn its third quarter update, BNPL group Afterpay confirmed media reports earlier in the year that it was looking at a US market listing in the not-too-distant future.
Read MoreSeven Group said on Tuesday that it had raised $500 million from institutional investors with strong support from domestic and international investors at $22.50 per new share.
Read MoreShares in Temple & Webster fell at the opening yesterday, losing more than 5% as investors took a first glance at a third quarter trading update and gave it a quick thumbs down.
Read MoreThe market took a set against rare earths miner Lynas yesterday after its third quarter report revealed a slide in sales because of problems shipping its products.
Read MoreJames Packer has been offered a way to exit the troubled Crown Resorts share register in a painless fashion for him, but what about the rest of the Crown share register?
Read MoreCenturia Capital and Primewest announced a $15.5 billion merger that will lift Centuria into the ASX200 and allow it to expand into the lucrative agricultural property sector.
Read MoreRupert Murdoch’s News Corp recently raised more than $A1.3 billion and now Kerry Stokes wants half a billion dollars for his Seven Group Holdings master company to reduce debt.
Read MoreAustralian lithium producers Orocobre and Galaxy Resources will merge in an all-paper $4 billion transaction to create what they claim will be the 5th largest producer of the key commodity.
Read MoreSoft applause from investors for the first earnings and distribution guidance for a year from GPT as it emerges from the shadow of uncertainty caused by Covid and the lockdowns.
Read MoreShares in scrap metal giant Sims Ltd hit a two year high of $16.90 and closed up more than 8% after the company upgraded its June 30 earnings forecasts.
Read MoreOptimism all around for commodities as they closed the week with good gains, thanks in a large part to a weakening dollar.
Read MoreAmid rising government pressure to curb pollution, China’s crude steel output surged in March and the first three months of the year from the Covid-hit first quarter of 2020.
Read MoreThe ASX is looking for a solid start today after another series of record closes on Wall Street on Friday, with futures trading on Friday indicating a 37-point rise for the start of trading later this morning.
Read MoreThe US March quarter earnings season starts its busiest two weeks with Netflix’s report Tuesday expected to dominate, along with figures from key airlines, some techs and oil services groups.
Read MoreA busy week for data, US quarterly reports and local mining companies, with the chance for more records for stockmarkets as the flood of stimulus spending keeps the markets buoyant.
Read MoreAs expected China’s March quarter economic growth boomed – mostly due to a comparison with the sharp fall in the March quarter of 2020.
Read MoreDespite solid gains on Wall Street and analyst enthusiasm for the March quarter results from four of America’s six major banks, the quality was variable.
Read MoreShares in Whitehaven Coal slumped more than 14% on Thursday after it revealed another downgrade to its sales estimates for the year to June 30.
Read MoreThe March labour force data was strong but we won’t get a true picture of the health of the jobs market post JobKeeper until this time in May and then in June.
Read MoreInterim dividends are back at Bank of Queensland after first-half profits rose 9% to $165 million, led by a turnaround in its retail banking arm.
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