Making maternity care more accessible to all expectant parents including those in regional and rural Australians, HeraMED (ASX: HMD) has been promoting at-home pregnancy management using its digital monitoring device HeraCARE. Now the Company has levelled up its strategic shift for the device by securing a new Partner Agreement with Telstra Health, expanding its customer
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For the first twenty weeks of FY24, Aussie fashion retail company Universal Stores (ASX: UNI) has had to place its focus on promotions and discounts to cater to increasingly price-conscious consumers. Universal saw a spending decline in the regional areas of eastern Australia, contrasting with the more robust performance in metropolitan and CBD locations. In
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We were surprised last week by the reaction to the slightly better than expected US CPI monthly report. In aggregate the headline month-on-month CPI rate was flat versus a 0.1% forecast and core inflation was 0.2% versus 0.3% expected. A great deal of care needs to be taken when interpreting monthly data because inflation readings
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to respiratory imaging technology company 4DMedical (ASX: 4DX) for its CT-based lung ventilation analysis product (CT LVAS™). This FDA clearance will allow 4DMedical to leverage the US’s available CT hardware and boost its presence in the region. The FDA clearance follows the rollout
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Questions regarding reliability, transparency and scalability came to the fore after the multi-asset exchange company Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: ASX) decided to replace its 25-year-old clearing and settlements system CHESS with blockchain tech in 2016. To do so, the ASX brought on the New York-based tech startup Digital Asset. However, after multiple delays and issues,
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Major conflicts in Israel and the Ukraine are tearing nations apart but for ballistics defence company XTEK (ASX: XTE), someone needs to offer protection to the people involved and if that means lacing them up in high-end ballistic body armour products, they’re happy to do it. Some might call it a coincidence but since Russia’s
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In what might be construed as a slow takeover bid, asset finance broking group COG Financial Services Limited (ASX: COG) has acquired 19.99% of diversified financial services company Centrepoint Alliance (ASX: CAF) for a consideration of $13 million. COG has utilised cash and debt to fund the acquisition. The approximately 39.56 million shares were bought
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AEM’s newly launched Forest Service radio, the MTP136D, is flying off the shelves, as the electronics manufacturer Structural Monitoring Systems (ASX: SMN) subsidiary signed a contract with a Canadian-based helicopter provider within a month of its launch. The contract has been signed with Yellowhead Helicopters, based in British Columbia and Alberta. For over fifty years,
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Digital payments company Novatti Group (ASX: NOV) will save $4 million over the next four years having cleared their balance sheet of debt and corresponding interest payments after selling their stake in business software company Reckon (ASX: RKN) in favourable circumstances. As shareholders of Reckon, Novatti has earned $15.2 million in cash dividends since acquiring
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Two hundred years ago, the cattle farming company Australian Agricultural Company (ASX: AAC) was set up to produce wool, tobacco, flax and more until it transitioned to cattle breeding. While its problems then had to do with the quality of land; now, it is part of the modern zeitgeist, having to bear massive inflationary pressures.
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