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Topless massages to private flights: CEO mishaps around the world in 2023

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

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 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

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

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

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
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New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement

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

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

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

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
How Ozempic and other weight loss drugs can help a fatter society

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