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Billionaire Gautam Adani selling Australian port operations to his company in $4bn deal

Located within the Port of Abbot Point in Queensland’s east coast, Adani Ports’ latest acquisition is a deep-water coal terminal can handle up to 50 million tons per year.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

Australia’s largest pension fund sells $367M WiseTech shares on governance concerns

The divestment comes after WiseTech appointed its founder Richard White as executive chairman last month, enabling the tycoon to take back control of the company four months after quitting as CEO following a series of damaging media reports.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

Embattled Star considers $250 million cash offer from US casino operator Bally’s

Star Entertainment is considering a $157 million cash injection proposal from U.S. casino operator Bally’s Corp., which is seeking to take a controlling interest in the embattled Australian company.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

Embattled Star gets $53 million casino lifeline from Hong Kong investors

Hong Kong billionaire Henry Cheng’s Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and tycoon David Chiu’s Far East Consortium had rescued cash-strapped Star Entertainment Group from the brink of collapse after agreeing to buy the Australian casino operator’s stake in a Brisbane property.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

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Myer to join forces with billionaire Solomon Lew’s Premier in $864m deal

Billionaire Solomon Lew’s Premier Investments is merging its apparel brands with department store chain Myer Holdings, cementing their dominance in Australian retail.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

Singaporean billionaire’s Ho Bee Land sparks bidding war for Australia’s AVJennings

Ho Bee Land—controlled by Singaporean billionaire Chua Thian Poh—has offered to buy AVJennings in a deal valuing the Australian home builder at A$391 million ($242 million), sparking a bidding war with American real estate giant Proprium Capital Partners.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault receives Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award

Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH Group, received the Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award at the Forbes Global CEO Conference 2024 on Wednesday in Bangkok.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

Atlassian bets on big hybrid work with $1.5 billion Loom purchase

Atlassian—the team collaboration software company cofounded by Mike Cannon-Brookes—said Thursday it has agreed to buy video messaging platform Loom for $975 million, betting more work will be done remotely in the future.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

Asia’s billionaires ramp up hotel investments amid post-pandemic travel boom

Singapore’s robust travel rebound has captured the attention of many of the region’s richest hoteliers.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes buys collapsed mega solar project

Helietta Holdings—an investment vehicle controlled by tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures—has agreed to acquire the assets of Sun Cable, months after the project that was once touted as the world’s largest solar energy initiative went into liquidation amid shareholder disagreements.

  • By Jonathan Burgos
  • Forbes Staff
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