Business
Companies
‘Investors are back’: Wary apartment developers crank up new projects
There are glimmers of hope in the development market after a savage few years.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Latest
Bill Gates to sell $1.1 billion green megayacht – before it’s even set sail
The world’s fourth-richest man is offloading his floating palace, but it comes at a rocky time for the yacht industry.
- by Luke Barr
Sublease space shrinks as big corporates put brake on handing back office space
Big corporates wanting to offload space are struggling to compete with landlords who are offering big incentives in rent deals.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Air Vanuatu in liquidation following fleet issue, poor trading
Liquidators say they intend to resume normal trading as soon as possible, while considering all opportunities to place the airline on a stronger footing.
- by Amelia McGuire
Opinion
Wall Street
Warren Buffett has a $285 billion problem
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has become too big, and it’s getting bigger by the day. It makes it a lot less exciting.
- by Justin Fox
Drug kingpin’s former Sydney Road arcade for sale
Cashed-up Aesop founder and Canberra developer are selling hipster Sydney Road shops once owned by career criminal Tony Mokbel.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Westfield owner beefs up security after Bondi Junction attack
Scentre Group has increased its security and is working with local police across its 42 Westfield shopping malls following the attack at its Bondi Junction centre.
- by Carolyn Cummins
AFR to cut print in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’
The Australian Financial Review will no longer have a physical edition in Perth after Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media doubled the cost of printing the newspaper.
- by Colin Kruger
Opinion
Gadgets
Apple’s tone-deaf iPad ad triggers our darkest AI fears
Apple has made its worst marketing faux pas since it forced everyone to listen to U2.
- by Dave Lee
Orica boss says gas pledge won’t fix today’s soaring price problem
The high cost of gas in Australia is skewing investment decisions towards other countries, says manufacturing boss.
- by Simon Johanson
Opinion
Energy
It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants
The oil super majors are eyeing shifting their primary stock exchange listings to New York as a stronger push to reduce fossil fuels in their home markets weighs on their share prices.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz