Rules of engagement after Weinstein
There was a time when it was not unusual for men to ask female colleagues out five, six times until she finally said yes.
There was a time when it was not unusual for men to ask female colleagues out five, six times until she finally said yes.
The media barons of the digital age, former CEOs and senators – and Australia's richest person – here's the best of Lunch with AFR.
Downer Group's $1.3 billion bid for Spotless and associated raising was the capital markets story of the year. And it ain't over yet.
The ASX might be up, but the nation's chief executives have spent the year under siege.
The big data and AI revolution is underway and could propel a fifth wave of IT-driven productivity growth. How can investors play the theme?
The biggest cryptocurrencies resumed their decline over the long holiday weekend, failing to reverse a selloff that began when bitcoin's unprecedented rally fell short of breaking above $US20,000.
After Catalonia's regional elections, in which separatist parties won a majority of seats in the regional parliament, it is now clear that the independence movement is not going away.
The newly-launched Amazon Australia was hoping to divert customers away from traditional brick and mortar stores by offering online sales from midnight on Tuesday.
Donald Trump has signed a tax overhaul and companies are rejoicing. But the immediate effect could be a one-time accounting headache.
Andreas M. Antonopoulos describes the lofty philosophical changes that have driven bitcoin's development, before elaborating on the sticking points.
Downer Group's $1.3 billion bid for Spotless and associated raising was the capital markets story of the year. And it ain't over yet.
SA Water aims to use solar PV, hydropower and a range of emerging new storage technologies to eliminate its power bill.
Some of the biggest names on the Financial Review Rich List picked the biggest investment trends in 2017 early on, and have reaped the rewards.
The value of bitcoin tumbled nearly 30 per cent early Friday (Saturday AEST) before recovering most of its ground in the afternoon.
One of the biggest champions of bitcoin has shelved plans to start a cryptocurrency hedge fund and predicted the digital money may extend its fall to $US8,000.
The ASX ended the last session before the Christmas break on an upbeat note, with traders choosing to pick up energy companies and miners ahead of the holiday.
"You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out", Warren Buffett once famously quipped. Some analysts believe the saying will be particularly relevant in 2018.
As the year ends, even the citizenship debacle seemed to be rebounding more on Bill Shorten than Malcolm Turnbull.
While Australian politicians have been running around in circles and failing to agree a policy for decarbonisation, the world's largest institutional investors have been marshalling their forces to make boards of directors accountable.
After more than 30 years of writing and dealing in financial markets, the major lesson I have learnt is that nothing really changes.
Two women – neither of them in federal politics – could play the decisive role in the next federal election.
​InfoTrack skipper Tom Slingsby will be given licence to take risks, as the defending Sydney-Hobart line honours champion tries to fend off his three biggest rivals.
The Prime Minister began his Christmas day making prawn cocktails, posing for selfies and dancing to the Kinks at Sydney's Wayside Chapel.
Economic confidence is returning. Labor's internal discipline is cracking. And soon Malcolm Turnbull will be thinking election dates.
Malcolm Turnbull has defended the ballooning cost of upgrading the Snowy Hydro scheme, arguing the project is financially viable.
Nearly two decades since Alberto Fujimori and his family occupied Peru's presidential palace and gripped the Andean nation's attention during one of its most turbulent chapters, they are once more at the centre of political upheaval.
Emirates bans Tunisian women from boarding its planes, saying it's afraid of 'terrorist acts'.
Russian officials have banned opposition leader Alexei Navalny from challenging Vladimir Putin in the March presidential elections.
Steve Bannon has launched a twin attack on Donald Trump's family by dubbing his daughter Ivanka the "queen of leaks" and calling her husband, Jared Kushner, "immature".
'Sixty years ago today, a young woman spoke about the speed of technological change,' Queen Elizabeth says in her Christmas address.
In an AFR summer series, investment experts give us their thoughts on what's ahead for investors and tell us how they unwind.
Despite the new rule changes, DIY super is still attractive to investors wanting to play a more active role.
The sheer speed of bitcoin appreciation and the scale of the windfall have paralysed some investors.
There was a time when it was not unusual for men to ask female colleagues out five, six times until she finally said yes.
Senator Dean Smith is the unlikely architect of our same-sex marriage laws. It should make us expect more from our politicians, he says over lunch with the AFR.
Enterprise software-as-a-service start-ups have a new home, entrepreneur Adir Shifman claims.
Darwin-born Andrew Liveris is preparing to return home and has plenty of advice on how Australia can find its place in the Asian century.
New fitness-focused retreats in photogenic destinations could help give travellers the motivation they need to stick to their wellness goals.
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