Gina Rinehart strikes Azure blow in lithium battle

Gina Rinehart strikes Azure blow in lithium battle

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has joined forces with a Chilean mining giant in a $1.7 billion bid to takeover Australian lithium miner Azure Minerals.

  • bySimon Johanson

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$80b oil and gas merger will beat competition concerns,says industry

$80b oil and gas merger will beat competition concerns,says industry

Analysts say oil and gas majors Woodside and Santos can overcome competition concerns.

  • bySimon Johanson
Zoe Foster Blake buys back ownership of Go-To Skincare for $21.8 million

Zoe Foster Blake buys back ownership of Go-To Skincare for $21.8 million

Blake said she was excited to “gallop” into the skincare brand’s tenth year of operations.

  • byJessica Yun
Sigma soars as investors rush for a piece of Chemist Warehouse

Sigma soars as investors rush for a piece of Chemist Warehouse

More than $89 million worth of Sigma shares were traded on Wednesday,a staggering jump on the daily average of $2 million.

  • byJessica Yun
Chemist Warehouse,Sigma agree to merger to create $8.8 billion titan

Chemist Warehouse,Sigma agree to merger to create $8.8 billion titan

Chemist Warehouse plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange via a merger with Amcal owner Sigma Healthcare.

  • bySarah Danckert
‘Devil will be in the detail’:Australia’s $80b merger talks spark questions

‘Devil will be in the detail’:Australia’s $80b merger talks spark questions

Investors are questioning the benefits of an $80 billion mega-merger between Australian oil and gas majors Woodside and Santos after both companies confirmed talks are under way.

  • bySimon Johanson andPeter Milne
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Soul Pattinson in $3 billion bid for Perpetual as split on the cards

Soul Pattinson in $3 billion bid for Perpetual as split on the cards

Fund manager Perpetual could spin off its corporate trust and wealth management divisions as the company looks to focus on its flagship asset management business.

  • byMillie Muroi
Chemist Warehouse in talks to list on ASX

Chemist Warehouse in talks to list on ASX

The pharmaceutical giant will conduct a reverse takeover of Sigma Pharmaceuticals to create a multibillion-dollar healthcare business.

  • bySarah Danckert andJessica Yun
Origin shareholders billed $77.7m for failed deal

Origin shareholders billed $77.7m for failed deal

Advisers from law firms to investment banks are the biggest winners after Origin shareholders rejected a multi-billion-dollar takeover offer from Brookfield and EIG Partners.

  • byAnne Hyland
Origin shareholders reject Brookfield EIG takeover

Origin shareholders reject Brookfield EIG takeover

Australia’s largest super fund and other shareholders have dealt a heavy blow to Brookfield and EIG’s takeover of Origin Energy after 13 months of corporate drama.

  • bySimon Johanson andColin Kruger
ANZ readies high stakes appeal to keep $4.9b Suncorp deal alive

ANZ readies high stakes appeal to keep $4.9b Suncorp deal alive

ANZ will this week challenge the watchdog’s concerns about entrenching a banking oligopoly,as it seeks to become Australia’s third-largest home lender.

  • byClancy Yeates