Business
Market movers
Opinion
Federal budget
Budget’s unspoken message: Maybe we’ll pull off the softest of soft landings
The rate of inflation will probably continue falling and should be back into the target range by this December.
- by Ross Gittins
Currency
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Companies
Call for Australia’s offshore wind deals to protect against inflation
Danish renewable energy giant Orsted says Australia’s first offshore wind farm deals must contain protections against inflationary shocks as the sector reels from soaring costs.
- by Nick Toscano
Succession drama grips Gucci as sales fail to make the cut
Some investors are beginning to ask whether Gucci boss Francois-Henri Pinault should consider passing the baton at his luxury empire and bring in fresh blood.
- by Hannah Boland
Markets
Updated
World markets
ASX races into record territory on back of positive economic data
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
The economy
Opinion & Perspectives
Decline of 138-year-old wealth icon shows bigger isn’t always better
Gobbling up other fund managers wasn’t enough to shield Perpetual from the headwind buffeting stock pickers.
Clancy Yeates
Deputy business editor
Struggle to switch off? Here’s how to (actually) leave work at work
Shutting off your work brain and shifting into relaxation mode is easier said than done, but it’s important to use strategies to help you leave work at work.
Téa Angelos
Careers contributor
I was overlooked for the perfect internal role. Should I move on?
Being passed over for a promotion you expected to get can feel like a death knell, but there might be a hidden reason why it happened.
Jonathan Rivett
Freelance writer
Banking & finance
Opinion
Investing
Decline of 138-year-old wealth icon shows bigger isn’t always better
- by Clancy Yeates
The code-breaking maths whiz who built a $48 billion fortune
- by Patrick Oster and Katherine Burton
Entrepreneurship
A force of nature with a wry smile: Lang Walker remembered
Billionaire and philanthropist Lang Walker was remembered as a transformative force in Australia’s urban landscape at a memorial service at Sydney Town Hall on Friday.
- by Colin Kruger and Carolyn Cummins
The iron men with a $3 billion plan to save the planet
Two former Fortescue executives want to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of iron ore, Australia’s most lucrative export industry. It’ll cost at least $3 billion.
- by Anne Hyland
Media
Opinion
Elon Musk
Picking fights with social media giants seems to be ending in tears
- by Elizabeth Knight
Workplace
Opinion
Work/life balance
Struggle to switch off? Here’s how to (actually) leave work at work
- by Téa Angelos
Opinion
Work therapy
I was overlooked for the perfect internal role. Should I move on?
- by Jonathan Rivett