Rightmove urged to open talks after Australia’s REA Group makes fourth approach The £6.2 billion bidder has until Monday to make a formal offer or walk away Evening Standard · Sep 27, 2024
Rightmove rejects third takeover offer from Australia's REA as 'unattractive' REA has until 30 September to make a formal offer or walk away Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2024
Rightmove should keep saying no to the Murdochs Latest takeover offer from REA Group deserves a flat rejection, and there is still time for more action The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024
Competition minister ‘concerned’ Australians pay most in world to sell their homes online Agents and critics claim business practices and pricing structure of REA Group - which owns realestate.com.au - stifle competition in market The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2024
Murdoch's REA Ups Offer For Property Website Rightmove REA Group, the Australian online property website majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire, said Monday it has made a third multi-billion-pound offer to buy British peer Rightmove. International Business Times · Sep 23, 2024
Rupert Murdoch’s REA raises Rightmove bid to £6.1bn Group makes third offer for property portal, saying it is ‘disappointed’ at lack of engagement by board The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024
REA ups its offer for Rightmove a second time to £6.1 bn The REA board urged Rightmove shareholders “to encourage the board of directors of Rightmove to engage in constructive discussions.” Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2024
UK business growth slows as budget uncertainty hits investment plans; German recession ‘baked in’ – as it happened Fiscal policy uncertainty ahead of the Autumn Budget is biggest fear for companies, survey finds, while Germany’s malaise continues The Guardian - UK · Sep 23, 2024
Why News Corp’s realestate.com.au can put fees ‘up and up and up’, according to ex-CEO Simon Baker says REA Group’s property portal is viewed ‘jealously’ by others around the world because the home-sellers pay the bills The Guardian - AU · Sep 22, 2024
Rupert Murdoch’s REA group ups offer for Rightmove to £5.9bn About £300m added to deal for UK’s biggest online real-estate portal after first proposal unanimously rejected The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2024
‘The bear at the door’: estate agents say they fear speaking out about realestate.com.au ‘price gouging’ Multiple agents have told the Guardian that the News Corp-controlled property portal’s dominance has allowed it to quiet critics and aggressively hike prices The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2024
Rupert Murdoch’s real-life succession drama is underway in a Nevada courtroom. What might happen next? A unique court case is getting under way in Nevada this week. At stake is the future of the Murdoch empire. The case, which begins on September 17 local time, is scheduled to run (in secret) for two weeks, and sometime after that the Reno Nevada County Probate Commissioner will… The Conversation · Sep 17, 2024
Australians pay more than anyone in the world to sell their homes online Prices at the News Corp-controlled realestate.com.au can be as high as $4,000 for a single listing, prompting complaints from vendors, agents and industry disruptors The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024
The ‘symbiotic relationship’ that makes selling a house in Australia so damn expensive Dimitri Chrisis thought he would save money by ditching his real estate agent, but instead it meant the advertising campaign on his suburban home would cost thousands more The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024 Surge in larger homes for sale amid capital gains tax fears, Rightmove says Speculation Rachel Reeves to raise tax in budget thought one reason for some homeowners cashing out
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024 Rupert Murdoch-owned firm REA makes £5.6bn offer for Rightmove Board rejects non-binding indicative proposal of 705p a share for UK’s biggest online real-estate portal
The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024 Why are the Murdochs trying to buy UK property site Rightmove? Eldest son Lachlan may want to repay Rupert for bid to hand him full control by protecting UK newspaper empire
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024 Rightmove can play hardball on asking price. It doesn’t need a Murdoch takeover The UK property portal is in a strong position and is under little pressure to sell at anything other than a silly figure
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024 Rupert Murdoch-owned firm REA Group weighs up bid for Rightmove UK property portal’s shares surge up to 25% in early trading amid interest from Australian property company
Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2024 Rightmove tops FTSE 100 after international bid interest from Murdoch's REA Shares soar by almost a quarter
The Guardian - UK · Sep 2, 2024 Volkswagen considering German plant closures and job cuts; UK factories report fastest growth in over two years – as it happened German carmaker VW may make historic German plant closures in cost-cutting drive
AAP · Sep 2, 2024 Aussie shares rebound, rise to just under all-time high After being down as much as 0.8 per cent in early trading, the ASX200 moved into positive territory in afternoon trading to finish up 0.2 per cent
AAP · Aug 9, 2024 Property market picking up in smaller capital cities REA Group's CEO says property listings in Melbourne and Sydney might marginally decline in 2024/25, but Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth are showing growth.
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The Times of India · May 29, 2024 High Court stays appointment of AAC in EFI, gives control back to EC NEW DELHI: The Divisional bench of the Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the appointment of the Adhoc Administrative Committee (AAC) tasked with running the day-to-day affairs of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) and reinstated the Executive Committee elected in 2019.