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Catalyst Metals (ASX:CYL) implements a new gold price protection regime at its flagship Plutonic Gold Belt operations.

Jumbo Interactive (ASX:JIN) updated its FY26 outlook, raising its Dream US underlying earnings forecast to between US$5.5 million.

Telstra Group (ASX:TLS) confirms a secondary network issue following a data centre failure that halted regional trains and blocked 333 emergency calls.

ASIC launches investigation into internal complaint handling at KPMG, Deloitte, EY, and PwC using compulsory powers.

Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) raised its full-year earnings guidance to between NZ$403 million.

The IMF downgraded Australia's forecast economic growth for 2026 to 1.9% amid persistent inflationary pressures.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has signalled that interest rates may need to be raised further to return inflation to the target range.

Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) has identified Australia as a priority market for its new oral Wegovy weight-loss pill.

American Enterprise Institute Senior Fellow Angela Stent discusses President Trump's announcement he would allow Ukraine to make its own Patriot Missiles. She says Trump "sees that Ukraine looks like a winner, that it has cards that the Ukrainians are really fighting back."

In this segment, Songyee Yoon, Director on HP's Board and Founder of Principal Venture Partners, discusses the emerging divergence between the chip cycle and the hyperscaler cycle amid the AI build-out. She highlights the critical issue of whether hyperscalers will reduce their spending as the costs of AI infrastructure escalate, a factor that could significantly impact the broader AI investment landscape and equity market performance. She speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close."

Mark Douglas, CEO of the ad tech company MNTN, discussed Meta's reported ambitions to expand beyond advertising into cloud infrastructure. Douglas expressed skepticism about Meta's ability to compete with established cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud, citing high switching costs for customers and Meta's lack of excess AI infrastructure capacity to monetize. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Katie Greifeld on "The Close."

Bloomberg's Michelle Davis joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals" to discuss what's top of mind in media M&A as moguls gather in Sun Valley for Allen & Co.'s annual conference.