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• Chemist Warehouse to become country's largest pharmacy group after ACCC approves $8.8 billion deal

  06-11-2024 23:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Discount pharmacy retailer Chemist Warehouse will be allowed to merge with Sigma Healthcare to create an $8.8 billion pharmaceutical giant after being approved by Australia's competition regulator.
  
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• Chemist Warehouse allowed to merge with Sigma Healthcare after receiving ACCC approval

  06-11-2024 23:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Discount pharmacy retailer Chemist Warehouse will be allowed to merge with Sigma Healthcare to create an $8.8 billion pharmaceutical giant after being approved by Australia's competition regulator.
  
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• Live: Wall Street hits new record high on Donald Trump victory, Australian dollar sinks

  06-11-2024 21:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The prospect of a second Donald Trump presidency has pushed the US share market and bitcoin to new record highs, while the Australian dollar has slumped and the ASX is on track to begin its day steady. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ACCC approves $8.8b pharma merger, RBA officials face senate estimates

  06-11-2024 21:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACCC has given the green light to an $8.8 billion merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare. Reserve Bank of Australia officials face tough questions at senate estimates hearings. Follow live.
  
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• ASX closes closes up on Sigma-Chemist Warehouse merger; Nine cops protest vote, US markets rallied on Trump's victory — as it happened

  06-11-2024 21:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market bounced back after the ACCC approved the Sigma and Chemist Warehouse merger. Nine felt the wrath of investor fury, while supermarkets and the RBA were a key focus. Look back at the day's events.
  
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• Here’s what Donald Trump in the White House (again) might mean for Australia

  06-11-2024 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Donald Trump looks set to return to the White House, leaving allies like Australia — and rivals like China — wondering what might be coming next.
  
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• 'Koalas will die': Government accused of 'sitting on its hands' amid illegal land clearing revelations

  06-11-2024 20:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal approval process for a new coal mine in Queensland is pressing ahead, despite revelations the project is under criminal investigation for illegal land clearing.
  
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• 'Astounding': New revelation in illegal land clearing case

  06-11-2024 20:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal approval process for a new coal mine in Queensland is pressing ahead, despite revelations the project is under criminal investigation for illegal land clearing.
  
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• Energy talks unchanged after election: US envoy

  06-11-2024 13:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The US consul general has reassured a Western Australian crowd that the presidential election would unlikely change the two countries’ discussion on clean energy and electric vehicles.
  
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• Strike's power plant progresses

  06-11-2024 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Strike Energy’s plan to build an 85-megawatt peaking gas power plant has inched forward, with the multi-million-dollar proposal set to go before the planning authority.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast November 6 2024

  06-11-2024 08:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss the future of WA's waste-to-energy sector.
  Plus Forrest says Trump will 'follow the money'; UK eyes WA's hydrogen market; and cost-of-living drives bumper Spudshed profit.
  
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• AUKUS ‘beyond politics’ – Paddy Gregg

  06-11-2024 08:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Austal boss Paddy Gregg, one of the first Perth business leaders to respond to the US election, says he doesn’t believe the result will impact AUKUS.
  
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• Viridis-backed JV signs key MOU

  06-11-2024 07:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based junior Viridis Mining and Minerals has announced its joint venture with Ionic Rare Earths has signed a five-year memorandum of understanding with a key Brazilian state entity.
  
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• Australian shares higher as US election grips markets

  06-11-2024 07:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian share market finished in the black as counting continues in the US presidential election.
  
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• Forrest confident of Trump ‘pragmatism’

  06-11-2024 07:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue founder Andrew Forrest is confident Donald Trump will ‘follow the money’ and back green energy should he win back the keys to the White House.
  
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• Micro-credentials may miss the mark

  06-11-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The lack of a standardised definition and quality assurance have muddied the waters for these short courses.
  
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• ECU welcomes new HealthInfoNet lead

  06-11-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The first Aboriginal director of an Indigenous health network space says her appointment came at the right time.
  
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• Packer & Co clawing back Covid hit

  06-11-2024 06:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cottesloe fund manager Packer & Co has paid its biggest dividend since 2021, as the $2 billion trust it manages puts more distance from the challenges of the pandemic and Ukraine.
  
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• UK eyes WA for hydrogen potential

  06-11-2024 05:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The United Kingdom government has commissioned a review into Australia’s hydrogen market, highlighting the state’s critical role in potential partnerships between the country and UK businesses.
  
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• Investigation into 'miracle' 737 water bomber crash calls for minimum drop heights

  06-11-2024 05:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Transport and Safety Bureau says minimum safe drop limits should be rolled out nationally in a bid to avoid a repeat of a 2023 crash in WA.
   
  
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• Rybarczyk joins Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific

  06-11-2024 04:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wesfarmers executive Tanya Rybarczyk has been named as the next president of explosives manufacturer Dyno Nobel Asia Pacific, effective February 2025.
  
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• Years to fix housing: Blackburne

  06-11-2024 04:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cedar Woods boss Nathan Blackburne says it will take more than five years for the nation to solve its housing supply issues.
  
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• High Court to allow appeal from Toyota and Ford owners in compensation case over faulty vehicles

  06-11-2024 04:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The action was brought by thousands of people who bought faulty Toyota and Ford cars between 2015-2020.
  
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• Spectur revises guidance, MD resigns

  06-11-2024 04:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX-listed Spectur has revised its full-year guidance for the 2025 financial year, as it aims to further reduce costs.
  
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• Cost-of-living drives Spudshed profit surge

  06-11-2024 04:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cost-of-living pressures have driven a sharp uptick in both customer numbers and revenue for Tony Galati’s Spudshed, almost tripling its previous year’s profit.
  
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• Trump takes lead in US presidential race

  06-11-2024 03:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  UPDATE: Donald Trump is leading in the US presidential election although the result remains unclear in battleground states that will decide the winner.
  
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• Trump, Harris notch first state wins as US polls close

  06-11-2024 03:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Donald Trump is projected to win 15 states as counting continues in the US presidential election, while Kamala Harris takes four states and Washington, D
  
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• 'Australian content has never mattered more': ABC chair says more funding is needed to tell our stories

  06-11-2024 03:01 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC chair Kim Williams says investment and regulation are needed to fund the production of Australian stories, as he calls for the broadcaster to be "aggressively, consciously ambitious" in its programming.
  
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• Most US voters fear democracy under threat: exit poll

  06-11-2024 01:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  While the presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump heads to an uncertain finish, exit polls show most US voters say democracy is in danger.
  
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• Waste-to-energy sector ready to fire

  06-11-2024 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Plant owners are calling on the state government to further increase the waste levy to discourage landfill disposal and feed their facilities.
  
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• Stocks rise on US election day

  06-11-2024 00:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks closed higher overnight in a broad rally after data signalled a solid economy.
  
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