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Gambling sector 5MLD

Security and gambling sector: ‘costly’ directive gains ground

OPERATORS in the gaming and gambling sector are on average 66 percent of the way through their fifth anti-money laundering directive (5MLD) implementation programmes. That...
Fake supercar factory

Switcheroo ‘supercars’ draw heat in Brazilian swoop on chop-shop

By Hal Williams YOU only get one chance to make a first impression, they say, and nothing makes a statement like pulling up to your...
Bear Robotics Servi

Guess who’s coming to dinner…?

By HAL WILLIAMS FIRST ChatGPT came for your literature, now AI’s coming to dinner — but it promises to behave itself. Bear Robotics is launching Servi,...
Oil tanker at sea, platform in background

Oil price hits negative territory, Virgin ailing, firms need wage aid

CORONAVIRUS infections are dropping in many countries, but corporate and financial impacts are increasingly being felt. Virgin Australia is going into administration, the US oil...

William Hill write-down slashes value of bookie’s Australian operation

The first rule of gambling: ‘The house always wins.’ So how has William Hill managed to veer so far off-course with its Australian operations? THREE...
Purple Grapes - wine investment illustration

This could be a grape investment — but …

Want to invest in something different? There’s an app for that, discovers HAL WILLIAMS... THE WINE investment segment has seen a five percent rise in...
Tesla Model 3 2018

Buy, sell, fire: Musk hits the ground flailing

ELON Musk has sold another 19.5 million Tesla shares. The sell-off comes just days after his $44bn Twitter takeover. Tesla's share price has fallen by more...

Harley’s cut-and-run tactics draw tweet fire from Trump

HARLEY-DAVIDSON’S great escape from the EU-Donald Trump tariff trap – a plan to move some production out of the US – is causing anguish...
Archer Aviation air taxi

Blade Runner, move over: flying taxis are on the way

A UNITED States airline is buying flying electric taxis to ferry passengers to airports — a futuristic plan that it hopes to implement within...
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Clock is ticking, and TikTok’s future hangs in the balance

By HEATHER LEAH SMITH TIKTOK must shore-up a deal to offload its US operations before a divest-or-depart deadline set by US President Donald Trump. The name...