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The Australian - The Weekend Australian Business Review
| | | | | | | Good morning, Earnings season is well underway for corporate Australia, and many leaders have expressed concern over the way election cycle has already begun. Elsewhere we show you how many buildings across the east coast are at risk from flammable cladding and we also reveal how Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth is teaming up with private equity to put his own funds into a fitness and lifestyle venture. Margin Call looks at what John Wylie does next. Meanwhile we uncover how ANZ has launched an investigation into its travel-card unit, which is currently outsourced to troubled German payments company Wirecard. Also making news is the fallout from the high-profile David Jones exits this week and we ask why the A380 never took off. Alan Kohler looks at what happens when banks rely too much on technology, Terry McCrann takes aim at franking credits, and John Connolly looks at options during an auto downturn. We hope you enjoy your weekend. We hope you enjoy your weekend. | | | Class action over cladding | | Ben Butler, Ben Wilmot | | A class action against the importer of potentially deadly building cladding could result in hundreds of millions in compensation. |
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| | Calls to explain churn at DJs | | ELI GREENBLAT, GLYNIS TRAILL-NASH | | South African retailer Woolworths Holdings could be forced to explain the revolving door at its David Jones business. |
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| | Banks bank on talking robots | | Alan Kohler | | Now that Hayne has basically let the banks off the regulatory hook, attention must turn to where it belongs: customers. |
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| | Wily Wylie goes against the grain | | Will Glasgow, Christine Lacy | | Now this illuminates John Wylie’s notably high-profile interest in the attempted $2.4 billion crash-tackle of GrainCorp. |
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| | ANZ probes travel card unit | | Ben Butler | | ANZ is investigating a multi-million-dollar fraud against its travel-card business amid fears the swindle could be an inside job. |
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| | Hemsworth boosts fitness venture | | Sarah-Jane Tasker | | It’s Wall Street’s equivalent of a Hollywood blockbuster as Chris Hemsworth signs a deal in Australia’s biggest gym business. |
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| | Canberra warned over mayhem | | David Rogers, Perry Williams | | Corporate leaders have urged politicians to insulate the economy from political point-scoring in the lead-up to the election. |
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| | Falling dollar good for economy | | Adam Creighton | | A weaker dollar is unambiguously bad for most of us. Travelling overseas becomes painful, not to mention shopping online. |
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| | Treasury fends off Chinese pirates | | Glenda Korporaal | | Treasury Wine Estate’s zero tolerance policy on fake brands is helping to protect its China market from would-be pirates. |
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