Business
Companies
Topless massages to private flights: CEO mishaps around the world in 2023
While some chief executives seemed to relish the spotlight, Elon Musk chief among them, others were inadvertently thrust into social media’s harsh glare.
- by Jo Constantz
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How the ‘king of the cannibals’ Sam Altman took over Silicon Valley
Controversy at OpenAI led to his firing and rehiring last month. In the end, Altman’s reputation has only been burnished by his temporary downfall.
- by Elizabeth Dwoskin, Marc Fisher and Nitasha Tiku
The late-night email to Tim Cook that set the Apple Watch saga in motion
The dispute culminated this month in Apple having to pull its latest watches from the company’s US stores, hobbling a business that generates roughly $US17 billion in annual sales.
- by Mark Gurman
L’Oreal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers becomes first woman with $US100 billion fortune
The milestone comes as shares of L’Oreal, the beauty empire founded by Bettencourt Meyers’ grandfather, rose to a record high.
- by Tara Patel
Paramount heiress prepares to bow out as Hollywood streaming wars turn ugly
After years spent battling to gain control of the US media giant, Shari Redstone may now be calling time on her stint at the helm.
- by James Warrington
From Miss Australia to oil boss: Suellen Osborne’s nation-building plan
An Australian company wants to develop onshore oil and gas in Timor-Leste that may help arrest the tiny country’s alarming decline in government revenue.
- by Anne Hyland
New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement
The lawsuit contends that millions of articles published by the Times were used to train automated chatbots.
- by Mark Bergen
Beyond a comfy bed and pillow menu: Tourism resurgence sparks luxe hotel investment boom
As tourism makes a “phenomenal” recovery worldwide, hotel owners are pumping their cash into spruced-up rooms aimed at high-spending guests.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Lehrmann, the Murdochs, Ita Buttrose and media’s big hits in 2023
The media industry’s year was filled with shock resignations, succession plans and landmark court rulings.
- by Calum Jaspan
New rules send ‘shock waves’ through the housing industry
The cost of making homes more sustainable and the banning of engineered stone have sent shock waves through the construction industry.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Opinion
Weight loss
How Ozempic and other weight loss drugs can help a fatter society
We must do better at defining who is clinically fat and then deciding if they are eligible for drugs like Ozempic.
- by Lisa Jarvis