Spate of business scandals puts Australian boards on notice

Australian Explosives Giant Sees Dynamite Opportunity in North America

The CEO of the world’s biggest commercial-explosives maker expects North America to account for 30% to 40% of revenue within the next few years.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 2 days ago

Australian High Court overturns law that forced migrants to wear tracking bracelets

Australia’s highest court has ruled that migrants can’t be forced by law to wear electronic tracking bracelets or to comply with curfews

World - ABC News - 19 hours ago

Emperor penguin turns up on Australian beach, thousands of miles from home

World - Yahoo News - 17 hours ago

Gisèle Pelicot ‘honoured’ to wear scarf from Australian women’s group in court

Scarf made by First Nations women showed Pelicot that others around the world ‘feel the same way’, says lawyer. Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who has become a feminist hero after insisting that ...

World - The Guardian - 12 hours ago

Scot gets dream job as lighthouse keeper on remote Australian island

Sandy Duthie's "dream job" involves solitude, a 160-year history, and a colony of little penguins.

Inside the Business of Running a Haunted House

Most don’t make it past their third year. But the successful ones have figured out a winning formula.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 12

Toys aren't just child's play. Mattel, Lego and others find 'kidults' bring in big business

Mattel, Lego and other toy companies are targeting a growing number of adults who are buying toys for themselves.

Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 17

Boeing Explores Sale of Space Business

New CEO seeks buyers for Starliner and other NASA projects in quest to rescue manufacturer.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 25

Meet the New Home Kitchen Business

Starting in November, licensed home kitchens in Los Angeles County will be able to sell dine-in and to-go meals, as a 5-year-old state law expands.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 26

Georgia elections chair criticizes 'activist' board members

Georgia State Election Board Chair John Fervier slammed his Republican colleagues Monday, after the state passed new election rules regarding hand-counting ballots. Fervier, in an exclusive ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

How to Set Your Annual Board Calendar

There’s a natural rhythm you should embrace

Business - Inc. - October 15

ALCS, NLCS takeaways: Guardians win thriller over Yankees; Dodgers rout Mets

Here's your one-stop shop after all of MLB's final four teams took the field today.

Sports - ESPN - October 18

Board refuses to reverse murderer release decision

A spokesperson says the decision to release Stephen Ling was "based on evidence".

Starboard calls for Pfizer board to ‘hold management accountable’

Jeff Smith tells activist investor conference that pharma group’s recent returns are ‘not adequate’

Business - Financial Times - October 22

Biden to apologize to Native Americans for boarding school atrocities

For more than 150 years, federal boarding schools for Native children forced them to assimilate, and often caused physical and emotional abuse.

Biden to formally apologize for Indian boarding school system

President Joe Biden is scheduled to issue a formal apology Friday for a government-run boarding school system that forcibly separated generations of Native American children from their families.

Politics - NBC News - October 25

Biden formally apologizes for Indian boarding school system

Watch live coverage as President Joe Biden formally apologizes for a U.S. government boarding school system that forcibly separated generations of Native American children from their families ...

Biden delivers apology for Indian boarding school atrocities

President Biden in Arizona issued a formal presidential apology for the atrocities committed during a 150-year era of forced federal Indian boarding schools.

On board the 18:31 to Aberystwyth as it smashed into another train

"Brace yourselves, we're going to hit another train" - one passenger relives fatal train crash.

Vivendi Names Management, Board Lineups of Units

Vivendi named the management teams and board lineups of the four units into which it plans to split ahead of a shareholders’ vote on the breakup project in December.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 29

Shanghai puts a stop to spooky season

Police in Shanghai are cracking down on Halloween festivities, amid concerns that revelers will once again turn up in costumes considered politically sensitive.

Rally Backlash Puts Trump on the Defensive

Also, North Korean troops were deployed to help Russian forces. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 28

UK government should consider suing Post Office ex-directors over scandal, says Alan Bates

Victim of Horizon IT scandal says former executives failed in their duties

Business - Financial Times - October 16

Fan Bingbing, Once China’s Top Actress, Returns to Film Years After Tax Scandal

Fan was a megastar until 2018, when she was fined tens of millions of dollars over unpaid taxes and her career tanked. “Green Night” is her first film since the scandal.

World - The New York Times - October 17

What’s brown, shiny and boasts a sexy sheen of scandal? Welcome to the world of conkers | Emma John

Sports fans love the drama of cheating accusations but perhaps event organisers love the resulting media attention even more. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, close bosom-friend of the ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

Peru’s ex-president Toledo gets more than 20 years in prison in case linked to corruption scandal

Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, which became synonymous with corruption ...

World - ABC News - October 22

Peru ex-president Alejandro Toledo jailed for 20 years over involvement in Car Wash scandal

Former leader convicted of taking $35m in bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht . Peruvian former President Alejandro Toledo has been convicted of taking bribes from Brazilian ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Jailed former Malaysian leader apologizes for fund embezzlement scandal, reiterates his innocence

Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak issued a rare apology over the looting of a state investment fund worth billions of dollars “under my watch” while reiterating his innocence

World - ABC News - October 24

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