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There are signs speculators are piling into coffee futures as commodity experts predict production shortfalls in key areas, like Brazil's southeast, where higher temperatures are affecting water supplies.

If Rio Tinto's roadmap works as Sam Walsh expects it to, Rio Tinto will be primed to move ahead of BHP Billiton and its global competitors and make huge efficiency gains in the process.

Media group says extended holiday period affected advertising environment.

From drones to smart jewellery, a growing wave of do-it-yourselfers are making hardware hot again.

US stocks close mostly lower amid tech sell-off, Dow flirts with record.

Many foreign tech firms have failed in their attempts to crack the Chinese market, but one Australian start-up is hoping to buck that trend.

Woolworths' core food and liquor business has remained resilient and its strong cashflow generation will help to fund an ambitious store rollout plan.

The Coalition's budget rhetoric rails against the 'age of entitlement' even as its ministers feel entitled to twist history to justify broken election promises. But its approach could backfire.

The prospect of an ECB rate cut next month pushed the euro lower and stocks higher, but failed to hold Wall Street in the end.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba's float will have to clear a few regulatory hurdles in the US, but the scope of its ambitions could inspire other tech companies.

China's biggest real estate developer believes his country's housing construction frenzy has reached its peak. Now it's just a question of how big the correction will be.

The fate of Qantas' frequent flyer decision is still up in the air, while Cheung Kong Infrastructure has thrown APA Group's Envestra bid into doubt.

Wilmar will scrap its $1.27bn takeover offer if Goodman Fielder's NZ dairy sale proceeds.

Oil Search boss justifies move to contest a Papua New Guinea gas deal between Total and InterOil.

Pub company closes off a bookbuild, in talks with investors ahead of ASX listing.

Divestment of Qantas frequent flyer business remains a 'huge and complex issue'.