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Standup

Paramount bypasses Warner board to pitch hostile USD108b bid

Market fears mount over private credit inflating the AI bubble

Ideas

I built my illustrious career on LinkedIn — then it banned me

Australia's strategic fleet was proposed a decade ago. Fears are rising it is lost at sea.

Confluence Catch

IBM to acquire Confluent for USD11 billion in AI-data play

Hostile move

Paramount makes hostile USD108b bid for Warner Bros Discovery, countering Netflix deal

Tsunami warning

Japan issues tsunami warning after magnitude 7.6 earthquake

India Intelligence

UNSW opens first overseas campus in India

Market Moves / Update

ASX flags ‘clear plans’ to strengthen operational risk management following S&P downgrade

The Edition

Red wedding

Fintech Funding

Airwallex raises $500m Series G, establishes San Francisco as dual HQ

Market Wrap

ASX closes lower; Liontown leads lithium rally on improved forecasts

Biscuit Boon / Update

Coalition slams NRF support for Arnott’s debt refinancing as a 'bailout'

Anika Wells travel bill scandal sparks calls for MP expenses overhaul

Lithium Love

Lithium stocks rally after UBS upgrades forecasts for battery storage demand

Market Moves

S&P Global downgrades ASX outlook on risk management lapses

Strategic Move

Morrison's former spinner Andrew Carswell joins CT Group as senior director

Data Drive

CBA’s inaugural monthly wage, labour insights backs prolonged rates hold

Taxing Times

Labor to exclude gambling and tobacco from R&D tax incentive

Cost of living

Electricity rebate to be scrapped at the end of the year

Capital Gains

Airwallex turbulence

Federal politics

Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation, will run for the Senate

Deal Discussions

Sembcorp stresses Alinta Energy acquisition talks ‘still ongoing’

Tech Trouble

TechnologyOne backs CFO after shareholders query Corporate Travel role

Green Leader

Sparc Hydrogen appoints former Queensland hydrogen lead Alana Barlow as CEO

Market Open / Update

ASX falls amid broad losses, Liontown leads continued lithium ascent

Government Appointment

Scott Farrell appointed as Digital ID and Consumer Data Right chair

Tech Support

Former NSW chief data scientist Ian Opperman appointed ACCC commissioner

Biscuit Boon

NRF loans $45m to Arnott’s under $1.8b refinancing

Council Chief

COSBOA appoints Skye Cappuccio as next CEO

Takeover Time

National Storage REIT enters scheme deed with Brookfield, GIC

Under Trial

Telix doses first patient under prostate cancer therapy study

Tob Job

DigiCo appoints Michael Juniper as CEO, Chris Maher takes on government relations role

Market Open

Australian shares to open lower ahead of RBA rate decision

Standup

Anika Wells enters week under intense scrutiny over taxpayer-funded travel

ANZ exec in charge of affordable housing strategy exits as ESG cuts continue

CEO switch

Qatar Airways replaces CEO Badr Al-Meer with Hamad Al-Khater in surprise move

The Signal

LinkedIn leverage

Melbourne startup sector laments the 'damaging, short-sighted' loss of LaunchVic

Forward Guidance

The RBA is set to keep rates steady this week. But nobody can agree on what happens next