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Disgraceful, illegal, dishonest, unethical, exploitative, alarming: Read Commissioner’s words
In just 26 excoriating paragraphs Ray Finkelstein’s introduction to his final report torched Crown’s reputation.
- by Ray Finkelstein
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Crown royal commission
Crown to keep Melbourne licence despite ‘alarming, disgraceful’ breaches
Royal commission has found Crown Resorts is unfit to run its flagship Melbourne casino but does not recommend that Crown be stripped of its casino licence, while it also recommends James Packer be forced to sell down his 37 per cent stake.
- by Patrick Hatch, Annika Smethurst and Rachel Eddie
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company wants to build a space station
The influx of private space station proposals comes as NASA seeks a replacement for the 20-year-old space station, which is showing signs of its age.
- by Joey Roulette
Elon Musk’s fortune soars as Tesla joins the $US1 trillion club on landmark Hertz deal
Elon Musk just made $48b in a day and is now worth than Exxon Mobil after car rental giant Hertz placed an order for 100,000 Tesla vehicles.Â
- by Esha Dey and Scott Carpenter
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Net zero detail thin on the ground among ASX 200
More than 60 per cent of ASX businesses have not shared a net-zero emissions plan with their shareholders.
- by Emma Koehn
Whole Kids back for more crowdfunding after catching a Baby Shark
Kids snack food company Whole Kids has inked a deal with Pinkfong, the South Korean entertainment unicorn which created Baby Shark, YouTube’s most-viewed video.
- by Dominic Powell
Woodside eyes $1b gas and renewable hydrogen plant near Perth
Energy giant Woodside is planning a $1 billion hydrogen plant in Western Australia, converting predominantly gas into the much-touted new fuel which is expected to be in high demand by companies aiming to reduce carbon emissions.
- by Peter Milne
Team Penn does Canberra’s geopolitical bidding
If people can get their heads around the fact that this is really a government deal hidden behind a Telstra mask, then it’s a win-win-win.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Origin to sell 10pc stake in Australian LNG business for $2.1b
Origin Energy, one of the nation’s top power and gas suppliers, has struck a $2.12 billion deal to sell a 10 per cent stake in its Queensland LNG joint venture.
- by Nick Toscano
Telstra seals $US1.6b deal to buy Digicel with a helping hand from Canberra
The sale follows almost a year of discussions between the telco giant and the federal government about the asset, which was subject to interest from Chinese telco operators.
- by Zoe Samios and Anthony Galloway
ASX set for bright start to week despite skittish Wall Street session
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell unnerved Wall Street with taper talk but the Australian sharemarket is poised for an upbeat start to the week.
- by Shreyashi Sanyal, Devik Jain and Sinéad Carew