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BHP is pivoting to copper as iron ore demand has peaked.

What’s next for BHP? The moment is ripe for copper’s biggest deal

The world’s biggest miner is turning to copper as iron ore demand wanes. It’s time to go for a mega takeover BHP has always shied away from: Going after the biggest copper mine of all.

  • David Fickling

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A Nissan electric vehicle displayed inside the company’s Ginza showroom in Tokyo.

Scrapping $97b Honda deal would leave Nissan stranded

Like the driver who stubbornly insists they know where they’re going but ends up lost, pride may have caught up with Nissan when it shelved its tie-up with Honda.

  • Gearoid Reidy
Olivia Wirth, executive chairwoman of Myer, with Solomon Lew who offloaded his apparel brands business and will take a board seat at the department store chain.

Jay Jays, Dotti, Portmans still ‘well-loved, cherished’ brands, Myer CEO insists

Myer investors have overwhelmingly voted in favour of the mega-deal that chief executive Olivia Wirth says sets up the department store for the long term.

  • Jessica Yun
Saxon Hill is among those concerned about a proposed merger being reviewed by the ACCC.

Why this street parking takeover has the watchdog concerned

A proposed merger between the largest suppliers of on-street parking in Australia has sparked warnings about the impact on councils and ratepayers.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
Jack Gance, chairman and co-founder of Chemist Warehouse.

A $9 billion pharmacy Goliath is born, and not everyone’s delighted

The new mega-chemist and wholesale supplier will be to retail pharmacies what Bunnings is to hardware, what JB Hi-Fi is to electronics or what Dan Murphys is to booze.

  • Elizabeth Knight
No one drives a harder deal than Solomon Lew, chairman of Premier Investments.

Revenge is sweet and profitable for rag trade king Solly Lew

If share prices of Premier Investments and Myer are any indications, this deal is a hit. 

  • Elizabeth Knight
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Myer has acquired a suite of Solomon Lew’s clothing brands.

Myer buys billionaire Solomon Lew’s clothing brands in $950m deal

Myer will acquire a suite of Premier Investments’ clothing brands in Australia and New Zealand, giving the businessman a seat on its board.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Coles has had a better year than Woolworths, but both major supermarkets face the prospect of regulatory action if a competition regulator-commissioned review finds they have too much market power.

Chalmers’ merger shake-up slams brakes on supermarket takeovers

The biggest change to the nation’s merger laws will target the supermarket sector with any takeover plan likely to face the ire of the competition regulator.

  • Shane Wright

Why merger can be a dirty word when it comes to our inflation problem

It’s the great number of our industries dominated by just a few firms that makes us especially susceptible to the inflation surge we’re struggling to get back under control.

  • Ross Gittins
A weakening iron ore price has pushed the Australian sharemarket down on Monday.

BHP walks after Anglo breaks off the engagement – but never say never

Anglo American’s refusal to engage with BHP forced the world’s largest miner to abandon its $74 billion mega-deal.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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