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Companies
Performance of Gloria Jeans owner RFG is 'unsustainable', says chairman
Retail Food Group's new chairman has conceded that the cafe, doughnut and pizza giant's performance is unsustainable and it will look to sell assets - and possibly raise capital - so it can pay down debt.
- by Patrick Hatch
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Commercial real estate
Billionaire retailer Lew walks away from Chapel Street
First Solly Lew walked out on the Bourke Street mall, now he's saying goodbye to Chapel Street.
- by Patrick Hatch & Simon Johanson
Gambling
Aristocrat shares fall after earnings miss
Aristocrat Leisure shares had their biggest fall of the year after the poker machine maker failed to meet market expectations for its profit.
- by Colin Kruger
Telecommunications
Huawei seeks urgent meetings to clarify NZ 5G rejection
NZ cited national security concerns in declining a proposal from telecoms operator Spark New Zealand to build its 5G network using Huawei equipment.
- by Charlotte Greenfield
Commercial real estate
Liberal Party sells headquarters for $37.1m
Voters gave the Victorian Liberal Party a thrashing in Saturday’s election, but the party’s financial fortunes have been significantly boosted by the record setting sale of its six-storey city headquarters for $37.1 million.
- by Simon Johanson
Retail
Solly Lew backs to Myer CEO as a decent jockey, but whips board
Solomon Lew has extended an olive branch to Myer's CEO John King, comparing him favourably to a decent jockey riding a poorly trained horse.
- by Patrick Hatch
Environmental Protection
'It is pure evil': Patagonia takes swipe at Trump as it donates $13.7m tax windfall to environmental groups
Chief of outdoor gear company has lashed out at President Trump for his attitude towards the "climate crisis".
- by Ryan M. Miller
Exclusive
News Corp launches probe into staff over redundancy and salary leak
Senior executive chastises staff, under pressure from job cuts, for "sharing the email contents externally", warning it is a breach of contract.
- by Michael Evans
Banking products
Mysterious deaths wipe $1.4 billion from banking fortune
The death of a key witness in a Colombian corruption probe and the cyanide poisoning of his son three days later have left a big dent in one of the world's great banking fortunes.
- by Matthew Bristow
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Mining
Rio Tinto approves $3.5b iron ore mine in the Pilbara
Rio Tinto has approved a $US2.6 billion ($3.5 billion) investment in its new Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
- by Cole Latimer, Hamish Hastie & Nathan Hondros
Luxury fashion
Tiffany & Co has a tourist problem: CEO
Chinese travellers are globetrotting less, and that's a problem for luxury brands like Tiffany & Co.
- by Kim Bhasin