Good morning,

Rio Tinto boss Jakob Stausholm has labelled the $10bn deal to buy Arcadium Lithium as a "risk worth taking" and a significant step in the mining giant's transformation into a world-class business at the forefront of the energy transition.

Meanwhile, more than 20,000 Australian jobs in the telecoms and financial services sector have been sent offshore over the past 12 months, according to a leading global recruitment agency, while up to 70 per cent of large Australian companies are looking to implement cost-cutting measures including lay-offs and salary cuts. 

And beauty entrepreneur Linda Rogan intends to pursue legal action against billionaire Richard White, claiming she lost hundreds of thousands on a business venture he allegedly promised to fund only to then end both their sexual and business relationships.