Aussie avocado giant reclaimed by US private equity

Aussie avocado giant reclaimed by US private equity

Australia’s biggest horticulture business,Costa Group,will be bought out by its former owner Paine Schwartz,which helped it float on the ASX in 2015.

  • byJessica Yun

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$8.4b Qantas super fund eyes merger options
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$8.4b Qantas super fund eyes merger options

Qantas’ 80-year-old employee retirement fund is the latest corporate fund to explore merger avenues,sources say.

  • byAmelia McGuire andEmma Koehn
Gina Rinehart’s $500m raid on Liontown gatecrashes $6.6b takeover

Gina Rinehart’s $500m raid on Liontown gatecrashes $6.6b takeover

Australia’s richest woman is eyeing a seat on the board of Liontown Resources after investing half a billion dollars in the lithium miner.

  • bySimon Johanson
Trump eyes badly-needed cash boost as buyer gets more time to complete $2b deal

Trump eyes badly-needed cash boost as buyer gets more time to complete $2b deal

A shareholder vote has increased the likelihood that Trump Media will get access to at least $US300 million in cash to operate the former president’s fledgling social media company Truth Social.

  • byMatthew Goldstein
Trump’s $2 billion deal is facing another D-Day
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Trump’s $2 billion deal is facing another D-Day

The clock is again ticking on Donald Trump’s merger with a controversial US company. A lot is riding on it.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Size matters,even if Australian banks are no longer at peak profitability
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Size matters,even if Australian banks are no longer at peak profitability

They say that “bigger is better”,but the aphorism may not hold when it comes to the multibillion-dollar banking sector.

  • byMillie Muroi
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Secretive billionaire sells to Rolex,ending a century-old Swiss watch dynasty

Secretive billionaire sells to Rolex,ending a century-old Swiss watch dynasty

Three generations of Bucherers built one of the most exclusive retailers in the world,selling expensive time pieces and glittering gems to the global rich and famous.

  • byTara Patel andAndy Hoffman
Albanese’s big chance to improve inflation,productivity and wages

Albanese’s big chance to improve inflation,productivity and wages

If the Labor government is fair dinkum about getting inflation down and productivity and wages up,it will at least ban non-compete clauses and tighten up our merger laws.

  • byRoss Gittins
‘It’s never only been about the money’:The Zimmermann success story

‘It’s never only been about the money’:The Zimmermann success story

From a market stall to a reported billion-dollar valuation,Nicole and Simone Zimmermann’s label is an inspiration.

  • byDamien Woolnough
Luxury fashion’s new giant:Coach,Versace part of $13b mega-deal

Luxury fashion’s new giant:Coach,Versace part of $13b mega-deal

Coach,Versace,Jimmy Choo and Michael Kors are part of the latest deal in the world of luxury fashion.

  • byJeannette Neumann
Funeral operator InvoCare agrees to $1.8b private equity takeover

Funeral operator InvoCare agrees to $1.8b private equity takeover

The business behind Le Pine,White Lady Funerals and Simplicity Funerals says its board is backing the deal.

  • byHarry Brumpton