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Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is part of the hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

Trump’s son-in-law part of Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

The company, which has close ties to the Trump administration, has launched an offer that challenges Netflix’s plan to create an unassailable media empire.

  • Michael Koziol

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Curtin University has lowered the bar for entry when it comes to year 12 English.

‘Years of instability’: WA students doubt ‘benefits’ of university merger plans

Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and Murdoch University are in the firing line for a merger, with Edith Cowan University likely exempt due to the opening of its new inner-city campus. 

  • Holly Thompson
The Skybus terminal at Southern Cross Station in Melbourne.

SkyBus closer to going all-electric after operator scores $4b deal

Since starting the SkyBus service in 2015 with 50 vehicles, Australian company Kinetic now runs a global fleet of buses and trains.

  • Simon Johanson
Anne Lloyd (left) has been dumped as the chairwoman of James Hardie, but remains defiant over the Azek buyout and the long-term value creation she says is ahead. Aaron Erter (right) has been CEO since 2022.

How this Aussie giant’s annual meeting turned into a board lynching

By the end of James Hardie’s 17-minute AGM, chair Anne Lloyd and two fellow directors had lost their jobs. As far as shareholder protests go, this was one for the history books.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Kerry Stokes mixes with the politically powerful including Prime Minster Anthony Albanese.

Is media baron Kerry Stokes preparing his exit? It looks like a yes

Unlike Lachlan Murdoch, Kerry Stokes’ son doesn’t have ink in his veins and has traditionally demonstrated scant interest in all things media.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes.

Kerry Stokes to depart Seven after merger with Triple M owner

Seven West Media plans to combine with Australia’s biggest radio company, Southern Cross Media, to create a $415 million TV, radio and publishing group.

  • Calum Jaspan
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Everyone wants copper. So who of the mining sector’s heavyweights will attempt to nix Anglo and Teck’s deal?

The copper wars are here: Mega merger could trigger battle of the mining giants

Anglo American and Canada’s Teck have agreed to create one of the world’s larger copper companies. Will BHP and Rio Tinto be content to watch from the sidelines?

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
’Cause I’m free to do what I want any old time: Elon Musk has just liberated himself from the X debt.

Elon Musk just had his own Liberation Day

The merger of social media platform X with Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI will allow him, his co-investors and X’s banks to exit the struggling business unscathed.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Forty per cent of first home buyers in Sydney and Hobart were priced out of their property market even before the latest surge in house values.

Domain takeover to crack open a new stage for Nine

The online real estate marketplace majority owned by Nine Entertainment has received a sweetened “best and final offer” from heavyweight US suitor CoStar. .

  • Calum Jaspan
The Reject Shop could soon be Canadian-owned.

‘Money from heaven’: The Reject Shop set for $259m sale to Canadian giant

Australia’s largest discount variety retailer could soon be in Canadian hands.

  • Miriam Steffens and Gemma Grant

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