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Company directors see need to improve corporate culture
Greg Medcraft's message for boards to take greater responsibility for corporate culture may finally be getting through to the nation's company directors.
Greg Medcraft's message for boards to take greater responsibility for corporate culture may finally be getting through to the nation's company directors.
There are "loud voices" working against gender equality, says UN as Special Rapporteur for Discrimination Against Women, Elizabeth Broderick.
Sophia and its robo-chauvinism sounds like the premise for a Halloween horror movie.
For months, Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, has been in crisis mode, furiously attempting to contain the damage stemming from its role in last year's presidential campaign. But it has bigger problems globally.
A year ago, Tesla set up a hastily organised conference call between Elon Musk and reporters.
Amazon has received a free pass on delivering profits to investors. It might be time to revoke it.
Alphabet has reported stronger than expected advertising sales and higher operating margins, driving up its shares.
"It's been a complete shit-show," is how American VC fund manager and entrepreneur Renee LaBran describes the culture of sexual harassment in America.
Every few months, people realise the biggest infrastructure project in Australia's history is a complete debacle.
Forget the FAANGs, we need to pay more attention to China's internet giants
As Bitcoin moved up sharply again this week, after breaching $US5000 last week, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue heard evidence about virtual currencies and tax.
Australian Tim Doyle spent $85.10 and 10 minutes to set up a 'fake' ad account on Facebook, and a page "Ohio for Trump" linked to it. He got 10,000 people in Ohio to view it. Imagine what a bigger budget could do.
CSL says 88 per cent of shareholders have agreed to vote for the company's remuneration report.
Tech advisory firm Eaton Square wants to raise $100 million for a new startup investment fund.
Australia has been labelled a "laggard" in the global move toward electric vehicles by progressive think-tank Australia Institute in a new report released on Friday.
British billionaire Richard Branson has placed another bet on the future with an investment in Hyperloop One, which is developing super high-speed transportation systems.
At a time when many of our biggest companies are under attack from tech giants like Amazon, it feels like a missed opportunity.
As Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google push deeper into movies, TV and music, turns out algorithms, data and precision aren't everything.
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised on Tuesday after drawing criticism for live-streaming a video of him taking a virtual reality tour of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico to promote a new Facebook feature.
"The important thing is for women to be taken seriously," says CEO.
Australia's tech star before Atlassian, Freelancer is struggling to grow.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk tweeted that the electric carmaker is feeling the heat.
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's claims about the self-driving capabilities of his upcoming Tesla vehicles are "full of crap", General Motors' self-driving Tsar says.
The $49 billion National Broadband Network was meant to spearhead a digital revolution. Instead, the botched project risks becoming a poster child for government mismanagement.
As local retailers worry about the arrival of Amazon destroying their business, the taxman will need to start worrying about how Amazon is going to work to minimise its tax bills.
Tesla and Space X chief executive Elon Musk is known for his spectacular mastery of the media.
GPS devices attached to sports stars playing in grand finals this weekend could be in for a bumpy ride, as could the future of Catapult Group, the company that makes them.
In recent days, two London-based food delivery services with connections to Australia have moved to shore up their finances, in markedly different ways.
American race car driver Leilani Munter has faced her fair share of sexism.
There is a fierce national debate over energy policy, but also as a (much quieter) debate around Australia's possible role in what is being described as "the second space age" begins to play out.
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