Sean Smith

The 18-hectare Paris Grove village in Australind was put on the market last year after Albemarle iced the expansion of its nearby Kemerton lithium plant amid weak prices for the battery metal.

The State Government’s insurer said the $324.8m first-half profit easily bettered its budget projections and the $154.5m made for the same period in 2023.

Gold jewellery accounts for $5 million of Cash Converters’ retail inventory, so bullion’s record price run has enabled the subprime and pawn chain operator to cash in.

A leading aged care group is teaming up with tech-saavy innovators to help solve a scourge of Australia’s ageing population — loneliness.

The likes of Raleigh Finlayson, Jake Klein, Mark Clark, Stuart Tonkin and Luke Creagh are minting hefty wealth gains off the price surge, catapulting up rich lists on stock holdings that have soared in value.

Chemist Warehouse franchisees have catapulted into millionaire status after cashing in hundreds of millions of dollars in shares as the pharmacy juggernaut made its long-awaited ASX debut.

The private equity giant has increased its buyout offer a second time, to $4.60 a share, but stopped short of delivering a knockout blow.

Lifespan Mortgage Services and Melbourne’s Empower Wealth Group are the first businesses targeted under a new plan to buy minority equity stakes in successful home loan brokers.

The takeover target said it has given CC Capital a limited period of due diligence after evaluating the company’s sweetened $3.1 billion cash offer of $4.60 a share.

A sale of RAC Insurance would strip WA ownership from yet another longstanding business but could also raise questions about its commitment to its 1.3 million member-customers and might even hurt hip pockets.