Brambles
‘I am dealing with it’: The chairman of some of Australia’s biggest companies vows to reduce workload
John Mullen is currently the chairman of ASX-listed companies Qantas, Treasury Wine Estates and Brambles, raising concerns that he has become overloaded.
- by Jessica Yun
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Market volatility kills $20 billion Brambles bid
It took just 25 hours for one of the biggest private equity bids for an Australian company to go up in smoke. What happened?
- by Colin Kruger
Brambles investor backs CVC approach but wants $20b on the table
Brambles investors are already warming to the prospect of a takeover, after the company’s shares soared as much as 13 per cent on Monday following confirmation that the pallet supplier has been in preliminary talks with private equity giant CVC.
- by Colin Kruger
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Mergers & acquisitions
Who knew CHEP pallets were sexy prey. Corporate vultures, of course
Corporate vultures’ nostrils are flaring as they size up Australia’s $17 billion pallet maker Brambles.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Retailers, manufacturers hoarding trays fuels ‘pallet-gate’ shortage
Australia’s two major owners of reusable pallets say retailers, producers and manufacturers are hoarding and redirecting the crucial shipping items.
- by Patrick Hatch
Energy sector drags ASX sharply lower
Energy stocks dragged on the local bourse on Monday, as oil prices hit a 21-year low and an $8.8b takeover bid for Caltex Australia collapsed.
- by Lucy Battersby
'Genuine panic': Stocks shed $210b in worst week since financial crisis
The ASX has suffered its largest fall in over four years, as what some described as panic selling took hold amid heightened coronavirus fears.
- by David Scutt
ASX treads water as QBE rockets to highest mark in almost five years
The local bourse has ended Monday's session flat, as declines in the financial sector offset gains in real estate, information technology and health care.
- by Lucy Battersby and David Scutt
Brambles boss says company is 'resilient', despite global uncertainty
The boss of Brambles says the company operated in an environment of increasing economic "uncertainty" in the first half, as it booked a fall in half-year profit.
- by Darren Gray
ASX nears record high as bank rally drives solid gains
The local bourse had ended the week firmly higher and just shy of a record close, as a surge in banking stocks drove CBA to a five-year high.
- by Lucy Battersby
Local stocks catch breath after Monday rally
The local bourse trod water as modest gains among the miners and some consumer-facing stocks helped offset Westpac's woes in the wake of Monday's strong rally.
- by Lucy Battersby
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