Jensen Huang scandal rocks AI, Qantas shows job threat & banks’ wealth comeback

This week Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and business editor Anthony Macdonald examine the incredible spy and sex scandal that’s engulfed Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, they look at how Qantas ripped the lid off the AI-two step coming for white collar jobs, and they take a question about…

Midterms spark AI bloodbath, Rate hike reckoning & why Canva cut hard

This week, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and deputy editor of business Anthony Macdonald dissect what might prove to be the biggest news week of the year. They get into troubled Australian companies Canva and David Jones, they ask what’s broken with interest rates after yet another rate rise,…

Rates pain puts mince on the menu, Coles serves up a stinker & Anthropic's big moment

This week, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and deputy editor of business Anthony Macdonald reveal why you’ve never seen anything remotely like the $3 trillion float of Anthropic, they explain what more bad news on inflation means for your mortgage, and answer a question that puts the spotlight …

NextDC's electric shock, NAB says 2500 jobs must go & Musk’s $5trn move

This week, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and deputy editor of business Anthony Macdonald jump into a couple of corporate story crackers on NextDC and NAB, preview the piece of data that will make or break Melbourne Cup Day, and take a question on whether the Chooks need to step up their AI ga…

Firmus fallout goes global, the big energy lie & housing can’t find a bottom

This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at how the Firmus fallout has spread around the globe and given the AI trade the wobbles, they ask why Australia is telling itself a big lie about the energy transition, and examine whether the property market can find a bot…

Inside the Firmus fiasco, surcharge ban goes bad & French bond bin fire

This week, Chanticleer columnist James Thomson and companies editor Anne Hyland examine how the $44 billion float of Firmus went bad, they look at how the removal of those debit and credit surcharges turned into a farce and they put on their berets for a look at France’s bond market bonfire. This …

Rate hike underlines our scary problems, $44b moment for Firmus & private credit’s house of cards

This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald explain why the RBA’s latest rate hike is even scarier that it looks, they ask whether Australia’s private credit sector is in such a mess, and reveal why the debate around Australia’s $50 billion float prospect Firmus is only ge…

Australia ageing (dis)gracefully, a diesel disaster looming & AI at the Chook lunch

This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald look at why the next 40 years could be tougher for investors, businesses and policymakers, they take you inside this week’s special chook lunch to learn the secrets of an AI pioneer and they extract the big lessons from Australia…

App exclusive: Chanticleer lunch panel conversation

his week in a special bonus episode of the Chanticleer podcast, we take you inside Tuesday’s Chanticleer lunch. Chanticleer columnist James Thomson hosts a panel discussion with Danielle Wood, the chair of the Productivity Commission, Jane Macaloon, the chair of Blue Scope and Dion Hershon, the exe…

Will AI really kill us all, the $50b deal everyone's talking about & $1-a-day Ozempic

This week, Chanticleer columnists James Thomson and Anthony Macdonald try and sort out whether AI is actually going to kill us all, they take you in what might be the biggest ASX float in Australian history, and try to figure out what a $1-a-day dose of Ozempic might mean for the economy.  This po…