Wednesday 17 February 2021

BHP, the big Australian, pays a record dividend as surging iron ore prices and sales underpin a bumper profit.

Also today:

• Confidence in the global economic recovery pushes equity markets higher in Asia, Europe and North America
• The AstraZeneca vaccine gets the go ahead in Australia.
• And why many smaller companies are having their best years ever.

Plus an interview with Tim Harcourt, the airport economist and Professor of Practice in Economics at UNSW.