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Retail
Clock ticking on Ampol’s $2b bid for Z Energy
Z Energy's shareholders will get an extra boost if regulators drag their heels on the deal.
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Opinion
Paul McBeth: Now the EMA wants to regulate risk
It's baffling that a business lobby doesn't think businesses know how to manage risk.
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Infrastructure
Wānaka's super film studio to put short-term squeeze on housing
The $280 million development has tentative support from locals, who see the benefits but didn't realise it would be so big.
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Finance
Aggressive foreign trusts pushed out in 2017 reforms
The Pandora Papers leak is a good opportunity to review the impact of their predecessor – the Panama Papers.
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