Business
Companies
Coles staff told to ‘assist’ shoppers in scanning bulky items to stem theft
Supermarkets and other retailers are stepping up efforts to use new technology to prevent rising levels of shoplifting.
- by Jessica Yun
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Strategic Energy runs amok after neighbour hits big silver
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Strategic Energy Resources. It joins Gibb River Diamonds, Sierra Nevada Gold and Charger Metals.
- by Michael Philipps
Affordable housing a new asset class picking up speed
Housing aimed at essential workers is gaining momentum as developers in eastern Australia expand projects.
- by Carolyn Cummins
News Corp’s Game of Thrones begins as job cuts loom
News Corp is expected to unveil a flatter management structure, with casualties expected in middle management and senior editor ranks.
- by Stephen Brook and Colin Kruger
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Thai lithium pegmatite swarm grows for Pan Asia
Fieldwork at Pan Asia Metals’ KT East lithium prospect in Southern Thailand has revealed a pegmatite swarm measuring 2.4km by 2.4km.
- by Andrew Duffy
Alphington paper mill $500m property flip may delay much-needed supermarkets
People in Alphington and Fairfield might have to wait longer for supermarkets they have been expecting.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Milk for sale: Fonterra and other big cheeses behind Australia’s shrinking dairy industry
One of the nation’s largest dairy processors is pulling the plug on Australia, but it’s just the latest domino to fall in a sector that has been dwindling for decades.
- by Jessica Yun
How Donald Trump’s financial future became tied to his ‘worthless’ company
Donald Trump has treated it as a sideshow, but a big portion of his wealth depends on its success.
- by Matthew Goldstein and David Yaffe-Bellany
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Fashion retail
Australian fashion label Dion Lee collapses
Dion Lee will be run by administrators as a going concern as the hunt for a new buyer begins.
- by Jessica Yun and Melissa Singer
Opinion
Rupert Murdoch
No ‘dirty deals done dirt cheap’: Why Murdoch teamed up with OpenAI
Rupert Murdoch has decided that a deal done with the ‘thieves and counterfeiters’ of AI is better than no deal.
- by Elizabeth Knight
‘Hunger Games’ with Lachlan Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks in town as News plans shake-up
News Corp’s top executives are in Sydney ahead of an overhaul of the group’s Australian news operations.
- by Stephen Brook and Colin Kruger