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Aamir Qutub applied for 300 jobs in Australia without an interview and worked as airport cleaner; then started a business with $2,000 from a garage that became a million-dollar firm

Aamir Qutub moved to Australia for an MBA and struggled to find work, applying for 300 jobs before landing opportunities as an airport cleaner and newspaper distributor. In 2014, he launched Enterprise Monkey with $2,000 from a garage, eventually building a million-dollar IT business.

The Economic Times · Oct 1

The Mortgage Market Is Sending Two Opposite Signals—Here’s What Buyers Should Know

Mortgage lending is picking up, yet getting a mortgage has not necessarily become easier. That contradiction sits at the center of the housing market right now.

The Free Financial Advisor · Sep 30

What's at stake as ACT construction industry crumbles

Soaring costs and red tape push ACT construction to the brink.

The Canberra Times · Sep 30

US 30-year mortgage rate tops 7%, hits 2-year high

The average 30-year mortgage rate reached 7.12%, its highest since May 2024, marking a significant increase. This rise follows the recent Federal Reserve interest rate hike aimed at controlling inflation. As borrowing costs climb, refinancing and home purchase applications have decreased significantly. The surge in rates has resulted in more…

The Economic Times · Sep 23

Meet the wealth manager who built a $38 billion firm and gave $100 million to the MBA program that launched him

Jeff and Benita Thomasson donate $100 million to Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business and the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Fortune · Sep 22

Rs 49 LPA job at Big Four, father has diamond business in Gujarat: Redditor claims F-1 visa denied despite Harvard MBA admission, paid Rs 5 lakh for appointment to the agent

A Reddit user claims she paid five lakh rupees to an agent for a visa appointment. She was denied a US F-1 student visa despite Harvard MBA admission. The visa officer questioned her decision to leave a high-paying consulting job. She explained her plans to join her family's diamond business…

The Economic Times · Sep 22

Father diamond businessman in Gujarat, mother runs NGO: Redditor with Rs 49 LPA salary denied F-1 visa for Harvard MBA, says paid agent Rs 5 lakh for appointment

A Redditor has shared a detailed account of how she was refused an F-1 visa, though she claimed to have got through Harvard for her MBA. The authenticity of the Reddit post is not independently verified but several details of the post raised many questions starting with the amount the…

The Times of India · Sep 21

Top Business Schools 2026-27: Stanford stays on top, but IIM Bangalore makes a big move in Bloomberg MBA rankings

Stanford Graduate School of Business has topped Bloomberg Businessweek’s US business school ranking for an eighth straight year, ahead of Wharton and Harvard. In Asia-Pacific, IIM Bangalore’s Executive Post Graduate Programme climbed to second place, making it India’s highest-ranked programme in the list for the fifth consecutive year.

The Economic Times · Sep 19

Significant AI competency gap among management graduates: Study of top B schools

While industry expects MBA graduates to demonstrate competencies at 4/5 (Good), MBAs from the Top 75 B-schools are rated at an average of 3.2/5.

The Economic Times · Sep 18

Canberra's top builders and projects named at builders association awards

Take a peek inside the best new homes in Canberra.

The Canberra Times · Sep 11