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BHP Chairman Ken MacKenzie.

BHP’s clever plan for dealing with Anglo’s poison pills

BHP has approached the embattled Anglo American mining house with an all-scrip offer that would see the group’s most troublesome assets spun off.

  • by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Companies

It would be a mega deal: BHP is eyeing Anglo American, people with knowledge of the matter said.

BHP confirms non-binding $60b takeover offer for rival Anglo American

BHP, the world’s largest miner, has approached London-listed Anglo American with an offer that could turn into this year’s biggest deal.

  • by Crystal Tse, Dinesh Nair, Thomas Biesheuvel and Millie Muroi
Netflix’s Heartbreak High tells an Australian story to global audiences.

Heartbreak High is a global hit. So why aren’t there more Aussie shows like it?

Despite the series’ global runaway success, the future of rich Australian content remains on a knife edge.

  • by Calum Jaspan
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Opinion & Perspectives

Sorry, it’s not gallantry that wins wars, it’s economic might

Whatever their causes, wars are usually won by the side with the most economic resources. Here’s why.

Ross Gittins
Ross Gittins

Economics Editor

My work wants my biometric data. Am I right to feel uncomfortable?

Given the problem of identity theft in the electronic age and of the growing sophistication of bad digital actors, handing over biometric data can feel iffy.

Jonathan Rivett

Freelance writer

BHP’s clever plan for dealing with Anglo’s poison pills

BHP has approached the embattled Anglo American mining house with an all-scrip offer that would see the group’s most troublesome assets spun off.

Stephen Bartholomeusz
Stephen Bartholomeusz

Senior business columnist

Banking & finance

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Entrepreneurship

From left to right: Former Fortescue executives, Bart Kolodziejczyk and Michael Masterman’s start-up Element Zero has plans for a $US2.1 billion green iron processing plant in the Pilbara.

The iron men with a $3 billion plan to save the planet

Two former Fortescue executives want to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of iron ore, Australia’s most lucrative export industry. It’ll cost at least $3 billion.

  • by Anne Hyland
The latest fashion from Alexander McQueen, seen here at Paris Fashion Week, is available at Cettire with a significant discount.

This Australian billion-dollar luxury fashion retailer has taken the world by storm. But read the fine print

Cettire has dazzled both well-heeled shoppers and investors with its bargains and extraordinary growth, but it has also become the most polarising success story on the ASX.

  • by Colin Kruger

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