Company mergers
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BHP Group
BHP confirms non-binding $60b takeover offer for rival Anglo American
BHP, the world’s largest miner, has approached London-listed Anglo American with an offer that could turn into this year’s biggest deal.
- by Crystal Tse, Dinesh Nair, Thomas Biesheuvel and Millie Muroi
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Opinion
Opinion
BHP’s clever plan for dealing with Anglo’s poison pills
BHP has approached the embattled Anglo American mining house with an all-scrip offer that would see the group’s most troublesome assets spun off.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Competition
Why the crackdown on ‘killer’ deals is no silver bullet
Changes aimed at stopping oligopolies becoming more entrenched through mergers make sense. Just don’t hold your breath for lower prices as a result.
- by Clancy Yeates
Opinion
Live music
Kids have not ‘gone soft’ when it comes to music festivals
The rapid decline of music festivals in Australia is symptomatic of a bigger problem – and it’s not the fault of young people.
- by Millie Muroi
PM set for clash with big business over competition reform
Anthony Albanese has signalled a fresh push to lift competition to help consumers, farmers and small businesses, but large firms are concerned over new rules covering mergers.
- by Shane Wright
Woodside shelves $80b merger with rival Santos
The oil and gas giant says it has ended discussions with its smaller rival over a proposed tie-up of the two companies.
- by Simon Johanson
Opinion
Opinion
The next thing on Albanese’s to-do list
Every capitalist professes to believe in stiff competition. In truth, it’s their biggest hate.
- by Ross Gittins
Competition-killing mergers a threat to consumers: Leigh
Research for the federal competition taskforce shows mergers are occurring across the Australian economy at a much higher rate than previously thought.
- by Shane Wright
Gina Rinehart strikes Azure blow in lithium battle
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has joined forces with a Chilean mining giant in a $1.7 billion bid to takeover Australian lithium miner Azure Minerals.
- by Simon Johanson
$80b oil and gas merger will beat competition concerns, says industry
Analysts say oil and gas majors Woodside and Santos can overcome competition concerns.
- by Simon Johanson
Sigma soars as investors rush for a piece of Chemist Warehouse
More than $89 million worth of Sigma shares were traded on Wednesday, a staggering jump on the daily average of $2 million.
- by Jessica Yun