Business
Companies
Facebook blames media for role in spread of Christchurch video
Facebook has criticised media organisations for playing a role in the widespread distribution of footage from the Christchurch terrorist attack while defending live videos on the social media platform.
- by Jennifer Duke
Latest
Robots
FMG takes driverless vehicles out of the pit and onto the streets of Karratha
FMG will start a RAC Intellibus style trial of driverless vehicles in Karratha.
- by staff writers
Refunds refused after high-end tailor Rhodes & Beckett's quiet collapse
Customers of the high-end tailors Rhodes & Beckett are being refused refunds for shirts and suits they bought but never received.
- by Patrick Hatch
Retail
Myer swings axe again at head office
Myer has cut 50 more head office and back-of-house jobs, as new boss John King continues to reshape the struggling department store.
- by Patrick Hatch
Education
Navitas agrees to $2.1b bid from BGH consortium
The deal will see Navitas founder Rod Jones return as chairman of the privatised company.
- by Colin Kruger
Social media
'Tantrum congestion': Companies no longer fear Trump’s Twitter wrath
Two years ago, powerful CEOs sought to accommodate the US president, fearful he could sink their stocks with a single tweet. Their new strategy: Ignore him.
- by Alan Rappeport
Pharmaceuticals
'Very, very confident': Sigma chief defends go-it-alone plan as jobs cut
Sigma will cut about 500 staff this year as part of its plans to generate $100 million in annual cost savings when its Chemist Warehouse contract ends in July.
- by Colin Kruger
Netflix
With Netflix, Apple and Amazon, Silicon Valley muscles in on Hollywood
For shareholders of the big established studios and the industry's elite, the rise of the tech giants in the movie business has turned into a horror flick.
- by Robin Pagnamenta
Luxury fashion
Hermes turns fashion victim amid the long, slow demise of the necktie
The French luxury goods maker has seen its silk business struggle as even investment bankers ditch their ties. Now it's looking to sell more scarves.
- by Robert Williams and Thomas Mulier
Media & marketing
'Who do you think is going to win that?': Trump battle could be Lachlan Murdoch's first problem
The President and Rupert Murdoch speak weekly, but the new Fox Corp chief Lachlan Murdoch has a different relationship with the White House.
- by Sarah Ellison
Consumer safety
Bayer shares lose $11.2b in value but herbicide firms defend Roundup after court's cancer ruling
Major herbicide companies have defended weed killer glyphosate in the wake of the latest US court action on the product.
- by Darren Gray