Economy ‘dire for 12-18 months’: pub baron
With at least 80 of the hotels he jointly owns shut in Victoria, Bruce Mathieson says it’s ‘the worst times’ he’s seen.
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Andrew Forrest’s $3bn dividend bonanza
The billionaire Fortescue chairman will pour big sums into his Minderoo Foundation after another big payday.
Property doyen Kevin Seymour parks opinion
The veteran Queensland property developer will wait and see what effects COVID-19 might have on the sector.
Property outlook grim: Triguboff
The property market is improving but won’t return to previous heights until migration numbers improve, the billionaire says.
Macquarie bank scores with EPL tactic
English soccer a new and increasingly lucrative arm of Australian banking’s millionaire’s factory.
Lockdown boosts NZ retail giant Briscoe
Unless the government gets on top of it then ‘people are going to be awfully afraid to go into stores’, says Briscoe boss.
Big business takes a stick to Andrews
Business leaders warn the construction sector could ‘go backwards’ and the economy won’t simply bounce back.
Gurner warns of apartments shortage and COVID ‘rental crisis’
The Melbourne apartments developer says the top end of the market is holding up, but policies need to change or construction jobs will be lost.
Pratt goes full bottle
Visy paid $733m for Australia’s biggest beer bottle maker and will spend $500m more to make lighter, cheaper bottles.
Rich-list solar farm wins federal support
The world’s biggest solar farm backed by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest wins major project status from the Morrison government.
‘Wary’ Caledonia snaps up Warner stake
Secretive fund manager buys into Warner Music and increases the short positions of its flagship fund by 20pc.
Pandemic boosts Hungry Jack’s revenue
The uninitiated in takeaway food are now using it and ‘don’t want to get out of their cars’ boosting the cornerstone business of the Jack Cowin empire.
Up $11bn, Forrest has a profitable pandemic
The Fortescue billionaire chairman is richer than ever, but several other miners have also made big fortunes since March.
Judd now sweats over micro-cap trades
Champion footballer Chris Judd now considers himself a full-time investor, putting his money into dozens of small ASX-listed stocks.
Freedom Foods increases writedown and cuts staff
Chairman Perry Gunner declares the healthfoods company is experiencing ‘not its finest hour’.
Atlassian’s new 40-storey behemoth
The Sydney tech giant says its new headquarters will be the world’s tallest hybrid timber building, and generate 2500 jobs.
Pandemic a healthy boost for Chemist Warehouse
The chemist retail giants sold plenty of medicines, vitamins and hand sanitiser at the height of the pandemic.
High-stakes probe into Packer’s Crown to resume
The inquiry originally was expected to call James Packer and Lawrence Ho to give evidence.
Youngest rich lister doubles wealth
Melanie Perkins now one of Australia’s three wealthiest women after her tech sensation Canva rose in value to $8.77bn.
Platform performs through the crisis
Michael Heine thought he had seen it all — until he saw first-hand the ramifications of the market plunge in the third week of March.
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