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Simon Evans

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Senior journalist with The Australian Financial Review. Retail, wine, beer, building materials, mergers & acquisitions, technology. [email protected]

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Pencil cases and stationery retailer Smiggle is set to be spun off into a separate ASX-listed company, split off from the fashion brands including Just Jeans, Dotti, Portmans in Solomon Lew's stable. afr.com/companies/reta…

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The CEOs of Australia's two biggest wine groups, Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates and Hardys owner Accolade Wines, are cheering China's removal of punishing tariffs on Australian wine exports. afr.com/companies/agri…

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Near record month for electric vehicle sales in Australia, but full battery EV's share of total sales across the entire new vehicle market was largely static in March compared with February. afr.com/companies/tran…

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Mexican-themed fast food chain Guzman y Gomez now valued at $1.73 billion in a new round of capital raising which injected $135m of new funds. Says an IPO is still on the horizon, but not just yet. afr.com/companies/reta…

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Sanjeev Gupta’s Whyalla steelworks in South Australia has been unable to make steel for the past four weeks after problems with its blast furnace. The 900 workers are increasingly nervous. afr.com/companies/manu…

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Seven Group Holdings - controlled by billionaire Kerry Stokes and son Ryan Stokes - has won over the Boral independent directors with a rejigged $1.9 billion buyout offer for the cement and asphalt group. afr.com/companies/infr…

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A garage (with electricity supply already installed) in the upmarket Sydney eastern suburb of Woollahra sells for $500,000. afr.com/property/resid…

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It is mainly being driven by the pursuit of more copper. But there's a truckload of other assets including coking coal. BHP's $60 billion takeover bid for British resources giant Anglo American. afr.com/companies/mini…

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Ex-Macquarie banker in payday as beer giant Asahi buys Never Never Distilling Co gin business. Three mates set it up in 2016 and now the maker of VB and Carlton Draught has acquired it. afr.com/companies/reta…

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British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta suffers a fresh blow at his crippled Whyalla steelworks in SA. Blast furnace shell has been damaged. Steelworkers cop 30pc pay cut. Has not made steel for eight weeks. afr.com/companies/manu…

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Sanjeev Gupta’s proposed $500m Whyalla steelworks upgrade with an electric arc furnace delayed by two years until 2027. This is separate to the blast furnace problem which stopped steelmaking in mid-March. afr.com/companies/manu…

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More than $2.5 billion in sharemarket value vanishes from building products group James Hardie in big share price tumble. Says demand will be weaker in US, Australia over the next year. afr.com/companies/manu…

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The investment fund founded by former investment banker John Wylie now has struggling car parts group Bapcor in its sights after a $100m buy-up of shares. Bapcor runs Autobarn, Autopro, Burson and Midas. afr.com/companies/tran…

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Australia's No.2 wine group Accolade Wines ends merger talks with smaller rival Australian Vintage, owner of McGuigan and Nepenthe. Aust Vintage forced into emergency capital raising. afr.com/companies/agri…

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Mexican-themed fast food chain Guzman y Gomez to list on the ASX in June. The company has a valuation of $2.2 billion as it raises $243 million in capital. afr.com/companies/reta…

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After 62 years on the ASX, one of Australia's largest cement groups to exit after shareholders approved $2.1 billion takeover by Irish giant CRH. Adbri, previously known as Adelaide Brighton Cement. afr.com/companies/manu…

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One of Australia's oldest companies, CSR, maker of Gyprock, PGH bricks, Monier tiles, to be owned by French giant Saint-Gobain after $4.3b takeover. Ditched sugar 15 years ago, been around since 1855. afr.com/companies/infr…

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Penfolds owner Treasury Wine Estates will sell its cheaper wine brands Wolf Blass, Lindeman’s, Yellowglen, Blossom Hill. Part of a strategic review as drinkers choose higher quality wines. afr.com/companies/agri…

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Medical gloves and surgical gowns company Ansell axed almost 10 per cent of its global workforce in 2023-24 in a cost-cutting blitz as more of its factories accelerated the use of automation. afr.com/companies/manu…