Lew's retail lieutenants leaving their posts; The Star's shares tank on return

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More top-level executives from Solomon Lew’s fashion and apparel brands are leaving Premier Investments, just as Myer considers buying the businesses.

Meanwhile, the ACCC says Australia will have less gas available by the end of March 2025, an outlook likely to stoke concern about the readiness of the country’s energy grid to endure winter.

And investors have begun abandoning troubled gaming operator The Star's shares after the company came out of a four-week trading suspension and the release of delayed annual results.