Business
Market movers
Lithium boss says prices for Australia’s ‘white gold’ may have bottomed
Australia’s largest independent lithium miner is preparing to boost output of the electric battery metal, even as prices languish around three-year lows.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Aviation
How Flight Centre’s news on falling airfares became Qantas’ problem
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Sharemarket
Betting on autonomy: Investors are waiting for Tesla’s future to arrive
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Currency
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Companies
The ‘secret battle’ over the future of the Murdoch empire
Rupert Murdoch is locked in a legal battle against three of his children over the family’s media empire, according to a sealed court document obtained by The New York Times.
- by Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler
Exclusive
Competition
The bank threat that killed off competition in Australia’s $800b property monopoly
The country’s major banks were sent a letter from Australia’s electronic property settlements giant PEXA in December, a move that proved decisive in delaying the launch of its rival Sympli.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Aviation
How Flight Centre’s news on falling airfares became Qantas’ problem
- by Elizabeth Knight
Markets
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump trades: Markets are betting against Europe, oil and humanity
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Updated
Sharemarket
ASX dips after losses on Wall Street; Perpetual hit by outflows
- by Millie Muroi and Sumeyya Ilanbey
The economy
Opinion
Cost of living
Cost-of-living crisis? Why only some of us are feeling the pinch
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion & Perspectives
Trump trades: Markets are betting against Europe, oil and humanity
How would one have “priced” global markets in 1912 or 1937, when the writing already was on the wall, but nothing was predetermined, and one could still hope? Worth pondering.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
How Flight Centre’s news on falling airfares became Qantas’ problem
As international airfares continue falling from the highs reached after COVID-19, aviation profits should settle to more normal sustainable levels.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Betting on autonomy: Investors are waiting for Tesla’s future to arrive
The electric carmaker’s latest earnings have again missed expectations. It’s time for Elon Musk to keep his promise to turn the company into more than what it is today.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Banking & finance
Opinion
Bank fees
Old habits are hard to kick for banks. They’re behaving badly – again
- by Elizabeth Knight
Small business
Whiskey wars: US distillers warn Australia to stick to spirit of the law
Complaints about Australian distillers mislabelling products as whiskey and bourbon risk triggering a trade dispute with the United States.
- by Andrew Taylor
Investors thirst for Melbourne’s much-loved pubs, but others call last drinks
A disturbing number of well-known hostelries are also calling last drinks because of soaring costs.
- by Tim Boreham
Media
The ‘secret battle’ over the future of the Murdoch empire
- by Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler
Exclusive
Media & marketing
Nine vows to keep investing in youth media, appoints new Pedestrian boss
- by Calum Jaspan
Workplace
Analysis
Work/life balance
CEO burnout: The ‘dirty little secret’ among business top brass
- by Charlotte Lytton