Business
Companies
An apartment tower paying tribute to city’s past
Mixed-use development Escala was conceived to pick up on some of the finer architectural grain in historic areas, such as Flinders Lane.
- by Stephen Crafti
Latest
Opening auction bid leaves other buyers in dust
Industry sources report Michael Spektor was the winning bidder in the sale of 736-740 Glenferrie Road, a double-storey shop within spitting distance of two Chemist Warehouse outlets.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Opinion
Privatisation
Joyce did what’s expected of any private company’s CEO. That’s the problem
The Spirit of Australia, by government decree, was profit maximisation. Joyce was acting within that spirit.
- by Peter Hartcher
Student accommodation sector faces critical shortage crisis
Student accommodation is in crisis mode as the number of new visas being issued far outweigh the chronic level of low supply of available beds
- by Carolyn Cummins
Opinion
Web culture
They love tech. They have money. So why does Big Tech ignore old people?
The tech giants claiming to invent the future are stuck in the past, their views of older customers hopelessly misaligned with facts, business logic and demographic trends.
- by Farhad Manjoo
‘Dawn of a new era’: North Sydney’s tallest tower opens its doors
A new building featuring office space and a hotel has opened in North Sydney.
- by Carolyn Cummins
‘It was our secret’: The inside story of Mattel’s Barbie windfall
When Ynon Kreiz arrived at Mattel’s new CEO in 2018, he had big plans for a Barbie film. But he didn’t care if the movie sold a single additional doll.
- by James B. Stewart
Billionaire in jail for insider trading is cashing in on the world’s hottest stock
It seems there’s little that can dent the 919 per cent surge of battery material producer Ecopro this year, not even its founder being sent to prison for insider trading.
- by Yoojung Lee and Heejin Kim
YouTube draws industry ire on wasted advertising spending
Alphabet-owned YouTube makes between $1.5 billion and $2 billion in advertising revenue in Australia annually, but some media investors say as much as 30 per cent of their spend is going down the drain.
- by Calum Jaspan
Cannon-Brookes laser-focused on Singapore with SunCable solar
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is making new progress on plans to export clean energy from Australia to Singapore through a 4,200-kilometer (2,610-mile) submarine cable.
- by David Stringer
Government prepares for airport slot reforms amid airline competition focus
Transport Minister Catherine King says Sydney Airport’s slot allocation scheme will be reformed “in due course”.
- by Amelia McGuire