Canada's Couche-Tard is proposing to pay $8.6 billion for Caltex,but the business it most wants is worth less than a third of that.
The competition regulator says the brewers'deal would reduce competition in the cider market,and could also be bad for beer drinkers.
The deal raises the French conglomerate's profile in jewellery and gives it access to a broader swath of shoppers.
The two sides are said to be close to an agreement after the French luxury goods company raised its offer price for the iconic American jeweller.
Regional media businesses have been agitating for reforms as they battle to survive,but the government first wants to see the effects of recent reforms play out.
The new head of Seven James Warburton says he's only just got started as he looks to do more deals in the changed media landscape.
Fewer people are smoking cigarettes,but these two tobacco giants are looking to join forces.
Fiat Chrysler wants to merge with Renault to create the world's third-biggest automaker,but there are a few hurdles that need to be overcome.
One of the nation's most prominent investors has suggested the government influenced the ACCC decision to block the merger to protect the national broadband network.
The competition watchdog accidentally released its decision to block the TPG Telecom merger with Vodafone one day early
The ACCC has created a fantastical vision of what it would like the wireless telecommunications sector to look like to support its decision to block the proposed merger of Vodafone and TPG Telecom.