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Buy the business, sell the furniture and make out like barbarians. That’s the Brookfield playbook that has left Australia’s second-biggest hospital operator Healthscope in a mess. It shouldn’t get away with it, writes Eric Johnston.

BGH Capital, corporate raider Gary Weiss and Ariadne have joined forces to amass almost 11 per cent in Webjet Group, DataRoom reports.

Trump's rollback of tariffs saw local investors pile back into previously under-pressure stocks like Breville and Zip. Catch up with all the day's Trading Room news.

Vesna Poljak
Business Editor
The markets


Commentary
Reminder, Trump needs our precious resources for his plan to work
By ROBERT GOTTLIEBSEN
Business Columnist
The US economy needs our terbium and other key rare earths to operate, and it’s totally dependent on China. Donald Trump needed to do a deal, and fast.
Latest news
Trump’s trade war ceasefire lifts stocks, but may curb rate cuts
Investor confidence grows as the US and China pause their trade war but traders are slashing their rate cut expectations.
By CLIONA O’DOWD
Ampol ditches electricity retailing to get back to basics
The company, led by Matthew Halliday, has ended its near three-year foray into energy retailing, and conceded it’s better served by focusing on its strengths and roots.
By COLIN PACKHAM
‘Lighter than a packet of chips’: Samsung unveils new smartphone
Samsung’s thinnest smartphone, the Galaxy S25 Edge, may be ‘lighter than a packet of chips’, but boasts the firepower and top AI features of its heftier devices.
By JARED LYNCH
How United Airlines plans to woo wealthy passengers
The biggest airline operating between the US and Australia is reducing the number of seats on its new Boeing 787s in a bold bid to attract more premium customers with privacy doors, ottomans and playing cards.
By ROBYN IRONSIDE
Storage battle heats up as billionaire’s Abacus Storage bid rejected
The fight for one of the country’s best known storage businesses has turned hostile, with the target company rejecting a low-ball $1.93bn bid by the billionaire who controls a majority of the company.
By BEN WILMOT

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