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‘Total disaster’: Trump erupts after sweeping global tariffs are ruled illegal

The US President challenged the appellate court ruling and claimed the Supreme Court would likely keep his tariffs in place.

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Forbes Travel Guide’s most anticipated hotel openings

OpenAI to open Sydney office as ChatGPT use explodes in Australia

Why non-profits can’t afford to get AI wrong

The NFL’s most valuable teams 2025

Qantas profits soar 28% to $1.6 billion

Life

Taylor Swift ans Travis Kelce are engaged.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s net worths revealed

25 perfect gift ideas this Father’s Day

Qantas brings back double points and status credits for frequent flyers

Swift on Tuesday announced she was engaged to her boyfriend of two years in a post that included photos of the couple embracing in a garden and a close-up of a ring gemologist appraiser Deborah Villepigue says looks to feature a diamond between 10 and 15 carats. The stone is an antique cushion-cut diamond with a D color grade—the highest on the scale—and likely a clarity of VVS1 or better, she said, in a yellow gold vintage setting with an estimated total value of about $650,000. Villepigue explained that because the diamond appears to be an antique, it is likely heavier and has a higher carat weight than a similarly sized diamond if it were cut today. She said it’s very possible the stone has a carat weight of 13—a number of significance to Swift that she has referenced dozens of times in her career (fans have already noticed her engagement announcement came on the 26th—13+13—and 13 days after her record-breaking appearance on Kelce’s podcast “New Heights,” which took place Aug. 13). Swift was also wearing what appeared to be a diamond-studded Cartier Santos Demoisells watch for the proposal, similar styles of which resell for upwards of $15,000.

How much is Taylor Swift’s massive engagement ring worth?

The World’s Highest-Paid Tennis Players 2025

The World’s Highest-Paid Tennis Players 2025

FEDERER

Tennis legend Roger Federer is now a billionaire

Magazine

‘Inside, I was breaking’: Susannah George on perfectionism, parenthood and purpose

Empire state: How Lucy-Henry Hicks propelled DISSH into a $150 million business

Ben Thompson for Forbes Australia Issue 18.

From near bust to $2 billion: Inside the remarkable rise of Employment Hero

The cardless connection: Blinq’s $200 million bet on the future of networking

Steve Baxter Beaten Zone

Inside Australia’s most controversial venture fund

Quick Takes: Three Aussie entrepreneurs to watch – Issue 18

Entrepreneurs

100 To Watch

Seven Australian companies make Forbes Asia’s ‘100 to Watch’ list

100 To Watch

Forbes Asia 100 To Watch 2025

Butter: The anti-establishment app working to get you offline and breaking bread IRL

Nourish Ingredients Tastilux

Aussie startup Nourish gets US safety tick for vegan animal fat

Aussie video game developers on Qloud 9 after $7.5m seed raise

‘Smoke and mirrors’: How this entrepreneur exaggerated and self-promoted her way into turmoil

Innovation

How being stranded in a Thai night market led to this $4.7 million start-up

Apple iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro release date latest schedule: What to expect when

Want to solve Australia's productivity crisis? Think Quantum

Want to solve Australia’s productivity crisis? Think Quantum

xAI published conversations with Grok and made them searchable on Google, including a plan to assassinate Elon Musk and instructions for making fentanyl and bombs.

Elon Musk’s xAI published hundreds of thousands of Grok chatbot conversations

Meet the Australian startup pushing carbon capture forward

For nearly a decade Elon Musk has claimed Tesla vehicles can truly drive themselves. They can’t. Now regulators are calling him on it.

Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla lies are finally catching up to him

BrandVoice

Not all offices are created equal: Inside the sector’s diverging future

Leading with heart: the story behind Crystal Lynn’s purpose-led pet brand

Designed by humans, for humans: Inside the strategic heart of Liquid

Billionaires

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged.

Here’s how much Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are worth

xAI published conversations with Grok and made them searchable on Google, including a plan to assassinate Elon Musk and instructions for making fentanyl and bombs.

Musk’s XAI sues Apple and OpenAI, alleging App Store collusion

The world’s 10 wealthiest people just got $33 billion richer. Here's why.

The world’s 10 wealthiest people just got $33 billion richer. Here’s why.

OnlyFans billionaire’s fortune doubles amid sale talks and $700 million dividend

The new owner of San Diego Wave is a rare female private equity billionaire

Canva valued at $42 billion in employee share sale

Investing

Why AI stocks are giving some investors dotcom bubble déjà vu

Why AI stocks are giving some investors dotcom bubble déjà vu

AirTrunk

Blackstone-backed AirTrunk gets $1.8 billion loan to build second data centre

Crypto

Who’s getting rich off the $100 billion crypto treasury boom

$900 billion and counting: Inside the rising wellness real estate market

Qantas fined $90 million for illegally sacking 1,700 ground staff

Go1 founders bank $2.5 million for new MRI start-up

Leadership

‘Make it Easy’ app honoured at 2025 TechDiversity Awards

1 in 3 women ready to quit: How Australia’s gender pay gap is costing businesses

Leadership vs Management: Know the difference, know when to switch — and why the best leaders do both

AI is a $115 billion opportunity – but Australia could 10X it, says Robyn Denholm

5 marketing lessons from the Sydney Sweeney American Eagle controversy

How Halle Berry became the new face of menopause

Quote of the WEEK

“One of the big secrets to our success is the compounding effect of asking the Golden Question every 90 days for 20 years.”

Ben Thompson

CEO & Founder, Employment Hero