Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump.

The billionaire and the bully:Trump’s strong-arm phone call with Amazon’s Bezos

With a metaphorical gun to his head,billionaire Jeff Bezos backed down. The US president described their chat as a “good call”.

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Dan Murphy’s was a regular haunt for Australians during the pandemic lockdowns.

Dan Murphy’s owner needs a rescue but can its new boss deliver?

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.

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Flight Centre downgraded its profit guidance on Monday morning.

Canary in the plane cabin:How Trump is changing where Australians travel

Australian companies operating on the global stage,such as Flight Centre,are becoming prone to infection from the global trade malaise.

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Elon Musk’s close alliance with US President Donald Trump is hurting Tesla,he says he will spend less time at DOGE from May.

Elon Musk’s DOGE backdown won’t put Tesla back on track

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.

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Shein and Temu were both founded in China and are rapidly expanding overseas,including in Australia.

Americans are about to feel the Trump blowtorch of higher prices

A wall of consumer goods once sold from China to the US could be dumped on other markets such as Australia.

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Bally’s chairman Soo Kim has big plans for Star.

How Star’s new owners plan a major overhaul

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.

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Bally’s Corporation chairman Soo Kim outside the Star Casino in Sydney.

‘Everything you knew is over’:Star casinos to ditch the glitz

Star Entertainment’s prospective new owner Bally’s boss Soo Kim says the Australian casino business will have to start life from scratch.

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Tesla chief Elon Musk,US President Donald Trump,Nvidia chief Jensen Huang.

‘What’s he doing here?’ Trump-Musk bromance feels the strain

The appearance of cracks in the world’s most famous bromance between Donald Trump and Elon Musk had an inevitability to it.

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“He’s going to run again,all right,” said Bill O’Reilly.

Why Typhoid Trump and COVID are so similar

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.

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Star Entertainment released its results for the half ending December 31 after months of negotiations about its future.

Star’s accounts paint an ugly picture – and it’s not out of the woods yet

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.

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