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Fletcher Building selling off Australian plumbing supplies and distribution business

Photo: supplied Fletcher Building has made a deal to sell its Australian plumbing supplies and distribution business for A$170 million (NZ$155.2m).

Live: ASX 0.6 per cent higher, JB Hi-Fi impresses with result

Monday: RBA Deputy Governor speechTuesday: Wage Price Index (Q2), Westpac/MI consumer sentiment (Aug), NAB business survey (July)Thursday: Unemployment/ employm

Why the rise of ‘superbugs’ could have the same impact as the next global financial crisis

When it comes to McDonald's, an $84 billion Australian superannuation fund and a small group of Texan nuns are united in their mission.Hesta and the Benedictine

Café owner Adam Thomson of Brisbane’s Dovecote Social reveals why Australia is currently the worst place in the world to start a business

A hard-working café owner has declared Australia as one of the worst places in the world to start a business.Adam Thomson, 50, and his wife, Rejoice, run the D

‘Neoliberal capitalism’ has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate

How would you define the "good society"?It's a question Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, is asking everyone, in this fr

Inside the interrogation room with a former rugby star turned key player in one of Australia’s most persecuted payday lending operations

Sitting across from investigators, Mark Swanepoel is unimpressed with how his compulsory interrogation is going.The 20th floor offices of the Australian Securit

Australian businesses face pressure from European sustainability standards

Australia’s largest corporations are coming under increasing pressure to scrutinise their international supply chains for human rights abuses and environment

News Corp. evaluating potential sale of Australian TV business Foxtel

Kevin Hagen/Getty Images News News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA) is considering potential options for its Australian pay-TV and streaming business Foxtel after gettin

Plans to build Australia’s first CO2 import terminal in Darwin

In short:Royal Vopak and the Northern Territory government have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a carbon dioxide import terminal in Darwin.The pro

Asana: Australian Business Transformation ‘At a Crossroads’

36% of Australian workers say that Australia is the most innovative country in the world yet, according to a report by Asana, its businesses are facing crucial

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Considering Sale of Australian Pay TV Company Foxtel

News Corp. is weighing a sale of Australian pay TV and streaming operator Foxtel, the Murdoch family-controlled company said Thursday in its full-

News Corp considers selling off Australian pay TV operator Foxtel

The Rupert Murdoch-backed media conglomerate, News Corp, will consider offers for its Australian pay television platform Foxtel, as it looks to reorganise its b