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Energy
Australians’ power bills set to fall after two years of huge increases
Homes and businesses will start to feel some relief from soaring power bills within months.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Opinion
Executive shake-up
Tabcorp scandal is not the only bizarre corporate blooper from last week
- by Elizabeth Knight
Currency
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Companies
‘Not fair and not reasonable’: Boral rejects Seven’s takeover offer
Boral has rejected the takeover offer by Kerry Stokes’ Seven Group, claiming the $6.9 billion deal undervalued the company.
- by Simon Johanson
Elon Musk says his ketamine prescription is in investors’ best interests
Elon Musk said in an interview that when it comes to Wall Street, “what matters is execution”.
- by Daniel Zuidijk
Markets
The economy
Opinion
Federal budget
Work on this year’s budget has started. Welcome to rent-seekers central
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion & Perspectives
Why metals will shrug off history’s greatest property crash
A curious thing has been happening in China’s vast real estate market — or rather, not happening.
David Fickling
The world’s biggest tech firms are enabling the most nauseating crimes imaginable
The big internet companies are not even doing “the bare minimum” to protect our societies from the mass-scale paedophilia and terrorist incitement flourishing on their sites.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
China’s hypocrisy when it comes to TikTok is stunning
Beijing is hardly in a position to accuse anyone of unfair competition considering it’s blocked X, YouTube, Facebook, WhatsApp, Google and Instagram from operating within its borders.
Matthew Lynn
Banking & finance
Exclusive
Privacy
Balance the right to privacy with stamping out organised crime: NAB
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Commercial property finance
The $1.5 trillion ‘property iceberg’ that has set off alarm bells
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Entrepreneurship
‘We’ve been shackled’: Inside the plans to serve Sara Lee cake to a new generation
The new owners of the frozen dessert business say they are looking to create new products and expand into other food categories.
- by Jessica Yun
How governance tipples gave Top Shelf investors a hangover
The troubles at Top Shelf are another example of an ASX hopeful that holds much promise but has so far failed to deliver for many of its shareholders.
- by Sarah Danckert
Opinion
Funding
Kiki case highlights pitfalls of a ‘girls only’ social club run by five men
- by Millie Muroi