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ASX up 1.2% and near all-time high; BHP and Rio hit records – The Age
The ASX200 gained 1.3 per cent on Monday to reach its highest ever close of 7172.8. The market leapfrogs the previous high set in February 2020.

Rich lister Cyan Taeed is closing down her chocolate social enterprise in what she says was an enormously difficult decision after the business struggled to turn a profit.
Hey Tiger had been operating for three years and sold over 700,000 of its luxury chocolate bars with turnover of around $3 million a year.
Hey Tiger chocolate will be closing down, to the disappointment of its fans.
In creating a chocolate experience like no other, we designed a business that customers absolutely love, but that…
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