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December 2024

Ben Weiss says he has had to trade peace of mind about his family’s safety to keep doing deals in wartime.

‘Dad has never done a deal like this’: Ben Weiss’ wartime buyout

The son of famed corporate raider Gary Weiss has just pulled off a deal to take an AI company private in Tel Aviv. It nearly didn’t happen.

  • Paul Smith

April 2023

Michael Mansfield, a little sun-kissed after watching the F1 Grand Prix with sons Max, 14, and Jai, 12, moved into the business world after playing AFL.

The Disneyland trip that guided this AFL player to wealth management

Michael Mansfield has forged a successful career in financial advice after playing in three AFL grand finals for Geelong and surviving two open-heart surgeries.

  • Gus McCubbing

February 2022

People sit inside a bus waiting to be evacuated to Russia amid crisis in Donetsk, the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.

Rebels evacuate east Ukraine residents

Warning sirens have blared in Donetsk as Russian-backed separatists packed civilians onto buses out of breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, a shock turn in a conflict.

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  • Anton Zverev, Pavel Polityuk and Polina Nikolskaya
Peter Ruehl column in the Financial Review of 28 August 1989.

Having fun with a new Mercedes

AFR Classic | Columnist Peter Ruehl, a proud American, related the joys and high telecoms costs of fathering a daughter in August 1989. Now, his daughter has become a mother herself.

  • Peter Ruehl

August 2021

Father’s Day is every day.

Watch out, dads! Time is slip slidin’ away

Being a father is like driving – you’re steering by instinct most of the time and hoping to hell the battery lasts.

  • Stephen Clark

February 2020

Your job as a parent is to be a leader.

'Because I said so' is a good parenting choice

Explaining oneself to one's kids, striving for a blissful relationship with one's child and giving children lots of choices are some common mistakes. Here's how to overcome them.

  • John Rosemond

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