Australia’s largest insurer, QBE, loses its chief executive over misconduct allegations. 

Also today:

• Manufacturing across the United States and Asia picks up steam, and that’s good for Australia
• The Reserve Bank opens the way for more cheap lending for longer
• And the spat between the tech giants Facebook and Google, and the local media companies, gets ugly

Plus an interview with Greg Robinson, managing partner of executive search firm Blenheim Partners.