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Firmus seeks $7b in IPO discussions as it meets Asian fundies
7+ hour, 6+ min ago (126+ words) AFR Neocloud hopeful Firmus Technologies is targeting as much as $7 billion for its initial public offering, as it kicks off a roadshow overseas before putting deal terms to Sydney and Melbourne investors next week. Fund managers registering to attend IPO…...
Whyalla blast furnace restart fails, 600 jobs cut
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (75+ words) AFR Up to 600 workers at the Whyalla steelworks will be made redundant after administrator KordaMentha and the South Australian government decided to abandon attempts to restart the ageing blast furnace. KordaMentha has been operating the Whyalla steelworks since February last…...
Energy bills will rise ‘astronomically’ under One Nation, Coalition
8+ hour, 46+ min ago (98+ words) AFR New Victorian Energy Minister Jaclyn Symes says a One Nation-led plan to cut bills by cancelling a huge cable project and increasing gas generation is misleading voters, and that the government has all but ruled out changes to a…...
Selling homes online could be cheaper as REA signs ACCC deal
8+ hour, 47+ min ago (113+ words) AFR Australians selling their homes on realestate.com.au could save hundreds or thousands of dollars after the competition watchdog forced $20 billion property giant REA Group to rewrite its contracts with real estate agents to remove clauses locking them into…...
Whyalla blast furnace restart fails, more than 500 jobs to be cut
11+ hour, 4+ min ago (93+ words) AFR Up to 600 workers at the Whyalla steelworks will be made redundant after administrators KordaMentha and the South Australian government decided to abandon further attempts to restart the ageing blast furnace, which has not been operating since April. KordaMentha have…...
Mark Cutifani quits Woodside board and joins Northern Star
11+ hour, 24+ min ago (81+ words) AFR Mark Cutifani, a one-time lead candidate to replace Richard Goyder as chairman of Woodside, has quit the board of the country’s largest oil and gas producer. The sudden departure comes just six months after the former Anglo American chief…...
Queensland realtor lobs bid for star-studded rival agency’s rent book
11+ hour, 43+ min ago (87+ words) afr.com The Agency, home to star real estate brokers like Ben Collier and Steven Chen, has landed on the radar of a Queensland player after being put into play by an all-of-company bid from alternative asset manager Aura. The…...
Calvary Health Care consortium wins the battle for Healthscope
11+ hour, 48+ min ago (73+ words) afr.com The lenders to Healthscope, Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator, have backed a revised offer for the group from a consortium led by Calvary Health Care, ending 16 months of uncertainty about its future. The consortium, which also includes private…...
The titans of AI just told us something’s gone very wrong. But what?
12+ hour, 5+ min ago (89+ words) afr.com Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX are suddenly in furious agreement we might need to slow the AI development due to safety concerns. The ramifications could be huge. At least we know what the first question will be at the…...
‘Back to 2023 prices’: $4.8m sale leaves vendor out of pocket
12+ hour, 40+ min ago (46+ words) afr.com We speak to the team behind the most intriguing recent property sale. The property: A five-bedroom house on 809 square metres at 13 Denman Avenue, Haberfield, NSW. Sold by private treaty for $4.8 million....