US suitor withdraws fleeting $153m takover offer for Appen

US suitor withdraws fleeting $153m takover offer for Appen

Downsizing artificial intelligence (AI) annotator Appen (ASX: APX),...

Australian B-Corp registrations double in two years as more companies meet high ESG benchmarks

Australian B-Corp registrations double in two years as more companies meet high ESG benchmarks

Achieving B Corp certification is no easy feat for a business, with...

Stan gears up for coast-to-coast productions in Queensland and WA

Stan gears up for coast-to-coast productions in Queensland and WA

Nine Entertainment Co’s video streaming service Stan is geari...

WAM Leaders ups the ante for QV Equities as investment groups agree to $2b merger

WAM Leaders ups the ante for QV Equities as investment groups agree to $2b merger

WAM Leaders (ASX: WLE), a listed investment company managed by Wils...

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

How LoanOptions.ai founder built advanced tech to "democratise" lending

"The client was on a lunchbreak, and before they finished the ...

Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades

Hundreds of tariffs to go from July 1 in biggest unilateral tariff cut in decades

The Albanese government will abolish almost 500 so-called “nu...

Rex steps up challenge to airline majors with Etihad Airways partnership agreement

Rex steps up challenge to airline majors with Etihad Airways partnership agreement

Regional Express Holdings (ASX: REX) has stepped up its campaign as...

US suitor Par Technology prepared to pay a big premium to secure TASK Group for $288m

US suitor Par Technology prepared to pay a big premium to secure TASK Group for $288m

US-based hospitality technology company Par Technology Corporation ...

UK agency seeks to ban Lex Greensill from running companies for 15 years

UK agency seeks to ban Lex Greensill from running companies for 15 years

Australian supply chain financing (SCF) entrepreneur Lex Greensill,...

US growth on the menu for AI-powered dietary requirement app Foodini

US growth on the menu for AI-powered dietary requirement app Foodini

Thanks in part to a booming "test market" in Australia no...

AUSTRAC launches enforcement probe into owner of online bookmaker Bet365

AUSTRAC launches enforcement probe into owner of online bookmaker Bet365

Australia's financial crimes watchdog AUSTRAC has launched...

THL parts ways with Camplify through $19.2m divestment

THL parts ways with Camplify through $19.2m divestment

After securing significant shareholdings in peer-to-peer recreation...

Southern Cross Media rejects merger with ARN Media but is open to a better offer

Southern Cross Media rejects merger with ARN Media but is open to a better offer

Southern Cross Media Group (ASX: SXL) has rejected a proposed merge...

ASX pays $1m penalty over thousands of pre-trade transparency failures

ASX pays $1m penalty over thousands of pre-trade transparency failures

The corporate watchdog has issued its first ever infringement notic...

Urban.com.au owners create New Home Network after Homeshelf acquisition

Urban.com.au owners create New Home Network after Homeshelf acquisition

Proptech entrepreneurs Mike Bird and George Glover, co-founders of ...

SA Government launches Fearless Innovator Grants Program for female founders

SA Government launches Fearless Innovator Grants Program for female founders

The South Australian Government has today announced a two-year pilo...

Space Machines Company’s partnership with Orbit Fab blasts into orbit aboard SpaceX Transporter

Space Machines Company’s partnership with Orbit Fab blasts into orbit aboard SpaceX Transporter

The mission by Adelaide-based Space Machines Company to deliver &ls...

Survey finds founders 'more accepting of economic challenges' with earlier push to profitability

Survey finds founders 'more accepting of economic challenges' with earlier push to profitability

A survey of Australian founders conducted by law firm Herbert ...

Watchdog takes owner of Noni B, Katies to court over late deliveries

Watchdog takes owner of Noni B, Katies to court over late deliveries

Mosaic Brands (ASX: MOZ), the fashion retail powerhouse behind such...

Meta slammed over "dereliction" of commitment to Australian news

Meta slammed over "dereliction" of commitment to Australian news

The decision by Meta (NASDAQ: META) to "deprecate" the Fa...

AF Legal acquires Armstrong Contested Wills & Estates in deal worth up to $3.75m

AF Legal acquires Armstrong Contested Wills & Estates in deal worth up to $3.75m

A year on from the failure of an $11 million merger with Go to Cour...

ASIC tips ‘ASX Wolf’ Tyson Scholz into bankruptcy over $500,000 in court costs

ASIC tips ‘ASX Wolf’ Tyson Scholz into bankruptcy over $500,000 in court costs

Social media ‘finfluencer’ Tyson Scholz, widely known a...

Ecofibre shareholders reject founder's nomination of Alex Keach to board

Ecofibre shareholders reject founder's nomination of Alex Keach to board

Shareholders in medicinal cannabis and hemp company Ecofibre (...

Flight Centre heralds travel as an ‘outlier’ of the spending crunch as profit rebounds

Flight Centre heralds travel as an ‘outlier’ of the spending crunch as profit rebounds

Flight Centre Travel Group (ASX: FLT) founder and CEO Graham Turner...

Why are so many SMEs not growing from small to medium size?

Why are so many SMEs not growing from small to medium size?

I was recently asked by a defence industry executive why so many SM...

Guzman y Gomez interim sales surge to $471m amid rapid store expansion

Guzman y Gomez interim sales surge to $471m amid rapid store expansion

Guzman y Gomez (GYG) has served up a 31 per cent increase in global...

CSIRO and Main Sequence expect synthetic biology to become a $30 billion industry by 2040

CSIRO and Main Sequence expect synthetic biology to become a $30 billion industry by 2040

The economic value of synthetic biology to Australia has increased ...

Salter Brothers fund makes a $74m takeover play for non-bank lender Prospa

Salter Brothers fund makes a $74m takeover play for non-bank lender Prospa

A consortium led by Melbourne-based alternative investment firm Sal...

Grays agrees to pay $10m fine for misleading car ads on its website

Grays agrees to pay $10m fine for misleading car ads on its website

Online auction platform Grays has agreed to pay a $10 million fine ...

Akubra’s new CEO Natalie Culina marks a first for iconic hat manufacturer

Akubra’s new CEO Natalie Culina marks a first for iconic hat manufacturer

Australian hat manufacturer Akubra has enlisted retail industry exe...