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Woke corporatism has started to implode
If companies can get back to making decent products at a fair price, and paying their staff and customers on time, the system will be a lot stronger.
- by Matthew Lynn
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Why more luxury brands like to call Australia home
The domestic luxury market is so strong that international fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton and Gucci are expanding in Australia.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Twitter backer knocks billions off its value after Musk’s outburst
An investor that helped Elon Musk buy the company for $65 billion in 2022, now believes the company is worth 71.5 per cent less than at the time of purchase.
- by James Warrington
Analysis
Aviation
Performance anxiety: How can our airlines do better?
Australia’s long-awaited aviation white paper could suggest sweeping changes to consumer protection, sustainability and Sydney Airport’s slot demand management system.
- by Amelia McGuire
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
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