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Max Mito’s business trip to luxury villas in Morocco was a red flag to finance staff. EVP’s Misha Saul called in the cops after investing.

From a Moroccan villa to the courtroom: how StrongRoom AI’s good times went bad

Court filings that allege fraud at the tech start-up paint a picture of company funds being used to fund a lavish lifestyle of foreign trips and fine dining.

Muslim Vote opens new fronts against Labor in Western Sydney

The party’s problems in Western Sydney are getting worse as The Muslim Vote selects candidates for the marginal seats of Werriwa and Parramatta.

Australia is uniquely vulnerable to the Trump trade war

The country is being squeezed between the world’s two rival great powers: our traditional American security protector and our biggest export market in China.

Tim Wilson.

Why Tim Wilson is risking being rejected (again)

For a politician with mostly centrist policies, the Liberal candidate for Goldstein arouses unusually strong feelings. What lies behind the man whom you can thank for your franking credits?

Former ANZ director Jane Halton, chairman Paul O’Sullivan and outgoing CEO Shayne Elliott.

Inside the ‘great frustrations’ between Shayne Elliott and ANZ board

The veteran banker is finishing as chief executive next month – after nearly a decade, regulatory reprimands and plenty of tension at the top.

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Robin Barbieri, Craig Wright and Patrick Flanagan.

Can you take an extended career break and not hurt your career?

More employees are seeking time out of the office to travel, upskill – or find out who they are outside work.

March

The Italian renaissance-inspired Vizcaya Museum in Miami, where the collection was released.

Van Cleef & Arpels has become stealth wealth hit with Gen Z

Catherine Rénier, CEO of Van Cleef & Arpels, is well aware of her brand’s hit status with Generation Z.

There are travel chargers, and then there’s the PlugBug Travel

Twelve South’s new lightweight charger is not without its flaws, but it does have one feature that could save your next holiday from disaster.

Charlotte Smith in a Hardy Amies suit from the 1970s, part of her 5000-strong collection of fashion history, part of which will now go to the National Museum of Australia.

Australia’s largest private fashion collection goes up for sale

A piece of this historic wardrobe could be yours, with prices starting from $25.

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What I’m watching for in this year’s budget

The Financial Review’s economics editor’s six go-to measures to look for in Tuesday’s budget, which is Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth one and precedes the election.

Joseph Evans and the electric car that powers his winery.

How to power your home with your EV (and save $30,000)

A South Australian winery that’s almost entirely powered by the sun and two Nissan Leafs gives a glimpse of what a low-cost, green energy future looks like.

Former US Treasury secretary and former Chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen at Icebergs, Bondi.

If Musk aims to save trillions, he’s doing it wrong: Yellen

America’s former Treasury secretary Janet Yellen speaks candidly about Trump, getting DOGED, choosing economics and why she’s an inveterate planner.

Election campaigning will be costly work for Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

PM and Dutton caught in a news cycle both would have preferred stay private

A campaign donor event hosted by hospitality mogul Justin Hemmes lifted the lid on an arms race between Labor and the Coalition.

The AI economy has a massive vulnerability

Subsea cables channel data and power, but they face escalating dangers, and multiple incidents in the past few months have highlighted those risks.

In the Netflix version of ‘One Hundred Days of Solitude’, The show’s persistent literalism meshes oddly with the magic of the original novel.

Netflix is gobbling up world literature. What could go wrong?

The streamer keeps mounting lavish adaptations of beloved novels – and making them all feel homogenised.

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Russia spy story

How Russia uses sex to ensnare Western diplomats

Even in our age of high-tech cyberespionage, the oldest tricks can be the most effective.

Polestar’s new SUV is a tech marvel – but is it worth the price tag?

This Swedish-designed, China-built EV is an impressive drive, but you’ll need deep pockets to experience it at its upgraded best.

Square Peg’s Paul Bassatt, OneVentures’ Michelle Deaker, Airtree’s Craig Blair,  Andrea Gardiner of Jelix Ventures, and Blackbird’s Rick Baker are among the investors who responded to the AFR survey.

14 venture capitalists unpack the year ahead

More than a dozen of the country’s biggest tech investors say floats will return, there’s no AI bubble, and Donald Trump may be good news for local firms.

ANU chancellor Julie Bishop and vice chancellor Professor Genevieve Bell at the School of Cybernetics launch in 2022.

Inside ANU’s unusual School of Cybernetics

The top university is in the throes of a massive cost-cutting drive but its smallest and least research-intensive school appears to be out of the line of fire.

Retirement planning

This is what a $5 million retirement budget looks like

We asked financial adviser Olivia Maragna to devise a plan for a couple entering retirement with a generous super balance.

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