Business
Market movers
‘Speculate in bitcoin, hoard gold’: Precious metal’s value soars
This week, gold crashed through a historic high, leaving many analysts and other market watchers looking for explanations.
- by Simon Johanson
Currency
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Companies
Ivanhoe law office at heart of $100m Ponzi scheme for sale
The office where deceased lawyer John Adams defrauded a slew of investors is up for auction.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Enjoy your Easter eggs this year. They will cost more in 2025
Cocoa prices have more than doubled since January, hitting a record high, so get ready to pay more for your chocolate.
- by Jessica Yun
Markets
The economy
Updated
World markets
Fed chief Powell gives markets ‘green light’ as rate cuts loom
- by Christopher Rugaber
Winter gas threat grows in Victoria, NSW as offshore fields dry up
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Opinion & Perspectives
Why career goals should be made to be abandoned
Effective career plans or goals, are ones that can be regularly revised, ditched, or paused as circumstances dictate.
Jim Bright
Banks are changing the way they fight the mortgage war
Lenders have started using their second-tier offshoots to chase home loan business.
Clancy Yeates
Deputy business editor
Why is ChatGPT trying to gaslight me?
AI chatbots may be sophisticated and slick, but they’re far from being a source of reliable information.
Jonathan Rivett
Freelance writer
Banking & finance
Exclusive
Privacy
Balance the right to privacy with stamping out organised crime: NAB
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Commercial property finance
The $1.5 trillion ‘property iceberg’ that has set off alarm bells
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Entrepreneurship
‘We’ve been shackled’: Inside the plans to serve Sara Lee cake to a new generation
The new owners of the frozen dessert business say they are looking to create new products and expand into other food categories.
- by Jessica Yun
How governance tipples gave Top Shelf investors a hangover
The troubles at Top Shelf are another example of an ASX hopeful that holds much promise but has so far failed to deliver for many of its shareholders.
- by Sarah Danckert
Commercial real estate
Mining
Traditional owners seek protection for Jabiluka cultural heritage
- by Simon Johanson and Nick Toscano
Jabiluka uranium mine lease sparks tension with Kakadu’s traditional owners
- by Nick Toscano and Simon Johanson