Business
Companies
Safe bet? Investors take savage haircuts in commercial real estate
Selling buildings that seemed like a safe bet when purchased three years ago is hurting investors’ hip pockets.
- by Nicole Lindsay
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Franchising
Bubble tea battle: Sharetea Australia ‘very happy’ after three-year fight against Taiwanese giant
Sharetea Australia has gained the exclusive rights to use the brand in the country – but it faces ongoing battles with disgruntled franchisees.
- by Jessica Yun
Streaming trumps free-to-air TV in new live sports broadcast bill
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the government is out of touch on the cost of living and young Australians after passing a bill on access to live sport.
- by Calum Jaspan
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ClearVue kicks till with second US greenhouse sale
ClearVue Technologies has sold a second package of its solar glass to a leading US greenhouse manufacturer for the construction of a demonstration facility.
- by Craig Nolan
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Ardea launches DFS drilling for giant WA nickel play
Ardea Resources has kicked off DFS drilling planned to stretch 51,745m at the Kalgoorlie nickel project it now shares with a giant Japanese consortium.
- by Craig Nolan
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Insolvency
A series of unfortunate events: Demise of Booktopia is a page turner
A blindingly bright-coloured flag appeared only a month ago when the listed company told the market that directors’ fees for the year would be paid by issuing shares, rather than in cash.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Latitude hits ASX boards for Finland gold-cobalt foray
The new ASX entity known as Latitude 66 says high-tech data makes exploration at its KSB gold-cobalt project in Finland as easy as “shooting fish in a barrel”.
- by Andrew Todd
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Mergers & acquisitions
Santos shares jump on report Middle Eastern giants are weighing up takeover bids
Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil have reportedly been separately studying potential bids for Australia’s $25 billion energy giant Santos.
- by Nick Toscano
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Mining
$3.8m brawl: The fraudster, the mining prospector and the fight over gold
Anton Billis was once so close to his friend, convicted fraudster Michael Giovinazzo, he was the best man at his wedding. But their 25-year friendship is now in tatters, and is being pored over in the Victorian Supreme Court.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue spied on former staff and their families
The billionaire mining magnate’s company hired private investigators amid allegations of stolen intellectual property.
- by Anne Hyland
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EV Resources review lights up Queensland gallium, germanium
A portfolio review has prompted EV Resources to reboot a germanium and gallium hunt at its Khartoum project prospective for critical minerals in Queensland.
- by Doug Bright