Holden saves its best for last
TALK about going out with a bang! Supercar power is coming to the homegrown Commodore to create fastest Holden of all time.
Manufacturing
How tiny toys made a billionaire
FORGET iron ore mines and skyscrapers. For Australia’s newest billionaire, the path to riches had origins of a smaller scale.
Adidas kicks Chinese for robots
ADIDAS has announced it will start using robots to manufacture its shoes, spelling big trouble for Chinese manufacturers.
ACCC wants more pain for Nurofen
THE consumer watchdog is appealing a $1.7m fine handed to Nurofen over claims it could target specific kinds of pain.
It could change the face of manufacturing
HP WANTS to be the Netflix of manufacturing. In other words, the tech giant wants to disrupt the traditional process of how things are made.
Warning over baby formula ingredients
FEARS have been raised about a common ingredient in baby formula. We ask a scientific expert: should parents be worried?
‘Free range’ eggs deceived shoppers
ONE of WA’s biggest egg producers deceived shoppers in labelling its products free range, a court has found, but the company says it may appeal.
Ford GT’s secret Aussie ingredient
IT’S not quite like selling ice to eskimos, but it’s close. A little known Aussie company has taken on the global car industry with the most advanced wheels in the world.
Deadly airbag recall nears 1.2 million
ONLY a fraction of the 1.2 million cars on Australia roads with airbags that can spray shrapnel have been fixed, new figures show.
Story behind the Nike ‘swoosh’
NIKE founder Phil Knight has told the story of the famous swoosh — and revealed the ‘god-awful’ name they nearly chose for the company.
Holden profits despite sales slump
HOLDEN has posted an after-tax profit of $128.2 million in 2015 even though its sales hit a 22-year low — proving there is more money in selling imported cars than making them locally.
Ford’s $162 million shut-down loss
FORD has bled $1.05 billion over the past five years, as it prepares to shut its Victorian factories. But things are finally looking up for local sales.
Nurofen cops huge fine over dodgy pills
NUROFEN has been slapped with a $1.7 million penalty for duping consumers into believing painkillers could target specific areas.
$300k fine for ‘free range’ claims
AN EGG brand once dubbed Australia’s shonkiest has been ordered to pay a $300,000 penalty for misleading “free range” claims.
Sex scandal CEO ready to go again
THE controversial founder of racy clothing brand American Apparel is starting all over again with a new company.
First new VW diesel goes on sale
THE new Volkswagen Tiguan meets government standards but is yet to be tested on the same equipment that exposed cheating software in old models.
Aussie steel workers’ jobs in limbo
CHRISTOPHER Pyne has called on state governments to help embattled Australian steel company Arrium — as around 7000 jobs are at risk.
Whyalla steelmaker put into admin
WHYALLA steelmaker Arrium has been placed into voluntary administration, casting further doubts over the future of its 1000-strong workforce.
Australia’s bargain best-selling car
A BARGAIN-priced hatchback has become Australia’s favourite car for the third time in 10 months, as buyers become more savvy at choosing when to sign a deal.
Paying a deposit on an unseen car
MORE than 100 people queued for 48 hours to pay a $1500 deposit to buy a car they hadn’t seen, don’t know its price and won’t drive before 2018.
Aldi recalls biscuits made in ‘dirty factory’
ALDI has severed ties with a factory suspected of being contaminated by pests after having to recall biscuits sold in the United Kingdom.
How Barbie fought Chinese hackers
IT STARTED with what seemed like a routine email, but the bizarre saga that followed unveiled the seedy world of cyber-criminals.
Threat over Samsung washing machines
SAMSUNG is being threatened with a coronial inquiry into its handling of the recall of tens of thousands of potential fireball washing machines.
New worlds smallest car unveiled
MERCEDES has revealed a car that’s about as long as many cars are wide, and so small it can U-turn in a single lane. So who’s buying this tiny wonder?
Turnbull cornered in awkward confrontation
MALCOLM Turnbull was in town for a major announcement that will hopefully save jobs but one woman was not having it.
Mystery project at Apple’s secret lair
BANGS, thumps and humming noises are heard under the cover of night at this mysterious Apple facility.
Honda recalls more deadly airbags
THREE more Honda models have been added to the list of cars to be recalled over potentially deadly airbags that could potentially deploy shrapnel in a crash.
Toyota recalls 98,000 RAV4s
THE nation’s best-selling SUV — the Toyota RAV4 — is being recalled worldwide due to faulty seatbelts yet the fix won’t arrive in Australia until June.
CEO: ‘No one wants to live in Sydney’
THE Auckland-based CEO of a $4.4 billion Australasian company says all his new recruits want to quit Sydney and head across the Tasman.
‘Found this letter. Looks important’
REVILED former CEO Martin Shkreli, the guy who managed to become “America’s most hated man”, is still causing outrage.
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