Australia

Disney begins to integrate Hulu into the Disney+ streaming service in the United States

Disney begins to integrate Hulu into the Disney+ streaming service in the United States

Walt Disney on Wednesday began offering Hulu as part of its eponymous streaming service, bolstering Disney+’s family content with more general entertainment content.such as FX’s intense culinary drama “The Bear” and the popular reality show “The Kardashians.” The combined offer, known as “Hulu on Disney+”, will be available in a first “beta” version for national ...

Australia trade surplus beat estimates as imports fall

Australia trade surplus beat estimates as imports fall

Australia’s monthly trade surplus widened in June as iron ore shipments rose, while overall exports fell less than imports. The unexpected profit was $11.3 billion ($7.4 billion), compared with estimates of a profit of $10.75 billion and a downward revision of $10.5 billion in May, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. ...

Australia blocked ANZ Group's $3.2 billion Suncorp banking deal

Australia blocked ANZ Group’s $3.2 billion Suncorp banking deal

Australian regulator blocked ANZ Group Holdings Ltd.’s A$4.9 billion ($3.2 billion) deal to buy the banking arm of Suncorp Group Ltd.., citing competition concerns. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission decided not to grant merger approval for the acquisition, the regulator said in a statement on Friday. “We are not satisfied that the acquisition will ...

Funeral company InvoCare agrees to acquire TPG for US$1.2 billion

Funeral company InvoCare agrees to acquire TPG for US$1.2 billion

Australian funeral home operator InvoCare Ltd. agreed to a revised A$1.83 billion (US1.2 billion) takeover offer from private equity firm TPG Inc. TPG proposed a takeover offer of A$12.70 per share for the Sydney-based company, up from May’s offer of A$13 per share, according to a statement on Wednesday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. ...

ACS wins a 500 million contract with the Australian Ministry of Defense

ACS wins a 500 million contract with the Australian Ministry of Defense

Through its Australian subsidiary Cimic, to provide strategic advice, planning, supply management, operations and maintenance for the Australian Defense Forces fuel network. UGL, belonging to the Cimic group, the Australian subsidiary of ACS, has won a contract with the Australian Ministry of Defense to provide strategic advice, planning, supply management, operations and maintenance for the ...

The United States and Australia, the countries that have the highest meat consumption

The United States and Australia, the countries that have the highest meat consumption

The Feeding Habits They vary depending on the region of the planet in which you are located, whether due to cultural, political, religious or traditional issues. However, some are ahead. According to figures from the Our World in data website, The United States and Australia are the territories where meat consumption occurs most worldwide. This ...

Australian business conditions improve as consumer deteriorates

Australian business conditions improve as consumer deteriorates

Australian business conditions showed continued resistance to higher interest rates and elevated price pressures, while consumer confidence fell further into “deeply pessimistic” territory, highlighting the divergent responses of the business and domestic sectors to stricter policy. Business conditions, which measure sales, employment and profitability, rose two points to 13 in August and remained above the ...

EU chief wants to close trade agreements with Australia, Mexico and Mercosur this year

EU chief wants to close trade agreements with Australia, Mexico and Mercosur this year

The European Union should try to complete free trade agreements with Australia, Mexico and the South American bloc Mercosur before the end of the year, declared the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Wednesday. Von der Leyen told the European Parliament in her annual State of the Union address that the ...

Australian Tax Office defrauded through TikTok fraud

Australian Tax Office defrauded through TikTok fraud

Financial Diary – Santiago “Deposit a large amount of money, easily and in just two minutes“With these words, a massive fraud that has affected the Australian Tax Office, ATO, went viral on social media – specifically, TikTok -. Thousands of taxpayers filled out the form that allowed them to obtain income from up to US$50,000 ...

Australian inflation accelerates, keeping the rise of various rates in play

Australian inflation accelerates, keeping the rise of various rates in play

Australia’s monthly inflation gauge acceleratedreflecting global trends amid higher oil prices, rstrengthening the case for the Reserve Bank go up at least one more time. The consumer price indicator increased 5.2% in August compared to the previous year, matching economists’ estimates, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed on Wednesday. The result contrasts three months of ...