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The $25 billion pokies giant gambling on tech
Aristocrat is the hidden name behind the headlines when talk turns to Australia’s addiction to poker machines, but the $25 billion group has made its biggest gamble on the tech industry.
- by Colin Kruger
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Australian fashion
Gorman founder wins legal battle with Factory X
The founder of the famous Australian fashion brand did not think the terms of her exit would end up in the Supreme Court.
- by Sarah Danckert
The Aussie circus king trying to bring a Californian ghost town back to life
Since the days of the gold rush, dreamers hoping to strike it rich have been staking their claim to a dusty California town in the Mojave Desert. Now an Australian is trying his luck.
- by Debra Kamin
Fintech Finspo aims to roll out ‘robo mortgage broking’
Finspo plans to develop technology that would automate part of the mortgage broking business by generating advice to help clients pick a loan.
- by Clancy Yeates
The strange revelations making me rethink Twitter
One regular user ponders what the social media site has really given us – and what it’s taken away.
- by Willy Staley
Vitasoy boss on a mission to reformulate the 25-year-old brand
One of Australia’s oldest soy milk brands has a competition problem, an oat milk problem, and a declining profitability problem.
- by Jessica Yun
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Start-ups
E-bike start-up Zoomo cuts jobs in second round of lay-offs
The Sydney-based e-bike company has laid off nearly 30 employees, joining a swathe of start-ups forced to execute redundancy rounds.
- by Jessica Yun and Nick Bonyhady
Reinventing the wheel: Instagram star July aims to knock Samsonite off the carousel
Cult-favourite luggage brand July is ready to open stores across the globe.
- by Emma Koehn
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Start-ups
‘Based on trends, not dreams’: Food app me&u boss promises profitability in months
Ordering and payment platform me&u’s chief Katrina Barry laid off 20 employees before raising $30 million, and says the business will break even in the 2024 financial year.
- by Jessica Yun
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Food & drink
Milk without cows: Inside the metamorphosis of Australia’s oldest dairy co-op, Norco
Meet the man who has engineered a commercial and cultural turnaround of an “ultra-conservative” dairy business that hadn’t been profitable in 30 years.
- by Jessica Yun
The 37-year-old looking to change the future of the world
Some believe ChatGPT will deliver a utopia where everyone has all the time and money ever needed. Others believe it could destroy humanity. At the centre of it all is Sam Altman.
- by Cade Metz