Does Caltex's suitor really want to pay so much for so little?
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Does Caltex's suitor really want to pay so much for so little?

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.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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Asahi's $16b takeover of CUB raises competition concerns,says ACCC

Asahi's $16b takeover of CUB raises competition concerns,says ACCC

The competition regulator says the brewers'deal would reduce competition in the cider market,and could also be bad for beer drinkers.

  • byDarren Gray
Louis Vuitton owner to buy Tiffany for $23b in largest luxury-goods deal ever

Louis Vuitton owner to buy Tiffany for $23b in largest luxury-goods deal ever

The deal raises the French conglomerate's profile in jewellery and gives it access to a broader swath of shoppers.

  • byRobert Williams,Marthe Fourcade andRachel Evans
Louis Vuitton owner closes in on $24b Tiffany deal after sweetening offer

Louis Vuitton owner closes in on $24b Tiffany deal after sweetening offer

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.

  • byGreg Roumeliotis
Government cools talk of further relaxation of media ownership laws

Government cools talk of further relaxation of media ownership laws

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.

  • byFergus Hunter andJennifer Duke
Seven's Warburton on the prowl finds a willing and wounded prey
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Opinion

Seven's Warburton on the prowl finds a willing and wounded prey

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.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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A $296 billion tobacco giant could be on the way despite fewer people smoking

A $296 billion tobacco giant could be on the way despite fewer people smoking

Fewer people are smoking cigarettes,but these two tobacco giants are looking to join forces.

  • byJonathan Roeder andCraig Giammona
Fiat Chrysler could merge with Renault to create car industry giant

Fiat Chrysler could merge with Renault to create car industry giant

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.

  • byAngela Charlton andColleen Barry
Claims government influenced ACCC decision on TPG-Vodafone to shield NBN

Claims government influenced ACCC decision on TPG-Vodafone to shield NBN

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.

  • byJennifer Duke
'I haven't seen anything like it':Investors furious at ACCC merger bungle

'I haven't seen anything like it':Investors furious at ACCC merger bungle

The competition watchdog accidentally released its decision to block the TPG Telecom merger with Vodafone one day early

  • byAnthony Colangelo
Absurd ACCC's destructive telco fantasy will only make things worse
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Absurd ACCC's destructive telco fantasy will only make things worse

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.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz