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Mirage News Mirage News Mirage NewsBusiness01 Sep 2026 3:48 pm AESTDate Time ANZ Bank

Productivity has become one of Australia’s most important economic challenges, but new ANZ research suggests some of the biggest opportunities may lie across the food, beverage and agribusiness sector.

JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, is a name typically attached to big numbers. But a new plan to invest $750 billion into housing market initiatives in the next decade stands out.

Russians withdrew around €24.4 billion from the country’s banking system in the first seven months of this year, as Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries and logistics infrastructure deepened the economic crisis, and fear spread that the Kremlin could move to freeze or nationalise private deposits to fund its war in Ukraine.

As a new school year begins, some classrooms may use artificial intelligence tools to flag a student struggling with classwork, track attendance or try to raise reading scores.

Billions are flowing into competing fusion technologies, but turning laboratory breakthroughs into dependable power plants remains the industry’s defining test.

Africa attracted a wave of major greenfield investment announcements in 2025, spanning chemicals, energy, mining and automotive manufacturing.