Dulux flags higher full-year profit after $64 million half-year result
DuluxGroup has reported a 3.7 per cent rise in interim profit to $63.7 million, underpinned by its market-leading Australian paints and coatings business.
- by Tim Binsted
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Murray Goulburn secures infant formula contract for Indonesia
Australia's biggest milk processor, Murray Goulburn, will supply formula to Indonesia's Kalbe Nutritionals and American infant nutrition giant Mead Johnson.
- by Jared Lynch and Tim Binsted
Gerry Harvey blasts Dick Smith float: 'The world has gone mad'
Retailer Gerry Harvey says he watched the 2013 float of Dick Smith in disbelief. But its demise this year only makes the market hotter for those still in business.
- by Tim Binsted
nib profit jumps 5pc to $43m
Private health insurer nib has reported a 5 per cent rise in first half profit to $43.4 million, buoyed by a turnaround in the group's New Zealand business and low claims.
- by Tim Binsted
'No one wants to live in Sydney': CEO hits out over tax
The British-born, Auckland-based CEO of a $4.4 billion Australasian company says New Zealand's tax regime is so far ahead of Australia's that all his new recruits want to move across the ditch.
- by Tim Binsted
BlueScope tips $50m profit boost after job cuts, new Port Kembla enterprise agreement
Worker concessions and 500 job cuts at BlueScope's Port Kembla steelworks have underpinned a massive $50 million lift in the steelmaker's half-year earnings expectations to $230 million.
- by Tim Binsted
Thousands of dodgy Samsung washing machines still a fire risk in Australian homes
More than 45,000 Samsung washing machines are still posing a serious fire risk to Australian homes.
- by Tim Binsted
Healthcare sector threatens bruising political battle after Medicare cuts
The backlash against the government's pathology cuts is building steam.
- by Tim Binsted
Providence Equity Partners walks away from iSelect bid
Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has walked away from its takeover bid for insurance comparison website iSelect.
- by Tim Binsted
War on healthcare costs hits tipping point with Medibank/Healthscope deal
Medibank Private boss George Savvides said signing a new contract with listed private hospital group Healthscope marks a "tipping point" in his fight to slow rapid rises in health policy premiums.
- by Tim Binsted
Steel slump may force BlueScope plant closure: Deutsche Bank
Major pay cuts and 500 job losses at BlueScope's Port Kembla steel works will only delay the troubled plant's closure, Deutsche Bank analyst Emily Smith says.
- by Tim Binsted
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