Opinion
Insolvency
The company that time forgot: Lifting the lid on Tupperware’s demise
The most shocking aspect to the end of the storage container maker is that it lasted this long.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Class action
Bad timing: Big business’ image tarnished by Harvey Norman class action
All it took was a class action lawsuit to put a kink in a nation-unifying call from the Business Council to cease and desist with business bashing.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Albanese’s love affair with the big end of town is on the rocks
High inflation, elevated interest rates and a cost-of-living crisis have spawned a competition in Canberra over which party can produce the most populist policies. Now business is fighting back.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Insider trading
The fortunate ones: Redemption arc for A-list insider traders
Oliver Curtis, who once spent a year in prison for insider trading, is back in the spotlight, thanks to his successful punt on the latest investment craze.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Executive shake-up
Nine CEO is out the door and it was only a matter of time
The countdown to Mike Sneesby’s exit from Nine Entertainment started the minute his greatest board ally – former chairman Peter Costello – left in June.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Industrial relations
Tickets on sale: It’s the Big Australian vs the Australian government
So intense has the standoff between BHP and the Albanese government become that the parties are even contesting who started the fight.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Murdoch family case
News Corp shareholder rallies support to weaken Murdoch grip
A major shareholder is bidding to shake the tree and change the status quo at News Corp.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Billionaires
Is this what revenge looks like in retail billionaire land?
The Solomon Lew camp has taken a big swing sacking John Cheston, who was poached a few months ago by billionaire retailer Brett Blundy.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Mergers & acquisitions
The new billionaire behind one of the biggest deals in Australian history
Robin Khuda’s story ticks every immigrant-made-good box, but the real attention-grabbing element is the time taken for the company he founded to reach $23 billion in value – nine years.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Interest rates
Australia is engaging in a damaging economic blame game
Informed debate on the economy has been overtaken by populist rhetoric feeding an overblown distrust of institutions.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Casinos
A star is torn: How Star is playing an existential game of poker
The casino operator’s new boss needs to manage all players – lenders, investors, regulators and government – to convince them that if he throws in his cards, they all lose.
- by Elizabeth Knight