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Rio Tinto has accelerated the hunt for its next chief executive , with a patch-up job in Mongolia and sorting out who takes charge of its African iron ore gamble top priorities for the mining giant.

Meanwhile, the best stock for our wealthy elite was a crash repair company, although a chemist giant stole the show in the past 12 months. John Stensholt lists the biggest winners and losers among Australia's billionaires.

And Laurence Escalante’s Virtual Gaming Worlds is heading for record revenue and profit, but the billionaire claims regulatory pressures will humble his sweepstakes gambling empire as he tries to buy out minorities under a $1bn cash offer.

Vesna Poljak
Business editor
The markets


Making news this morning
1
Narrabri deal touted as Santos deadline set
The starting gun has been fired on Abu Dhabi’s $30bn Santos takeover with Beach mooted as a possible buyer of the stalled Narrabri gas project.
2
TPG cops warning over triple-0 notification failure
Australia’s communications watchdog has formally warned TPG Telecom after it took seven hours to notify Telstra about an outage affecting its triple-0 emergency call service.
3
I flew Chris Ellison’s MinRes Air. Here’s why FIFO workers love it
The private airline owned by Mineral Resources delivers VIP perks and hot breakfast in the early hours of the morning at Perth Airport for its fly-in fly-out workforce.
Editor's picks
REVIEW
Raw and intimate: Bono’s ‘Stories of Surrender’ on Apple’s Vision Pro
Apple offers a surreal experience of having Bono sing for you in your home, but it will cost you a whopping $6000.
By JARED LYNCH
MARGIN CALL
Devil’s in the detail for marketplace minister’s fight with ASIC
ASIC rushes in where angels fear to tread even if Christian investment scheme marketer Dave Hodges’ followers insist he’s doing the Lord’s work.
By NICK EVANS
FINANCIAL ADVICE
Finding a financial adviser just got worse
Everyday investors are caught in the ‘missing middle’ of a shrinking financial advice sector. And finding an adviser is only getting harder. Here’s what to do.
By JAMES KIRBY
Commentary
Can the demand for artificial intelligence match the hype?
By DAVID ROGERS
Markets Editor
Will soaring demand for AI justify the massive infrastructure spending spree? UBS and Citi tackle the trillion-dollar question being asked by investors.
What value should sharemarkets put on geopolitics?
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Associate Editor
For years, big investors have been calling out the rising influence of geopolitics on shares. The problem is no one knows how to quantify this.
DataRoom
Goldman Sachs seizes M&A crown with $US63bn deal spree
The Wall Street giant captures 46 per cent market share to top the Australian league table for the 2025 financial year, powered by blockbuster Santos and AirTrunk transactions.
JPMorgan tops ECM rankings
JPMorgan has edged out Citi and Goldman Sachs as equity capital markets activity rebounds, driven by Goodman Group’s $4bn-plus data centre funding and an emerging IPO pipeline.
Receivers grant extra time for Healthscope suitors
Healthscope receiver McGrathNicol has extended the timing of the sale process, with indicative non-binding offers for the ailing health provider.

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