Qatar Airways to take stake in Virgin Australia as it proposes Doha flights

Qatar Airways to take stake in Virgin Australia as it proposes Doha flights

Virgin says a 25 per cent stake would allow it to launch services to Doha,more than a year after Qatar Airways was rejected from doubling its flights to Australia.

  • byAmelia McGuire

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Italian job:The sharemarket raid that has sent shockwaves through Europe
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Italian job:The sharemarket raid that has sent shockwaves through Europe

An “unfriendly attack” on a German bank is testing the mettle of a very fragile Europe.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
The man who wants to turn his kingdom into $29b empire

The man who wants to turn his kingdom into $29b empire

Phil King’s Regal Partners has pounced after patiently stalking Platinum Asset Management for two years.

  • byAnne Hyland
Biden preparing to block Nippon Steel $22 billion takeover of US Steel

Biden preparing to block Nippon Steel $22 billion takeover of US Steel

The deal would have created the third-largest global steelmaker in a bid to compete with Chinese rivals on the global stage.

  • byJosh Wingrove
The new billionaire behind one of the biggest deals in Australian history
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The new billionaire behind one of the biggest deals in Australian history

Robin Khuda’s story ticks every immigrant-made-good box,but the real attention-grabbing element is the time taken for the company he founded to reach $23 billion in value – nine years.

  • byElizabeth Knight
News Corp-backed real estate group eyes global property push
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News Corp-backed real estate group eyes global property push

The operator of realestate.com.au is mulling a tie-up with UK’s top property portal,but the market isn’t sold on the move.

  • byPenry Buckley
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Sydney pub sold for $70 million-plus in biggest sale of the year

Sydney pub sold for $70 million-plus in biggest sale of the year

Pub veteran John Ryan has splashed out more than $70 million for the Tea Gardens pub in Sydney’s east in what is the largest deal this year in the booming hotel sector.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
7-Eleven heirs get $1.3 billion windfall after shock offer

7-Eleven heirs get $1.3 billion windfall after shock offer

The Japanese group’s founder died last year at the age of 98. Now his heirs have a decision to make.

  • byPui Gwen Yeung andFilipe Pacheco
‘Sleeves are rolled up’:New Booktopia boss on revitalising the business
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‘Sleeves are rolled up’:New Booktopia boss on revitalising the business

Booktopia has been rescued by the owner of online camera store digiDirect,Shant Kradjian,who is adding 100 jobs back to the collapsed bookseller.

  • byJessica Yun
Secretive family behind the Mars chocolate empire shakes up food world with $55 billion deal

Secretive family behind the Mars chocolate empire shakes up food world with $55 billion deal

Residents of McLean,Virginia,joke that the most secretive organisation based in their suburb is not the CIA,but the Mars company.

  • byAbigail Summerville
‘It will be a different place’:The billionaire-backed push to buy TikTok is gaining steam
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‘It will be a different place’:The billionaire-backed push to buy TikTok is gaining steam

A move to buy TikTok’s US arm could radically reshape the controversial social media app and its mysterious algorithms.

  • byDavid Swan