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Luxury department store Saks to buy Neiman Marcus with help from Amazon in $4 billion deal

Embattled retailer Neiman Marcus has received a lifeline.

Featured

Biden says he’ll avoid working events after 8pm to get more sleep following debate debacle

Ranked: The world’s 20 best cities to live in 2024

Australia’s Redactive AI bags $11.5 million to grow ‘virtual AI engineer’

Using Ozempic or Wegovy could raise risk for rare form of blindness, study suggests

For Boeing, buying Spirit is only the start of solving its problems

Life

Forget sneakers, Gen Z kids are now buying $500 fragrances

Ranked: The 30 most walkable cities in the world, according to a new report

Tudor unveils the Black Bay ceramic ‘Blue’ V-CARB F1 watch

Five trends shaping the wellness industry in 2024

Richemont names Catherine Rénier as the new CEO Of Van Cleef & Arpels

Air France to take a $289 million hit as tourists avoid Paris Olympics

Entrepreneurs

The NZ-born beauty brand seeing 190% growth in the UK – and booming in Australia

Meet the fintech billionaire making a fortune rewarding home renters

Meet Australia’s two Cartier fellows tackling the nation’s mental health issues

‘Need to be prepared’: Siobhan Savage works ethics into AI in world-first

Quick Takes: Three entrepreneurs we’re watching right now

Eucalyptus unveils new $1495-a-month high-end ‘medical concierge’

Innovation

Boeing buying embattled 737 supplier Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7 billion

‘Game changer’: Samsara Eco raises $100 million for infinite recycling of plastics

Anthropic’s Claude: What to know about ChatGPT rival after latest model trounces industry giants

ByteDance doubles down on TikTok Shop, despite threat of a US ban

Amazon may charge for Alexa: Report suggests major overhaul of AI assistant

Google launches Australian AI accelerator to address $280b opportunity

BrandVoice

Taking the sustainable food movement to our pets

Australian tech innovator streamlining the Oceania supply chain

The future of payments is here

Billionaires

Thailand’s 50 Richest 2024: Tycoons face reality check as combined wealth declines 12% to $153 billion

Elon Musk’s laughable solution to Tesla’s child labor worries

Billionaire Hinduja family members get 4.5 years in Swiss prison for exploiting house staff

Billionaire Hinduja family accused of confiscating staff passports, forcing 18-hour work days

Meet the skydiving billionaire with sky-high returns

Meet the billionaire betting big on an idyllic island retreat in the Philippines

Investing

Luxury department store Saks to buy Neiman Marcus with help from Amazon in $4 billion deal

Tesla shares jump 6% ahead of delivery data—adding $45 billion to market cap

The tenacious California-born VC at the cutting edge of Aussie agtech

Amazon is a $2 trillion company for first time ever

iPhone manufacturer won’t hire married women in India, report claims

Women CEOs overtake men in earnings race – but beware small data

Leadership

Sam Mostyn

Sam Mostyn sworn in as Australia’s 28th Governor-General

The 2024 Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs List

Melanie Cooper

Why Australia’s oldest family-owned brewery knocked back $352 million takeover bid

A word from our Editor-in-Chief

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

Xero Hero: How Sukhinder Singh Cassidy reignited a $20 billion giant

Sam Mostyn: Inside the life and career of Australia’s 28th Governor-General

Quote of the WEEK

What I’ve always learned in my career: go where your values fit, go where your strengths are valued.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

CEO, Xero