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David Ross is a Sydney-based journalist at The Australian. He previously worked at the European Parliament and as a freelance journalist, writing for many publications including Myanmar Business Today where he was an Australian correspondent. He has a Masters in Journalism from The University of Melbourne.

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Grocon collapseCompanies

Apartment at 106 Central Park South, 21A-E New York, which is owned by a corporate entity linked to Daniel Grollo.

Creditors chase Grollo’s $40m New York penthouse

Daniel Grollo’s $40m luxury US apartment is under scrutiny as the construction scion tries to sell the Manhattan bolthole and creditors clamour for more money.

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ChildcareCompanies

Child playing with colorful toy blocks. Little boy building tower at home or day care. Educational toys for young children. Construction block for baby or toddler kid. Mess in kindergarten play room.

Flexible working hurting CBD childcare centres

Childcare group G8 says bookings across its network are almost back to pre-COVID levels, but CBD centres are still doing it tough.

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AviationAviation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos May 6, 2021: A Rex (Regional Express) aircraft taxiing at Sydney Airport.Picture: NCA NewsWire / James Gourley

Rex punished for Sharp’s media revelation

Rex Airlines fined $66,000 after deputy chair John Sharp divulged expansion plans before the market was officially informed.

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Gupta turmoilCompanies

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2019 Sanjeev Gupta, head of the GFG (Gupta Family Group) Alliance, speaks during an interview with AFP in London. - Billionaire businessman Sanjeev Gupta's GFG metals empire, which employs 35,000 people worldwide and has several sites in France, was one of Greensill's main customers. (Photo by BEN STANSALL / AFP)

Gupta’s GFG faces UK fraud probe

The company owned by steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta is facing a high-level probe in Britain amid allegations of fraud and money laundering.

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DISASTERFinancial Services

EMBARGO DAILY TELEGRAPH: SUNDAY FOR MONDAYRural communities in western NSW have been battling a plague of mice that are destroying their livelihoods. Lockie Roberts holds up a mouse on his farm Mumblepeg 45 minutes east of Warren in the Dubbo region of NSW. The citrus farmer has been battling a mouse plague that has infested his oat shed. Picture: David Swift

Not covered: Insurers knocking back mouse plague claims

Homeowners hit by the mouse plague sweeping eastern Australia are finding they can’t make insurance claims for the damage dealt by the vermin.

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AGRIBUSINESSCompanies

The mouse outbreak has hit grain crops throughout much of regional Australia, this year from the Darling Downs of Queensland through New South Wales and Victoria. Picture: Trent Perrett

Mouse plague no surprise: GrainCorp

Agriculture heavyweight knew the mouse plague that’s giving farmers nightmares was likely and had its defences prepared.

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Budget 2021Economics

12/05/2021 Electrician and business owner Dean Spicer on site in Knoxville in Melbourne's east. He runs an electrics company called RECIPS Electrical that does a lot of work in commercial sites. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Tools and toys: Write-off boost sparks a shopping spree

Businesses are set to invest after a budget move to extend schemes allowing them to write off purchases and carry-back losses.

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BUDGET 2021Economics

Tim Dyer, Managing Director at the UCI Furniture Making Factory at North Plympton, where they have just installed a new cutting machine, a ÃCNC Nesting RouterÃ, in order to increase capacity. Operations Manager, Stuart Norman (R). 16 April 2021.Picture Dean Martin

Manufacturers hope for confidence lift

Australian commercial furniture producer UCI is banking on a boost to business confidence on the back of the budget, but says more needs to be done to support existing manufacturers.

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GREENSILL FAILUREBusiness

Lex Greensill of Greensill Capital, London 1 December 2020- Picture By Annabel Moeller

Greensill sought a buyer before collapse

Failed financial upstart Greensill Capital was floated in front of three different buyers in the months leading up to its collapse in early March.

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DATAROOMDataRoom

Data Republic CEO Danny Gilligan. Source: Supplied

Buyers emerge now Data Republic is on the skids

No one was game to buy financial data upstart Data Republic in the months before it went bust last week, but in the days since the picture has changed.

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