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The ACCC’s bitter pill to Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b pharmacy merger
Putting aside the strength of arguments from the merger parties and the regulator, the facts are that an ACCC amber light more often turns to red than to green.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b merger could stifle competition, shut stores: ACCC
Australia’s competition watchdog has raised concerns that Chemist Warehouse’s planned merger with Sigma Healthcare into an $8.8 billion titan will hurt rivals in the pharmacy sector.
- by Jessica Yun
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Media & marketing
Media Watch host Paul Barry to leave after 11 years
Media Watch’s longest-serving presenter, Paul Barry, will step down from the ABC show in December.
- by Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
The ACCC’s bitter pill to Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b pharmacy merger
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion & Perspectives
The ACCC’s bitter pill to Chemist Warehouse’s $8.8b pharmacy merger
Putting aside the strength of arguments from the merger parties and the regulator, the facts are that an ACCC amber light more often turns to red than to green.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
How to give (and receive) feedback at work without upsetting people
Employees may cringe at the idea of getting feedback, but reports indicate many of us would like to get more than we do.
Téa Angelos
Careers contributor
Fed’s rate cut caution can’t spoil Wall Street party
The US central bank has dialled back expectations of rate cuts this year. The US sharemarket still hit another record overnight as investors bet on a soft landing for the world’s largest economy.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Banking & finance
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Payments
The way you pay is costing you big time. Here’s how to play your cards right
- by Millie Muroi
Entrepreneurship
Tax Office evidence draws Carlton boss Luke Sayers further into PwC scandal
Fresh evidence from the ATO raises further questions about what the Carlton boss knew about tax confidentiality breaches while he was in charge of PwC.
- by Colin Kruger
A force of nature with a wry smile: Lang Walker remembered
Billionaire and philanthropist Lang Walker was remembered as a transformative force in Australia’s urban landscape at a memorial service at Sydney Town Hall on Friday.
- by Colin Kruger and Carolyn Cummins
