A multibillion-dollar Chemist Warehouse deal would entrench its domination of Australia’s pharmacy sector. But the competition watchdog isn’t yet convinced it’s healthy for customers.
Online retailer Cettire claims its worst crime is one of fashion victim – as luxury brands such as Victoria Beckham discount directly to customers. The truth could be far worse.
Consumer finance provider Latitude Financial expects the number of victims to grow as it tries to contain the damage from hackers, who are still active in the company’s computer systems.
Nuix claimed the globe’s corporate cops could not live without its data forensics tools. The Australian regulators now need to find out if this is true.
Westpac has meticulously detailed how Bill Papas allegedly orchestrated one of the biggest frauds this country has ever seen, right down to his plans to leave the country if it was ever discovered.
Hackers who accessed the records of 9.7 million Medibank Private customers claim
to have released another cache of sensitive data this morning relating to the
mental health of certain policyholders.
The controversial mine has ramped up to commercial production just as surging
coal prices, and energy in general, send earnings soaring for the ASX energy
sector.
Aurizon says high coal prices are helping buoy the market for the billion-dollar
coal haulage business it must divest as a condition of its $2.4 billion
acquisition of One Rail.
The buy now, pay later sector’s rising bad debts and losses have become more
apparent after pandemic stimulus payments from the government ended last year,
and investors are worried.
The ASX 200 closed at its high point for the day, up 1.1 per cent, or 78.1 poins
to 7345. All sectors finished higher led by tech stocks following a big rally on
Wall St overnight.