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CBD properties flood the market as owners shift into sell mode
Shifting fortunes are bringing a flood of CBD properties to market with a raft of long-term and short term investors calling time on their holdings.
- by Nicole Lindsay
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Ignore cynics talking rot, timber apartments are a hit with tenants
Developers are generally risk adverse. What sells well and caters to an audience generally gets built.
- by Stephen Crafti
Black Rhino buys big in South Australia
Pokie pub owner David Tomsic is expanding his gaming hotel empire into South Australia after buying the Newmarket Hotel in Port Adelaide and signing contracts on another five venues.
- by Simon Johanson and Carolyn Cummins
Bookie inexperience could hurt Apollo in Tabcorp race: analysts
Private equity giant Apollo faces an uphill battle winning crucial support for its bid for Tabcorp’s wagering division.
- by Patrick Hatch
Booming property market stokes household debt concerns
A ferocious boom in housing overwhelming the banks is stoking concerns about consumer debt, amid signs some buyers are becoming more cautious about overpaying
- by Colin Kruger and Clancy Yeates
Fate of investments and charitable efforts on the line after mega-split
The billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has worked hard to keep his private life just that, but the announcement of his split from wife Melinda has huge ramifications.
- by Cara Waters
Apps are booming again thanks to the pandemic
Companies of all shapes and sizes, especially retailers, are building apps again, and COVID-19 is the trigger.
- by Dominic Powell
Industrial gorilla Goodman muscles up on warehousing
COVID-19 and environmental concerns are changing the face of logistics and mass storage away from single-storey to multi-level sheds.
- by Simon Johanson
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Media & marketing
Foxtel performance provides ‘optionality’, Kayo nears 1m paying subscribers
News Corp says the financial performance of Foxtel has provided it with more flexibility and options, after the global media company announced a $650 million refinance of the pay TV business’ debt.
- by Zoe Samios
‘Canadian with no front teeth’: Spotlight falls on the man replacing Warren Buffett
He has rubbed shoulders with US presidents but still retains a low profile. Now Greg Abel has been tapped to one day step into the shoes of the world’s most famous investor.
- by Lucy Burton
Nintendo issues gloomy outlook, warns of chip shortage
Nintendo shares slid as it warned that component shortages could affect production and gave a conservative profit forecast for the year.
- by Takashi Mochizuki and Debby Wu