Today
Airtree’s Craig Blair didn’t mean to defend ‘brilliant jerks’
This is capitalism for and by gods. Or by very naughty boys.
- Myriam Robin
This Month
Pratt announces move to the US
One of Australia’s richest men is a member of Donald Trump’s private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, and has previously voiced admiration for the US president-elect.
- Primrose Riordan
October
LinkedIn still a safe place for WiseTech’s Richard White
How do you know the stories are true, asked Tech Council member and Airwallex founder Jack Zhang.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Governance
Chris Ellison and Richard White should stand aside
MinRes and WiseTech have done the minimum necessary to buy time. The companies are offering crisis management, not good governance.
- Updated
- Helen Bird
Tech Council board picked Richard White over Robin Khuda
One must pity the Tech Council of Australia, newly tied to Richard White, who joined its board in late June.
- Myriam Robin
Reddit’s ‘LinkedIn Lunatics’ shames the platform’s creepiest posts
On the subreddit, 670,000 members lament the rise of “insufferable” content on the Microsoft-owned professional networking site.
- Alicia Tang
Blackwattle Partners says it’s too expensive to hire women
Pedestals are nothing if not slippery. Just ask Blackwattle Investment Partners.
- Myriam Robin
September
George Frazis becomes the Madonna of banking
“George” is the banking equivalent of a triple threat: he can handle it all!
- Myriam Robin
ASX’s ‘almost retired’ board candidate rides again
There’s nothing like a generational governance failure to convince a serial board candidate their chances of election are greater than Buckley’s.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Ageing
What, me? Retire? Just because I’m 80?
Ageism is still rife in the workplace, assuming older employees can hang onto a job at all. This is a problem, as not all Boomers are wealthy.
- Updated
- Pilita Clark
Hyped unicorn Linktree is another ZIRP horror story
Accounts for the one-time tech darling make for eye-watering reading.
- Mark Di Stefano
August
Stiglitz gets The Australia Institute into Treasury
It’s remarkable how many doors suddenly open when one is the minder of an academic rock star.
- Myriam Robin
Uber targets car rentals after Carshare failure
Uber has blamed a blow-out in operational costs for the failure of its Carshare service, which will cease business from September 12.
- Paul Smith
Prominent lawyer’s haunting post before superyacht tragedy
The Clifford Chance legal partner was aboard tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s boat to celebrate their marathon courtroom victory when it sank off the coast of Sicily.
- Kate Beioley, Caroline Binham and Brooke Masters
Starbucks ousts CEO, appoints Chipotle boss amid slowing sales
The swift change in leadership at the coffee giant comes as it grapples with weakening results in some of its biggest markets, particularly the US and China.
- Danielle Kaye and Julie Creswell
July
DroneShield rubbishes critics, courts politicians
No sooner had we written off Rodney Forrest than he totally crashed the share price of ASX-listed DroneShield.
- Myriam Robin
Big donors swing behind Kamala Harris with $41m
The vice-president is vetting potential running mates as she secures support from major Democratic Party funders.
- Updated
- Alex Rogers, James Fontanella-Khan and Christopher Grimes
Deloitte 1, Jim Chalmers 0
Deloitte is sceptical of the government’s Future Made in Australia policy. Did that lead Jim Chalmers to slap down its economic forecasting too?
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Social media
If you really want to relax, put that phone down
The dopamine hit of smartphones, described as the modern-day hypodermic needle, is not the same as switching off.
- Jemima Kelly
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Architects buy Wesfarmers executive’s Cottesloe mansion
Wesfarmers heavyweight Ed Bostock has sold the family home in Cottesloe following his appointment as CFO of the conglomerate’s health division.
- Bonnie Campbell
