As the internet giant stored the world’s information, it created an office culture that tried to minimise its legal footprint, telling employees to destroy messages and copy in the lawyers as often as possible.

Sarytogan Graphite has picked up $2.6m in equity from a European bank at double the market price. The money will be spent on its graphite project in central Kazakhstan.

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Petratherm. The critical mineral firm discovered titanium in historical samples, while InFocus Group, Noviqtech and Narryer Metals also ran hard.

The oil super majors are eyeing shifting their primary stock exchange listings to New York as a stronger push to reduce fossil fuels in their home markets weighs on their share prices.

The big four banks weighed down the Australian sharemarket after the Commonwealth Bank’s March quarter cash profit fell 5 per cent compared to the same time last year.