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Expansion plansCommentsPremiumPerth IVF company snapped up in $40m deal

East coast-based City Fertility has bought Perth’s Fertility Specialists of WA and plans to invest $10m in new facilities and specialist staff.

Cheyanne Enciso

Unsolicited offer CommentsPremiumCVC mulls takeover bid for $15b pallets firm Brambles

CVC Capital Partners is considering a bid for Australian pallet-pooling services company Brambles. Shares of Brambles surged by a record.

Harry Brumpton and Aaron Kirchfeld

Hot mergerPremiumIncreased green scrutiny awaits Woodside’s BHP tie-up

The takeover of BHP’s oil and gas operations will elevate Woodside into the world's top-10 energy producers but also push it deeper into fossil fuels.

Sean Smith

On the blockPremiumCould London House tower sale tempt Twiggy?

The 18-storey London House on St Georges Terrace has become the first major skyscraper to hit the market this year. Could Andrew Forrest be among the bidders?

Kim Macdonald

Less exposedPremiumMusk’s mates help cut his margin risk in Twitter deal

Elon Musk may be the world’s richest person, but that doesn’t mean he wants to put his massive fortune at risk to buy Twitter.

Tom Maloney

New Alliance?CommentsPremiumQantas makes major play for more of FIFO charter market

Qantas has reached a deal to fully acquire Australian-based operator Alliance Aviation Services, enabling it to better serve the growing resources sector.

Geoffrey Thomas

New horizonCommentsPremiumBain Capital sells Australian childcare business for $450m

Bain Capital has sold its Australian childcare and early education business to US company Bright Horizons Family Solutions for $450 million.

Cheyanne Enciso

Price alertCommentsPremiumMusk flags ‘slight cost’ for Twitter’s commercial users

Twitter will always remain free for ‘casual users’ but government and commercial users may see a ‘slight cost’ to stay on the social media platform.

Sebastian Tong and Kurt Wagner

Dramatic intervention PremiumAtlassian founder positions again to block AGL coal plan

Mike Cannon-Brookes has bought a $650m stake in Australia’s biggest energy retailer and is urging other investors to join him in voting against the company’s plan to split itself in two.

Sean Smith

Expansion driveCommentsPremiumFamily Zone raising $42m for new offshore purchase

The cyber software firm says the purchase of Qustodio will lift recurring annual revenues to $70m

Sean Smith

Bankers’ callVideoCommentsPremiumMusk’s Twitter pitch featured job cuts, ways to make money

As he negotiated a $US44 billion ($61b) deal to acquire Twitter, Elon Musk told bankers that he would be focused on the social media company’s bottom line, and floated the idea of cutting both costs and jobs.

Liana Baker, Michelle F. Davis and Kurt Wagner

Bid go-aheadPremiumIncreased Western Areas offer ‘not fair but reasonable’

Western Areas says its directors are sticking with their unanimous backing of IGO’s $3.87-a-share offer.

Sean Smith

Strategic move PremiumAquirian snaps up Cybem Mechanical Services

Perth-based mining services company Aquirian is set to acquire Cybem Mechanical Services as it looks to beef up its maintenance capabilities.

Caitlin Paroczai

Nerves showCommentsPremiumTesla’s $177b wipe out on Musk’s Twitter funding fears

Tesla wiped roughly $US126 billion ($177b) off its valuation overnight on Tuesday as the stock fell 12 per cent on investors’ concern that Elon Musk may sell shares to complete his $US44b takeover of Twitter.

Thyagaraju Adinarayan and Esha Dey

More approval neededPremiumCrown delays shareholder takeover meeting

Crown Resorts has delayed this week’s scheme meeting for shareholders to approve its takeover by US bidder Blackstone pending further regulatory approvals.

Adrian Lowe

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Buyout to take car dealer DVG back into Australian hands

Six years after buying one of Perth’s biggest networks of car dealerships, IDOM is selling out to a consortium of Australian dealers and investors for an estimated $150m to $200m.

Sean Smith

$60b bidCommentsTwitter starts takeover talks with Musk

Twitter and Elon Musk are in talks over his takeover offer, sources say, after investors urged the platform not to let the chance for a deal slip away.

Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Greg Roumeliotis

Global effortCommentsSerena Williams, Lewis Hamilton join bid for Chelsea FC

Formula 1 racing driver Lewis Hamilton and tennis star Serena Williams have both agreed to invest about £10 million ($17.7m) each in a bid for Chelsea Football Club, according to media reports.

Charles Capel

Consortium partnerCommentsPremiumHealth super giant part of $20b bid for Ramsay

Health Employees Superannuation Trust Australia has confirmed it is part of a KKR consortium that offered $20.1 billion to buy hospital operator Ramsay Health Care.

Matthew Burgess

Potential dealCommentsPremiumAMP, Dexus confirm talks on possible Collimate sale

AMP has confirmed it is in talks with “multiple” parties, including property group Dexus, about the potential sale of assets and businesses of Collimate Capital.

Daniel Newell

‘Strategic acquisition’PremiumHong Kong blockchain firm acquires Perth marketers

Venture capital group Animoca Brands has bought a two-thirds stake in Perth-based digital marketing company Be Media as it pushes further into blockchain and metaverse opportunities.

Adrian Lowe

Calling ElvisCommentsPremiumMusk channels The King for ‘tender’ moment on Twitter

Elon Musk kept investors in the dark this weekend, floating a cryptic tweet with the word “tender”, a likely wink-and-nod reference to a potential tender offer to Twitter shareholders.

Michael Tobin

Higher bidCommentsPremiumDays of talks deliver new deal for Western Areas

IGO has been forced to up its offer to keep alive hopes of securing takeover target Western Areas after the friendly tie-up was derailed by an independent expert’s report.

Mixed reception CommentsPremiumPfizer’s $100m play for ResApp Health ‘underpriced’

A recommendation by the board of ResApp that shareholders back Pfizer Australia’s $100 million play for the company has been given a mixed reception, with some calling the bid an insult to long-term investors.

Danielle Le Messurier