This Month
Robin Khuda is the ringleader of this year’s biggest M&A deal
The founder of AirTrunk has cashed in on the inexorable rise in demand for processing power and built a vast fortune on the rise of cloud computing.
- Paul Smith and Tess Bennett
David Dicker’s private jet life among F1 elite
The founder of Dicker Data might not have his team on the F1 grid, but he’s gotten onto the tarmac.
- Mark Di Stefano
August
How young sports fans are changing the game
Thanks to social media, team loyalty is being replaced by devotion to individual athletes.
- The Economist
June
- Opinion
- Universities in crisis
Let’s wait before we make rash decisions on foreign students
Universities are being asked to fix a housing problem they did not create, and the government’s haste will massively disrupt thousands of students’ lives.
- Mark Scott
Keep food scraps onshore for future aircraft fuel: industry
Singapore is quickly developing the capacity to convert waste into aviation fuel.
- Peter Ker
May
- Exclusive
- Online gambling
Gambling mogul lists superyacht at $10m, starts retailing supercars
A spokesman for Laurence Escalante’s private office said the sales were part of a new business venture.
- Primrose Riordan
March
How the McLaren F1 team is helping save the Great Barrier Reef
British Formula One race team McLaren deployed engineers to help the Great Barrier Reef Foundation speed up its coral spawning program.
- Mark Ludlow
Ferrari upsets as who’s who flock to the Australian Grand Prix
Ferrari clinched first and second as a bevy of business leaders, billionaires and celebrities watched Australian rookie Oscar Piastri finish fourth.
- Tom Burton and Patrick Durkin
Sainz wins drama-filled F1 as Ferrari storm podium
Carlos Sainz won his first Australian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen suffered a dramatic car fire early in the race.
- Updated
- Oliver Caffrey
The bizoids learning to rev at the Grand Prix
Corporate types flocked bright and early to Albert Park’s Paddock Club, which by 2pm on Sunday was full to heaving for Melbourne’s Grand Prix.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
Why Formula 1’s fuel is going green
Pat Symonds wrote the rules that will compel Formula 1 cars to run on carbon-neutral fuel from 2026. Big oil companies are now racing to find solutions.
- Peter Ker
David Dicker now claiming his ex-wife’s shares
David Dicker still owns most of Dicker Data. Or does he?
- Myriam Robin
Crypto casino Stake.com denies trademark claims
A cryptocurrency gambling company with the same name as a share trading platform says it rebranded the F1 team it sponsors at the Melbourne Grand Prix to avoid confusion.
- Nick Bonyhady
February
- Exclusive
- Cars
Meet Oscar Piastri, the calmest driver in Formula 1
On the eve of his second F1 season driving for McLaren, the 22-year-old Melburnian talks about luck, fear and “being good at chilling out”.
- Tony Davis
Lewis Hamilton shocks F1 with jump to rivals Ferrari
The superstar British driver said he is moving from Mercedes to Ferrari in 2025, a shift that surprised many in the elite motoring sport.
- Updated
- Jerome Pugmire
January
Formula 1 new team name mocked as the worst in series history
Red Bull’s junior team, known as AlphaTauri for the past four years, is being renamed Visa Cash App RB F1 – to the derision of fans and commentators.
- Jenna Fryer
‘Kinky Boots’ and soccer: Singapore’s growing graft scandal
The transport minister, who was arrested in July, resigned over the corruption scandal that has challenged Singapore’s reputation for clean governance.
- Low De Wei, Faris Mokhtar and Philip Heijmans
Does Singapore finally have global cool? Ask Taylor Swift
Singapore’s reputation is for supreme investment efficiency, not excitement. But a well-oiled government campaign can soon fix that.
- Karishma Vaswani
December 2023
- Exclusive
- Online gambling
Stake.com billionaires build secret position in local bookie PointsBet
Ed Craven and his business partner, Bijan Tehrani, have spent weeks buying shares in the ASX-listed group as they establish a foothold in the local market.
- Zoe Samios
This Japanese baseballer could be more valuable than Taylor Swift
Japanese star Shohei Ohtani has signed a ten-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, believed to be the largest individual sports deal in the world.
- David Brandt