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too expensive to make deep cuts to carbon emissions
Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O’Neill says it is too expensive for the country’s largest producer of natural gas to make deep cuts to its carbon emissions, putting the company…
ANZ review found staff raised concerns and middle managers failed them
Staff within ANZ’s markets division laid the blame on their bosses for failing to act decisively when reports surfaced about inappropriate workplace behaviour on trading floors in Sydney, London and…
Glencore seeks bailouts for Australian copper smelter and refinery
Glencore has demanded a government handout for its struggling Mt Isa copper smelter and Townsville copper refinery, making it the latest global company seeking a bailout following a rescue of…
Long hours, distant targets: Lawyers are getting a raw deal
Long hours, distant targets: Lawyers are getting a raw deal
Rio Tinto unification vote supporters Hannam & Partners puts Palliser payment in fine print
On Thursday in the United Kingdom (early Friday morning here), Rio Tinto shareholders will vote on a proposal by activist British hedge fund Palliser Capital to collapse the miner’s dual-company…
C’est parti! France’s Vinci bids for $3b Cairns, Mackay Airports
French infrastructure player Vinci, capitalised at €69.5 billion ($120.8 billion) on the Euronext Paris, has made its third attempt to add an Australian airport to its sprawling global portfolio. Street…
Superannuation crisis is ‘extreme but plausible’
The Reserve Bank of Australia says a sustained downturn in the Australian dollar could spark a crisis for the country’s superannuation sector and risk $4.2 trillion in savings if there…
Law firm reaches $160m deal with president as legal industry divide deepens
A fourth major American law firm, Milbank, struck a deal on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) with Donald Trump amid the president’s campaign against perceived enemies in the legal industry, while another…
Cue Clothing and its Veronika Maine brand sold to Britain’s Hilco
The wealthy Levis family has sold Cue Clothing, the retailing business behind its namesake women’s fashion label and the Veronika Maine brand, to British asset manager Hilco Capital. As part…