Business
Market movers
Opinion
Executive shake-up
Prize catch for Lovisa as retail billionaires’ poaching season hots up
Poaching John Cheston from kids stationery group Smiggle feels like a declaration of retail war.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Updated
World markets
ASX rallies after Wall Street closes out May with some solid gains
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
Inflation
What’s happening in the economy is that no one’s sure what’s happening
- by Ross Gittins
Currency
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Companies
‘An honour:’ Trump joins TikTok, the app he once tried to ban
By Monday afternoon, Trump had amassed more than 3.2 million followers on the platform and the post had garnered more than 48 million views.
- by Jill Colvin, Will Weissert and Meg Kinnard
Bookseller Booktopia takes desperate steps to survive
As its chief executive resigns, the online bookseller has arranged $1 million in emergency financing in an effort to stay afloat.
- by Derek Rose
Markets
The $726 million reveal: A screenshot from ‘Roaring Kitty’ might have solved a mystery
- by Annie Massa, Tom Maloney and Bailey Lipschultz
Updated
World markets
ASX rallies after Wall Street closes out May with some solid gains
- by Jessica Yun
The economy
Opinion
Inflation
What’s happening in the economy is that no one’s sure what’s happening
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inside China
The West is completely unprepared for Xi Jinping’s next masterstroke
- by Philip Pilkington
Opinion & Perspectives
Prize catch for Lovisa as retail billionaires’ poaching season hots up
Poaching John Cheston from kids stationery group Smiggle feels like a declaration of retail war.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
How the oil cartel’s grip on the world is getting weaker
The OPEC+ oil cartel’s power and influence is waning and it is being forced to make difficult choices as it grapples with a number of threats.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
What’s happening in the economy is that no one’s sure what’s happening
After shocks including a global pandemic, war and supply chain disruptions, predicting the next move in our economy has become harder than we’re used to.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
Banking & finance
Opinion
G7 summit
Named and shamed: The West just turned up the heat on China and Russia
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Entrepreneurship
Sponsored
Xero
Collaboration over competition: Why today’s entrepreneurs are prioritising community
Opportunities to learn from and find support in a community of like-minded people is vital when going it alone in business.
A force of nature with a wry smile: Lang Walker remembered
Billionaire and philanthropist Lang Walker was remembered as a transformative force in Australia’s urban landscape at a memorial service at Sydney Town Hall on Friday.
- by Colin Kruger and Carolyn Cummins
Media
Workplace
Investigation
Franchising
As franchisors partied in Cairns, the body representing them was on the brink of financial ruin
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Commercial real estate
Mining
Updated
Mergers & acquisitions
Anglo rejects BHP’s $74 billion third offer, but leaves door open for deal
- by Simon Johanson