Business
Companies
Timeshare holidays are back and targeting Millennials and Gen Z
Big investment dollars are rolling into the long forgotten holiday model that is now aimed at the generation that puts holidays above homeownership, and experiences over possessions.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Latest
Ukraine envoy slams ABC over ‘bowl of vomit’ documentary
Ukraine’s top representative in Australia has labelled the Four Corners documentary focusing on the perspective of Russian troops fighting in the country “total garbage”.
- by Matthew Knott and Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
How three Boral directors gave Kerry Stokes the finger
In a gutsy move, three directors of the Boral board not aligned with Seven Group have moved against Kerry Stokes’ plan to acquire the rest of the company.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Updated
Mergers & acquisitions
‘Not fair and not reasonable’: Boral rejects Seven’s takeover offer
Boral has rejected the takeover offer by Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group, claiming the $6.9 billion deal undervalued the company.
- by Simon Johanson
Elon Musk says his ketamine prescription is in investors’ best interests
Elon Musk said in an interview that when it comes to Wall Street, “what matters is execution”.
- by Daniel Zuidijk
Opinion
Cyber protection
The world’s biggest tech firms are enabling the most nauseating crimes imaginable
The big internet companies are not even doing “the bare minimum” to protect our societies from the mass-scale paedophilia and terrorist incitement flourishing on their sites.
- by Peter Hartcher
Inside the ABC’s call to take Lattouf off-air
An hour-by-hour look at the events surrounding journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s removal from her five-day stint on ABC Radio.
- by Calum Jaspan
Union savaged at Qantas’ illegal outsourcing compensation case
The Transport Workers Union has been told to prioritise its members instead of tweeting as Justice Michael Lee takes it to task for “wasting the court’s time”.
- by Amelia McGuire
Opinion
Executive shake-up
Tabcorp scandal is not the only bizarre corporate blooper from last week
To be pinged for making sexual jokes about a person who is in a powerful position over the company’s regulatory fortunes, that’s just next level.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Exclusive
Media & marketing
BBC buys the Australian film studio behind ABC hit The Newsreader
Melbourne-based Werner Film Productions, also behind Netflix show Surviving Summer, has become BBC Studios’ second acquisition outside the United Kingdom.
- by Calum Jaspan
$34 billion in payouts to come for investors despite weaker profits
Payouts to investors will ramp up in the coming week with companies keen on maintaining dividend payments despite weaker profits.
- by Millie Muroi