Australian equities face a lower open following a sharp slip in crude oil prices and a tech sell-off that stripped Nvidia of its top market cap ranking.

U.S. equities closed mixed with the S&P 500 staying above 7,400 while technology shares lagged as investors braced for upcoming earnings and a Federal Reserve decision.

Brookfield Asset Management has secured $2 billion for its Brookfield Middle East Partners fund, with capital backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund.

ASML's share price plunged following a report that a state-backed Chinese consortium has begun mass-producing immersion DUV lithography machines.

Elon Musk claims artificial intelligence will surpass the sum of human intelligence within five years and potentially make money irrelevant by 2036.

HDFC Bank's board has penalised top executives including CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan and CFO Srinivasan Vaidyanathan following an investigation into MSRDC deposit practices.

Nvidia shares dropped 4% following a weekend of massive AI infrastructure commitments totaling over $750 billion that sparked balance sheet concerns on Wall Street.

Brent crude has breached the $100-a-barrel threshold as US-Iran conflicts and Red Sea shipping disruptions strain global petroleum supplies.

Analyst forecasts diverge sharply on newly listed memory firm CXMT, with Nomura predicting massive gains and Morningstar citing technology constraints.

Nvidia is in advanced talks to provide a $250 billion financing guarantee to support OpenAI's massive 10-gigawatt data center campus in southern Ohio.

Sir Ian Wood transformed a modest family fishing-boat repair yard into the global oil-service powerhouse Wood Group, leaving a legacy in business and philanthropy.

Beijing has unveiled a 26-trillion-yuan infrastructure strategy to unify transport, energy, and computing under a single coordinated AI-focused plan.

A temporary government VAT reduction on family attraction tickets, cinema visits, and children's meals aims to ease summer holiday costs, though parents and operators remain divided on its true impact.

Nvidia is in advanced talks to provide a $250 billion financing guarantee to help OpenAI lease a sprawling data centre campus in southern Ohio.

Crude prices fell sharply in early trading after Washington and Tehran agreed to a temporary pause in military strikes, easing major supply fears.

Exploding renovation costs across Perth are forcing owners who once relied on fix-up-and-flip strategies to rethink whether facelifts will pay off.

Major U.S. technology companies have reduced share repurchases by 17% over the past year to fund a massive surge in artificial intelligence spending.

A major water supply issue left Gatwick Airport's terminals without running water following an infrastructure failure at SES Water, causing disruption for travelers.

Sainsbury's has secured decade-long supply agreements with domestic producers to increase British salad production and insulate shelves from import disruptions.

Wildfires forced race organizers to shorten the final stage of the Tour de France from 133 to 89 kilometers, shifting emergency resources while Tadej Pogačar claimed his fifth title.