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Woolworths and Wesfarmers slug it out for a slice of wellness market
These combatants, two of the biggest and best run companies in Australia, have plenty of form from previous bouts.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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COVID waves take the shine off Virgin’s revival plans
The course of the pandemic, and with it the timing of Virgin’s financial rebirth, has not gone to script.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Charging the dead: Why Westpac raised the white flag with ASIC
The deal allows the regulator to notch up a handy win, polish its star and brandish its credentials as a results-regulator - all while saving money.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Carnage averted: Investors keep their cool amid Omicron scare
The Australian sharemarket was bracing for the worst as fears of the latest COVID-19 strain - Omicron- gathered pace. But traders haven’t let their anxieties get the better of them, yet.Â
- by Elizabeth Knight
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$1 million a minute: the Black Friday prediction that has retailers drooling
It is a nail-biting time for all retailers, whose yearly sales and earnings are heavily skewed to their performance over this weekend’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Bark and a lick: ASX escapes corporate watchdog bite
For investors and funds managers who suffered from their positions being frozen last November, ASIC’s measures against the stock market operator would appear to be consequence-lite.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Cooking with gas: Woodside’s $16b Scarborough affair splits sentiment
A jump in price over the past year and a strong demand outlook has helped stack up the economics of the project. But the optics are quite another matter.Â
- by Elizabeth Knight
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The chips are down for our casinos as consolidation beckons
Three years of controversy have taken their toll on the local casinos and the three operators may give way to one large operating casino company with licences in each state.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Cheeky, but clever: Private equity giant has another tilt at buying Crown
Star Entertainment has been caught with its regulatory pants down, making it difficult to get in the race for the future ownership of its biggest rival. But will Blackstone’s offer be enough?
- by Elizabeth Knight
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How Treasury Wine is punting on a $310 chardonnay to cure its hangover
At up to $310 a bottle it is not the chardonnay drop Kath and Kim would have opened for their nightly ‘wine time philosophy’ sessions in the backyard at Fountain Lakes.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Margins, not millennials, drove down Commonwealth Bank shares
CBA’s digital product push is necessary to protect its future. But traditional forces are at play in how the bank’s profit looks today.
- by Elizabeth Knight