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Gina Rinehart bets $1.4 billion on Musk with record SpaceX stake
The mammoth bet deepens Rinehart’s ties to Musk - the world’s first trillionaire - and US President Donald Trump.
- David Swan
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- Trump's America
Happy Birthday, Mr President. You’ve had a long, but low life
I’m the same age as Donald Trump. He’s done so much in his 80 years, almost all of it bad.
- Geoffrey Robertson
Musk’s net worth is now 5 million times that of an average family
The tech mogul just became the world’s first trillionaire, signalling an eye-watering new era of ultra-affluence and widening wealth inequality.
- Ryan Mac and Ben Casselman
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Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in Wall Street debut
Elon Musk is now worth more than the world’s next four richest people combined.
- Bernard Condon
‘One could not ask for a better friend’: Elon Musk’s mate eyes $100 billion windfall
For 25 years, Antonio Gracias has dedicated himself to serving as one of Elon Musk’s most loyal lieutenants, doing anything and everything to aid the tech mogul. On Saturday, it’s payday.
- Theodore Schleifer
Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point
In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across the UK.
- David Crowe
The $2.5 trillion space invasion coming to Wall Street
This week’s SpaceX float is set to be the biggest in history and make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Here’s what you need to know.
- Chris Zappone
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Why some Australian investors will risk punting on Musk’s $2.5 trillion space vision
It’s off to the races for the Musk believers, who appreciate that no matter how many times his big promises have not been met, some of them have.
- Elizabeth Knight
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Trump will be furious but his man’s hands are tied
A surprising jump in the latest jobs figures is good news for America but it spells doom for one of the US president’s biggest wishes.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
The AI craze will soon hold even more sway over the world’s biggest sharemarket
As investors prepare for the biggest float in history, Wall Street’s performance is being tied more closely to artificial intelligence profits.
- Chris Zappone