Trump threatens GM as Ford caves in
DONALD Trump has threatened General Motors in a tweet, as rival Ford scraps a plan to build a $US1.6 billion plant in Mexico.
DONALD Trump has threatened General Motors in a tweet, as rival Ford scraps a plan to build a $US1.6 billion plant in Mexico.
THE humble Hills Hoist clothesline once found in almost every Aussie backyard has gone the way of Vegemite, the Iced Vovo and Victoria Bitter.
KLEENEX says its flushable wipes, which cause millions of dollars of plumbing damage a year, are just fine. But a whistleblower has revealed the truth.
TOBACCO companies are flouting ad bans by rewarding retailers who push products using a specific sequence of magic words.
A SINGLE tweet from President-elect Donald Trump was enough to wipe nearly $3 billion off the value of this company.
UNFLUSHABLE “flushable” wipes have landed two manufacturers in trouble with the consumer watchdog.
SHARES in Bellamy’s have been placed in a trading halt, two weeks after an update wiped more than $500 million off the value of the formula maker.
A LOOK inside Aldi’s secretive taste testing lab at its Minchinbury headquarters in Western Sydney.
DONALD Trump supporters are calling for a boycott of PepsiCo over fabricated comments circulating on the internet from the CEO.
NEW Balance shoes have been declared the official uniform for white supremacists, and the brand is obviously not happy about it.
THAILAND’S Prince, who once made his pet poodle ‘Foo Foo’ the official Air Chief Marshall, could cause some serious headaches for Australia.
THE battle for bragging rights to become Australia’s top-selling workhorse has sparked an unprecedented discounting of utes across the country.
MURRAY Goulburn has apologised to farmers for the dairy processor’s surprise decision to cut the price it pays to for their milk.
TOYOTA has overtaken Honda in Australia as the motor car brand with the most number of potentially deadly Takata airbags.
WHEN it comes to wooing Chinese shoppers with Australian brands the kangaroo is out — but clean, green and safe is in.
IT’S hard to have a Gaytime in New Zealand. Or at least, a Gaytime as we know it. The iconic ice cream has a very different name across the pond.
IT MAY be an Australian icon, but our love affair with the humble tinnie of VB is fading fast, according to a new report.
THE Australian car manufacturing industry never stood a chance once a free trade deal was signed with Thailand. They pay just $6 an hour. So where’s the level playing field?
AUDI’S hands-free car will arrive in Australia within two years, forcing local authorities to grapple with the tricky legal implications of the new technology.
IT overtook the Ford Model T and VW Beetle 20 years ago as the biggest selling car on the planet. Now, after 50 years, 44 million Corollas have been sold.
AUSTRALIAN buyers are spoiled for choice when it comes to new cars. But cheap imports have come at a human cost.
IT’S the end of an era for the city of Geelong today. Ford has assembled its last engines at the historic factory in a special celebration behind closed doors.
AUSTRALIA’S biggest motorhome and caravan manufacturer, Avida, in Emu Plains, is crying out for new fulltime employees with the right attitude.
A FIGHT is brewing over the product labelling and health claims of the Australian dairy industry’s most bitter rivals.
TWO of the world’s largest companies have just inked a controversial $88 billion merger that’s being described as a “marriage made in hell”.
A WAR of words has erupted between the government and a group of prominent Australian businessmen over a controversial $50 billion spending splurge.
THE Chinese crackdown on Australian dairy has cast a veil of uncertainty over our $295 million “white gold” export industry.
DAIRY farmers have launched a new brand of milk in a bid to lure customers away from supermarkets’ $1 litre labels.
HYUNDAI’S recent sales surge has been short-lived. The Korean brand has been beaten by Ford and Holden and is sliding down the charts.
THE Federal Court has ordered Ozsale to pay $500,000 in fines after their pyjamas were found to have “placed children at increased risk of injury”.
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