Family funeral homes are concerned they might be in the gun, after the ACCC allowed local firm InvoCare to acquire one of its competitors, Bledisloe Group.
Competition
Stacking the shelves: the rise and rise of home brand products
As the pricing war between Coles and Woolworths heats up, there are concerns the push toward home brand products could see consumers left with less choice in their trolley. In part one of an ongoing series, Crikey examines the rise of generics — and market power.
Can you Werbeloff? Crikey readers weigh in
Yesterday, Guy Rundle asked: Can you Werbeloff? It seems that you can.
Consumers lose out in Vodafone tie-up
When the world’s biggest mobile phone company in Vodafone and the telco arm of Hong Kong’s richest man do a deal, you know that it is not aimed at maintaining domestic competition, writes Glenn Dyer.
Is Swan poised to intervene in the banking sector?
Back in August the Treasurer seemed content that competition in the banking sector was hunky dory. Not so this week, with veiled threats of intervention made in Parliament. By University of Melbourne Professor of Economics, Joshua Gans.
