With a metaphorical gun to his head,billionaire Jeff Bezos backed down. The US president described their chat as a “good call”.
She is considered tough,ruthless and polarising,but with former Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka at the helm Dan Murphy’s and BWS owner Endeavour is in for radical change.
Australian companies operating on the global stage,such as Flight Centre,are becoming prone to infection from the global trade malaise.
The Tesla brand is damaged and the Trump tariffs are going to sting,but Musk’s fixation to serve the MAGA agenda remains the biggest threat facing the company.
A wall of consumer goods once sold from China to the US could be dumped on other markets such as Australia.
Think of the new Star Entertainment properties as a cross between what they are today and ones that will more closely resemble monster-sized RSLs.
Star Entertainment’s prospective new owner Bally’s boss Soo Kim says the Australian casino business will have to start life from scratch.
The appearance of cracks in the world’s most famous bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk had an inevitability to it.
Given the moveable feast that is Donald Trump’s trade policy,it is impossible to determine if the world is in for a short-lived shock or a case of long COVID.
Given the state of its finances it really was Bally’s or bust for Star,and the casino operator’s US owner will have to be ready to wade through an ocean of red.