Gold mining giant raises $30 billion takeover bid for Newcrest
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Gold mining giant raises $30 billion takeover bid for Newcrest

Australian gold miner Newcrest has opened its books after an offer that if accepted would mark the biggest takeover in the history of the gold mining industry.

  • byNick Toscano

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Credit Suisse tells staff to get back to work as sombre mood sets in

Credit Suisse tells staff to get back to work as sombre mood sets in

As the demise of Credit Suisse reverberated from Sydney to New York City on Monday,workers were given a clear message:get back to work.

  • byMarion Halftermeyer,Cathy Chan andMax Abelson
UBS to buy Credit Suisse in historic deal to end crisis
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UBS to buy Credit Suisse in historic deal to end crisis

Swiss banking giant UBS agreed to buy Credit Suisse in a historic,government-brokered deal aimed at containing a crisis of confidence that threatened to spread across global financial markets.

  • byMarion Halftermeyer,Eyk Henning,Jan-Henrik Förster andDinesh Nair
News Corp says $4.4 billion deal to sell US real estate business Move is off

News Corp says $4.4 billion deal to sell US real estate business Move is off

A month after abruptly halting plans for a potential merger of its major media companies Fox Corporation and News Corporation,Rupert Murdoch’s business empire said it’s no longer involved in discussions to sell its real-estate listings business Move to rival CoStar.

  • byChristopher Palmeri
Origin gives Brookfield,EIG more time to finalise $18.4b takeover

Origin gives Brookfield,EIG more time to finalise $18.4b takeover

Power and gas supplier Origin Energy has agreed to extend the deadline for its two North American suitors to finalise the deal.

  • byNick Toscano
News-Corp backed Betr in discussions to buy PointsBet Australia

News-Corp backed Betr in discussions to buy PointsBet Australia

PointsBet confimed it’s in preliminary discussions with new wagering kid on the block Betr about the sale of its Australian arm.

  • byAmelia McGuire
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ANZ says low unemployment rate would mitigate job losses from Suncorp deal
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ANZ says low unemployment rate would mitigate job losses from Suncorp deal

Seeking to get the green light from the competition watchdog for its takeover of Suncorp’s banking arm,ANZ also argued the public detriment over potential branch closures would be minimal in the age of online banking.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
‘Expensive,distracting’:Activist investor aims to scuttle Murdoch’s $39b megamerger
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‘Expensive,distracting’:Activist investor aims to scuttle Murdoch’s $39b megamerger

Irenic Capital is calling for News Corp to spin off its real estate assets including a 61 per cent stake in Australia’s REA Group,rather than putting the Murdoch empire’s businesses back together again.

  • byElizabeth Knight
News Corp investors raise concerns about proposed Fox merger

News Corp investors raise concerns about proposed Fox merger

An activist investor has escalated its pressure on News Corp,asking it to reconsider a proposal by Rupert Murdoch to combine the two parts of his media business,News Corp and Fox.

  • byLauren Hirsch
ESG investing to be ‘super central’ to expanded Perpetual as it scoops up rival Pendal

ESG investing to be ‘super central’ to expanded Perpetual as it scoops up rival Pendal

The $2.5 billion deal,which has been negotiated over months,will deliver the asset manager more scale to compete globally.

  • bySimone Fox Koob
Property services group Link rejects $2.3b Dye&Durham takeover offer

Property services group Link rejects $2.3b Dye&Durham takeover offer

Link Administration has rejected the latest takeover offer from Canadian group Dye&Durham valuing it at $2.3 billion.

  • byColin Kruger