Takeover target woos shareholders with special dividend
Australia’s largest steelmaker will return hundreds of millions of dollars to shareholders after fending off a $13 billion takeover offer. BlueScope Steel investors will receive a total of $438 million…
Hate speech and social cohesion. Will new laws stop hate?
Federal Parliament will be recalled next week to debate and pass new hate speech laws in the wake of the Bondi massacre. But will it target all hate speech? Al…
Netflix could amend Warner Bros bid to make it all cash
Netflix is working on revised terms for Warner Bros Discovery and has discussed making its offer all cash for the company’s studios and streaming businesses, Bloomberg News has reported, citing…
US posts record $145b budget deficit for December
The US government has posted a $US145 billion ($A217 billion) budget deficit for December, up 67 per cent or $US58 billion ($A87 billion) from a year earlier due to record…
High cash rates no barrier to housing boom, data shows
Three Reserve Bank interest rate cuts were widely credited with accelerating growth in property values last year, but historical data shows the most drastic price surges aren’t always due to…
High school costs forcing indebted parents to work more
Australian families are reconsidering whether to have more children and are relying on others for help to pay for education fees as the cost of schooling accumulates. For a child…
Next US ambassador will have ‘no simple task’
Australia’s future ambassador to the US will not have an easy gig managing a relationship with Donald Trump and then a change in president, an expert says, as leading contenders…
Cycling’s Flying Burrito aims for more Paralympic gold
In the rich, fast-food tradition of the KFC Kid, Australian track cycling now has the Flying Burrito. And just as Ryan Bayley was a lot more than his love of…
‘Words matter’: spy chief talks up ban on hate groups
A bid to ban extremist groups following the Bondi massacre will be good for Australia, the nation’s spy chief says, as he warns there is “permission” for politically motivated violence…
Lobby pressure in spotlight after festival capitulates
A prominent Jewish author says the stifling of criticism of Israel is increasing levels of anti-Semitism, as a major national festival “capitulates” and cancels its event. Adelaide Festival has canned…