An F-35 fighter jet.

How China is controlling Australia’s – and the world’s – rare earths trade

China is threatening to land a knockout blow in its trade war with Donald Trump,targeting a vulnerability in the United States’ most crucial military infrastructure with a strike that was decades in the making.

  • Simon Johanson andColin Kruger

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Despite receiving several loans,Star is in a race against time as it burns through cash.

Star casino gets smashed as gamblers flock to pubs and clubs

New pokies restrictions to prevent money-laundering have hit the casino operator hard as punters opt for cash-friendly alternatives.

  • Colin Kruger
Donald Trump’s radical plan got a reality check from bond markets.

Trump’s sharemarket bonanza and the billionaire bros club

There were many winners in the market frenzy that followed Donald Trump’s about-face,including the US president himself,but his capitulation revealed who is really in charge.

  • Colin Kruger
Bally’s chairman Soo Kim and one of its 19 properties,the Bally’s casino in Las Vegas.

Star casino falls to a new class of Wall Street predator

Cannabis,tobacco and Star casino may seem like an odd combination of interests,but Star’s rescuer is a different breed from recent US corporate predators.

  • Colin Kruger
Star Entertainment has reportedly found a way to stay alive with a new deal.

Star board backs rescue deal from US ‘vulture’

A $300 million deal with US-based company Bally’s will allow the embattled casino operator to protect 8000 jobs in NSW and Queensland.

  • Colin Kruger andSupratim Adhikari
James Packer

Forget beef,Nvidia slaughters Aussie investors

James Packer is not the only Australian caught up in the AI wunderkind’s rout;big bets by financial giants such as AustralianSuper mean we’re all exposed.

  • Colin Kruger
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Star Entertainment told lenders last week it has one week left of cash.

Star on the brink again as $940m lifeline falls through

Star Entertainment may have just days to pull off a deal that would stave off collapse,as it teeters on the brink for the third time in as many months.

  • Colin Kruger
REA Group’s success has helped underpin Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Murdoch’s $30b property jewel faces rebel rich-lister with a cause

A gun-toting tech tycoon is taking aim at Australia’s real estate sector,and it has already cost Rupert Murdoch and other REA Group investors billions.

  • Colin Kruger
US President Donald Trump has backed efforts by US tech giants like Microsoft to stop countries like Australia putting fresh taxes on their revenue.

Tax Office’s brawl with big tech faces its first hurdle:Pepsi

A High Court challenge over soft drink syrup payments could determine the future of a multibillion-dollar tax battle against Trump-backed tech giants.

  • Colin Kruger
Shell’s Prelude floating LNG vessel off the WA coast flaring excess gas. WA was the only state to reserve gas for its local market.

In Australia’s energy dilemma,Japan may end up selling us our own gas

The humiliation of Australia,the energy superpower,is now a very real prospect as we face the need to buy gas from our biggest customer.

  • Colin Kruger