Best & Less shareholders keen on discount takeover offer from Brett Blundy and Ray Itaoui

Best & Less shareholders keen on discount takeover offer from Brett Blundy and Ray Itaoui

Major shareholders of retailer Best & Less Group (ASX: BST) hav...

Japanese beverage behemoth Kirin to buy Blackmores in $1.9b deal

Japanese beverage behemoth Kirin to buy Blackmores in $1.9b deal

The board of vitamins company Blackmores (ASX: BKL) has unanimously...

Our Cow having a quail of a time with Brisbane Valley Farm Direct online acquisition

Our Cow having a quail of a time with Brisbane Valley Farm Direct online acquisition

Just three months after snapping up Sydney-based grocery delivery s...

Sonic Healthcare flags another German acquisition for $298m

Sonic Healthcare flags another German acquisition for $298m

Australia's largest pathology company has today announced its s...

Investment group TPG pulls $1.8 billion bid for funeral operator InvoCare, shares slide

Investment group TPG pulls $1.8 billion bid for funeral operator InvoCare, shares slide

After the parent company of White Lady Funerals knocked back a $1.8...

Cochlear contests UK watchdog pushback against Oticon buyout

Cochlear contests UK watchdog pushback against Oticon buyout

Cochlear’s (ASX: COH) $170 million takeover of Danish competi...

Michael Hill buys Bevilles Jewellers for $45 million

Michael Hill buys Bevilles Jewellers for $45 million

Michael Hill (ASX: MHJ) has announced it is acquiring Bevilles Jewe...

ACCC will oppose Qantas merger with Alliance citing competition concerns

ACCC will oppose Qantas merger with Alliance citing competition concerns

A proposed merger of airlines Qantas (ASX: QAN) and Alliance Aviati...

Wesfarmers’ API offers $169m to acquire SILK Laser Australia

Wesfarmers’ API offers $169m to acquire SILK Laser Australia

SILK Laser Australia (ASX: SLA) has opened its books to conglomerat...

RP Infrastructure, Ranbury merge to create new construction advisory giant

RP Infrastructure, Ranbury merge to create new construction advisory giant

RP Infrastructure and Ranbury, two of Australia’s biggest con...

Agencies merge talents as Sydney’s Connecting Plots acquires Two Gs

Agencies merge talents as Sydney’s Connecting Plots acquires Two Gs

Sydney-based creative agency Connecting Plots has acquired fellow i...

OZ Minerals shareholders approve $9.6 billion BHP takeover

OZ Minerals shareholders approve $9.6 billion BHP takeover

An overwhelming majority of OZ Minerals' (ASX: OZL) shareholder...

Challenger partnership to double Elanor Investors Group’ funds under management to $6.4 billion

Challenger partnership to double Elanor Investors Group’ funds under management to $6.4 billion

Challenger (ASX: CGF) has formed a strategic partnership with Elano...

Estia Health opens books to Bain Capital after rejecting $775m offer

Estia Health opens books to Bain Capital after rejecting $775m offer

Aged care operator Estia Health (ASX: EHE) has opened its books to ...

Mercer completes merger with Westpac’s BT Super

Mercer completes merger with Westpac’s BT Super

Announced almost one year ago, the merger between Westpac’s (...

Brazillian cosmetics giant sells Melbourne-founded Aesop to L’Oréal in $3.7 billion deal

Brazillian cosmetics giant sells Melbourne-founded Aesop to L’Oréal in $3.7 billion deal

The Brazil-based parent of luxury skincare brand Aesop has sold the...

Coles buys two milk processing facilities in $105m deal with Saputo Dairy Australia

Coles buys two milk processing facilities in $105m deal with Saputo Dairy Australia

In a move to secure steady supply for its own-brand milk label, sup...

Healius takes ‘misleading’ Australian Clinical Labs proposal to Takeovers Panel

Healius takes ‘misleading’ Australian Clinical Labs proposal to Takeovers Panel

The conditions of a $1.58 billion bid from Australian Clinical Labs...

Origin Energy accepts $18.7 billion deal from Brookfield consortium

Origin Energy accepts $18.7 billion deal from Brookfield consortium

Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) has today accepted an $18.7 billion t...

White Lady Funerals owner knocks back $1.8 billion takeover bid from TPG

White Lady Funerals owner knocks back $1.8 billion takeover bid from TPG

Funeral services provider InvoCare Limited (ASX: IVC) has denied TP...

Aged care operator Estia Health receives $775m takeover offer from Bain Capital

Aged care operator Estia Health receives $775m takeover offer from Bain Capital

One of Australia’s largest residential aged care providers, E...

Board exodus at Nitro software as five directors depart, Potentia takes over

Board exodus at Nitro software as five directors depart, Potentia takes over

A Melbourne-founded software group that took on Adobe in the pdf ma...

Employment screening company VerifyNow acquired by US giant Accurate Background

Employment screening company VerifyNow acquired by US giant Accurate Background

One of the world’s largest employment screening companies ser...

Technology solutions group Interactive snares Slipstream Cyber Security amid cyber crime wave

Technology solutions group Interactive snares Slipstream Cyber Security amid cyber crime wave

Sydney-based technology solutions provider Interactive has seized o...

Marketing agency Awaken to acquire Agnes Media

Marketing agency Awaken to acquire Agnes Media

Sydney-headquartered Awaken has made its first ever acquisition tha...

Helloworld taps into Scandi love of Aussie holidays via part acquisition of Australiareiser

Helloworld taps into Scandi love of Aussie holidays via part acquisition of Australiareiser

Helloworld Travel (ASX: HLO) has tapped into the Nordic love affair...

“Knocking on the door of the ASX 100”: ACL makes $1.58b bid for healthcare giant Healius

“Knocking on the door of the ASX 100”: ACL makes $1.58b bid for healthcare giant Healius

Australian Clinical Labs (ASX: ACL) has lobbed a $1.58 billion...

Circular economy trailblazer Close the Loop to make $100m US acquisition, by far its largest to date

Circular economy trailblazer Close the Loop to make $100m US acquisition, by far its largest to date

A Texan business that refurbishes and resells used computers and pr...

Link Group to divest banking and credit management business for $48 million

Link Group to divest banking and credit management business for $48 million

Having spent most of last year receiving competing takeover bids fr...

AusCann divests majority stake in CannPal as founder steps back into the fold

AusCann divests majority stake in CannPal as founder steps back into the fold

Just two years after medicinal cannabis company AusCann (ASX: AC8) ...