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THE ECONOMIST: One of the fastest-growing companies in history is in a perilous position

From one repair job at Virgin Australia to Endeavour Group, Jayne Hrdlicka has a big job ahead when she takes over as managing director at the drinks empire behind Dan Murphy’s and BWS this week.

THE ECONOMIST: Blockbuster products brought overnight success — and unexpected problems.

Travellers can breathe a sigh of relief as major airports scrap a gruelling ritual that has long slowed down queues.

Bargain hunters are expected to drive a Boxing Day sales resurgence with no interest rate cuts forecast for next year. But the stampedes of previous years were absent.

When he told his employees about their unexpected good fortune, some were sure they were being pranked.

As Australia races toward a cashless future, millions of people are being left behind in the ‘massive transformation’.

With an estimated seven million Aussies set to spend more than $3 billion on Boxing Day sales, shoppers are being urged to carefully consider what they buy.

The CEOs of Westpac and Woolworths have revealed their predictions for 2026. The Nightly has asked the captains of banking, supermarkets and mining for their visions to confront Australia’s challenges.

THE ECONOMIST: How top chef manages a shipload of food and thousands of hungry passengers.

Market analysts have declared gold’s 70 per cent annual surge ‘unprecedented’ as the precious metal defies all historical patterns.

In the nearly year since Lego and Formula 1 launched their partnership, the collaboration has bolstered fan engagement and the demographic reach for both brands

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay more than $2 billion to a woman who blamed the firm's talc-based baby powder for causing her cancer.

The Reserve Bank of Australia believes the full impact of three interest rate cuts in 2025 is ‘yet to be seen’ as it prepares for the possibility of hikes next year, minutes from its December meeting show.

THE ECONOMIST: We assess the performance of this year’s superstars of the c-suite.