Company mergers
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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.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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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.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Mergers & acquisitions
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.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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.
- by Shane Wright
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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.
- by Ross Gittins
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Opinion
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.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Mergers & acquisitions
BHP walks away from $75b takeover bid after Anglo rejects push for more talks
BHP has abandoned its six-week pursuit of rival Anglo American after a plea to extend takeover talks was turned down.
- by Simon Johanson
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BHP’s expensive date with the Anglo directors
The Anglo American board has finally agreed to let BHP put forward the case for its now $74 billion takeover plan after the Australian mining giant upped its offer for the second time.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Clock ticking for BHP as $64 billion bid deadline looms
The resources giant has until 2am on Thursday morning, Australian time, to increase its bid for rival miner Anglo American, issue a formal binding offer, or walk away.
- by Simon Johanson
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Mergers & acquisitions
Anglo to sell coal mines, other assets to fend off BHP takeover bid
BHP chief Mike Henry said he was disappointed after a $64 billion sweetened bid was immediately rejected by the London-headquartered miner.
- by Simon Johanson
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BHP confirms non-binding $60b takeover offer for rival Anglo American
BHP, the world’s largest miner, has approached London-listed Anglo American with an offer that could turn into this year’s biggest deal.
- by Crystal Tse, Dinesh Nair, Thomas Biesheuvel and Millie Muroi
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