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Elon Musk buys Twitter for $61.4bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
Eccentric entrepreneur Elon Musk has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire social media networking platform Twitter. In a Tweet, Musk explained his motivation to acquire the tech giant saying: "Free speech is the bedrock of functioning democracy ...

APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... to APRA to reconcile more of Braggs' numbers and information to understand more about his concerns. Previously on his Twitter account Bragg had taken a strong exception to egregious director fees. Bragg followed up on this issue in the Senate estimates ...

UK takes steps to remove gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... employees to disclose their gender pay gap. This information came back to haunt many of these companies this week, with a Twitter page called Gender Pay Gap Bot retweeting the gender pay gap of companies that tweeted their support for International Women's ...

Australian crypto platform collapses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... technological infrastructure is up for sale, with SV Partners looking for expressions of interest from potential buyers. On Twitter, multiple myCryptoWallet users have claimed to be unable to access money they had in their accounts - with some claiming ...

Baby Boomers cashing in on meme stocks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021
... money. The analysis covered 11 "meme stocks" (stocks whose share prices skyrocketed due to social media hype on Reddit, Twitter and Facebook - not fundamentals). Based on an evenly weighted basket of the 11 stocks, investors over 40 would have experienced ...

Investors lose in viral stock picks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
According to new analysis, stock picks which became popular on Facebook, Reddit and Twitter were almost guaranteed to see investors lose money. OpenMarkets Group (OMG) looked at trending stocks across Facebook, Reddit and Twitter - particularly those ...

AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... improving financial fraud and crime control. Labor MP Daniel Mulino supported O'Neill's call for the inquiry. Taking to Twitter, Mulino said: "This government's inaction for eight years has left Australia a soft touch for organised criminals... This ...

Government to create ASIC, APRA regulator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Joseph Longo in ensuring the corporate regulator's compliance with the Government's Statement of Expectation. Taking to Twitter, Senator Andrew Bragg said the FRAA's oversight of the regulators coupled with parliamentary scrutiny is most welcome. "While ...

Australians Googling for advice

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... strategy, broker, retirement, and certified public accountant. Unlicensed financial advice earned 12,700 relevant mentions on Twitter in 2020. The two issues that drove these conversations were: real estate agents advising clients to withdraw superannuation ...

Crypto fortune hinges on forgotten password

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... where I said to myself, 'Let it be in the past, just for your own mental health'," Thomas told the New York Times. On Twitter, he saw the funny side of his situation, saying that he loved the suggestion from someone who read the article that it be ...