Business
Companies
Barbie hoax targets Mattel over plastic toys
Climate activists have staged an elaborate hoax that claimed that all Mattel toys, including the iconic Barbie doll, would be plastic free by 2030.
- by Livia Albeck-Ripka and Orlando Mayorquin
Latest
‘G’day cobber’: Australia requests Curaçao crack down on online casinos
The Dutch Caribbean is a hotbed for online casinos, many of which have been found by Australian authorities to be illegally advertising to and serving Australian gamblers.
- by Sarah Danckert
Port Melbourne’s popular Pier pub up for sale
After 23 years, the owners of Port Melbourne’s Pier Hotel have put the popular pub up for sale.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Opinion
Telecommunications
Closing the gap: Vodafone’s desperate deal to catch Telstra and Optus
No matter how you interpret the $6.3 billion deal with Vocus, TPG - which owns the number three player in the mobiles market, Vodafone - is shrinking.
- by Elizabeth Knight
ABC scraps national Sunday night bulletin plan to stick with state news
The ABC has reversed its plan to implement a national Sunday night 7pm bulletin and will instead continue to air local news bulletins after listening to audience feedback.
- by Calum Jaspan
Government slashes office space in the biggest city leasing deal in four years
The state government has signed a lease for more than 18,600 square metres of office space in a new 10-storey, energy-efficient building on Victoria Parade.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Bunnings working to keep things simple as tech pays dividends
The boss of DIY giant Bunnings says the company’s push to simplify its back office should translate to a better experience for customers seeking bargains.
- by Emma Koehn
Office and retail sales deals the lowest for a decade
Over the past three months alone, the rate of sales across all sectors of office, industrial and retail assets collapsed by 61 per cent.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Fortis to open $140m RH Gallery in Double Bay
Fortis is adding to its Double Bay portfolio with the development of the first flagship RH luxury gallery in an effort to enhance the vibrancy of the precinct and attract further luxury brands and operators to the area.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Chasing copper: Rio Tinto says steel production in China at saturation point
The mining giant says growth in iron ore demand will come from India and other countries in Asia.
- by Simon Johanson
Australian skincare brand Bondi Sands sold to $26b Japanese giant
In a deal estimated to be worth more than $400 million, self-tanning brand Bondi Sands is the latest Australian business to be sold to an international conglomerate.
- by Jessica Yun