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Australia’s global healthcare companies and its network of biotechnology companies will likely avoid the worst. Not so surgical gloves maker Ansell.
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Supermarket boss sick of price gouging ‘slurs’ after PM’s barb
Fred Harrison has been working in supermarkets for 50 years, and comments from the election trail have left him fuming. Meanwhile, former ACCC chair Allan Fels says profit gouging is hard to prove.
‘Get on board or miss out’, Bunnings warns auto suppliers
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Canada’s Dollarama swoops on Reject Shop with $259m bid
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The budget’s botched wine rescue: too many grapes, not enough cash
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Retail chain Jeanswest’s collapse to cost 600 jobs
Fashion chain Jeanswest has collapsed for a second time in five years leading to the imminent closure of all 90 stores and the loss of jobs for about 600 of its staff.
Consumer wipeout hits Rip Curl, Kathmandu
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Major Coles liquor rebrand to take price fight to Dan Murphy’s
Coles is rolling out a major change to its nearly 1000 liquor stores that will spell the end to two big brands in a bid to better compete with Dan Murphy’s.
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