Takeovers

A deal signed by the hosts of The Kyle and Jackie O Show will also see Sydney's top-rating radio breakfast program broadcast in Melbourne from 2024, and follows their employer launching a takeover bid of their former network.

The evaporative salt and gypsum mining operation, run by one of Carnarvon's largest employers, could be changing hands for just the second time in more than 50 years.

Corporate activity in Western Australia's booming lithium space continues with Albemarle set to increase its takeover offer for Perth-based miner Liontown Resources.

Microsoft has cleared a major hurdle to its plan to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard.

Two agribusiness conglomerates, Bunge and Viterra, have agreed to merge — a decision that's likely to prompt close scrutiny from Australia's competition watchdog.

A proposed billion-dollar deal has been announced that will potentially see hundreds of service stations across the country fall under one banner. So what is the deal, and what does it mean?

One of Australia's largest macadamia producers has sold its extensive network of orchards, along with a state-of-the-art cracking, processing and packing facility to an overseas buyer, while retaining the tourism and cafe arm of its family-run business.

Pressure continues to build on the social media platform after its new owner, Elon Musk temporarily closed offices.

The last remaining Australian-owned major salmon producer is set to be bought by seafood giant Cooke Aquaculture — and some say the Canadian company's environmental record is a worrying sign for what's to come.

Elon Musk has formally completed his US$44 billion acquisition of Twitter, immediately firing multiple top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal, the CFO and the chief counsel. Kamin Gock reports.

Twitter's former security chief tells Congress there was "at least one agent" from China's intelligence service on Twitter's payroll, and Indian agents were knowingly hired.

These unassuming Canadians have just offered $1.1 billion to take over Tasmania's last locally owned salmon producer, turning the company private — in a move that has some worried for the environment and accountability.

Elon Musk says his planned $US44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accounts are real people.

Suncorp accepts a $4.9 billion bid from ANZ to take over its banking business, as the big four bank seeks to accelerate its growth.

Elon Musk wants out of Twitter but the social media giant is suing him to force him to complete their $64 billion deal. 

A Sydney-based developer has bought up big in the Red Centre in a spending spree that's seen a large share of Alice Springs hotels, motels and taverns acquired in one fell swoop. Lee Robinson reports.

The Tesla CEO announces he's putting more of his own money into purchasing the social media giant — but he's not alone in footing the mammoth bill. Here's who else is helping fund his takeover.

After putting his takeover deal on hold, the Tesla CEO says the social media giant is underestimating the number of fake accounts on the platform so he "can't pay the same price".

Elon Musk tweeted to say that his buyout of Twitter had been placed on hold subject to details about the percentage of fake accounts that exist on the site. 

The ASX loses ground as the Reserve Bank raises interest rates to curb surging inflation, while US stocks end higher after a volatile trading session, and billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes becomes the biggest investor in AGL to block its plan to split its business.

Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal seeks to quell employee anger during a company-wide meeting where workers demand answers to how managers plan to handle an anticipated mass exodus prompted by Elon Musk's purchase of the company.

US billionaire Elon Musk strikes a deal to buy the social media platform, ending its run as a public company. 

The Tesla CEO says the money will come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in the electric car maker.

Twitter adopts a "defensive measure" limiting Elon Musk's ability to raise his stake in the social media platform, as a buyout firm emerges to challenge his $58 billion bid for the company. 

Billionaire Elon Musk will join the board of Twitter after buying a 9.2 per cent stake in the company. Australian and US stocks have been sold off after a US Federal Reserve official flagged a faster-than-expected withdrawal of pandemic stimulus.