Rockpool billionaire David Doyle puts Global HQ up for sale
Someone get the Canadians, Kuwaitis and Emiratis on the phone so we can put a consortium together: the home of Global HQ is up for sale!
Hockey gets Washington tips from Baird
At Global HQ on Thursday, unaware of the impending ownership change, was Bruce Baird who lunched with our soon-to-be Washington ambassador Joe Hockey.
Why the generosity from Vocation founders?
It was the float of 2013, the cock-up of 2014, and now the most predictable demise of 2015. Vocation gasped all the way to the end.
Finally, something to party about at Deutsche Bank
The outgoing Deutsche chief for Australia and New Zealand James McMurdo and the man widely tipped to replace him were at the 18th annual equity capital markets charity dinner on Thursday night.
Siobhan McKenna joins Corbett at new-look Woolies
In the same week that Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns tapped Roger Corbett to advise the board and "mentor senior management", Cairns will appoint Siobhan McKenna as the retailer's newest director.
Another Garnaut off to work for the Prime Minister
Fairfax Media's Asia Pacific editor John Garnaut has won the Australian media quinella: he's scooped up a fat redundancy package and scored a gig in the PM's office.
Massive but 'not material' fees for TransGrid advisers
UBS Australasia's boss Matthew Grounds famously said the fees for the NSW electricity privatisation were "not material". Allow us to respectfully disagree.
Roger Corbett storms Woolies before he's even hired
Woolworths announced on Monday that Roger Corbett would be working for them from Tuesday next week. Except he was already in the house on Sunday.
Greg Sheridan option emerges for Murdochs at The Australian
The editorial succession plans at News Corp Australia remain in disarray. Could The Australian's foreign editor Greg Sheridan be the answer?
Van Diemen's Land deal costs $9 million
The 11th-hour, $250-million sale of Tasmanian dairy company Van Diemen's Land Company to a foreign buyer late last week shocked the local bi...
Seven Network's John Stephens given royal Stokes send-off
Barely 18 months since Seven took to the courts to block programmer John Stephens from defecting to rival Ten, he's retired.
Packer lieutenants and richies at Rockpool
What a lot of Packer connections at Global HQ on Tuesday.
Warren Truss prepares to abdicate
Since Tony Abbott was rolled the language used by senior Nationals in relation to their own leadership has shifted significantly.
Pratt ices Visy's plans for Indian expansion
Australia's richest man and executive chairman of Visy, Anthony Pratt, has long touted India as the next frontier for his family's packaging...
Roger Corbett's new Woolworths role a worry for Brad Banducci
It was one of those press releases that instinctively causes you to look at the calendar to be sure it's not the first day of April.
Chris Mitchell retirement a cautionary tale for News Corp
News Corp Australia might be in the business of telling the public what's going on in the world, but it's an unsurprising irony that its own...
Lachlan Murdoch and Paul Whittaker at Tony Abbott wake
Tony Abbott's biggest supporters, from Lachlan Murdoch and his editors, to predecessor John Howard, to his loyal Treasurer Joe Hockey, have ...
Clarke to stay in Turnbull's office, is Parkinson next to lock in?
Newsflash: Malcolm Turnbull's acting chief of staff Drew Clarke is no longer acting – he's staying in the gig permanently.
Kim Williams on the ABC … again
The man who wants to run the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Kim Williams, has plenty to say about the vaunted institution. Here's the ...
Canadians fly in for Mike Baird's $9 billion Transgrid privatisation
They are hockey fanatics. They manage more than C$272 billion ($288 billion). And on Monday, the Canada Pension Plan Investment crew flew in...
Howard PMO reunion at Rockpool Bar and Grill
The inner circle of the Present were John Howard, Arthur Sinodinos and Max "The Axe" Moore-Wilton.
IPA in a frenzy over Ronaldson foreign posting
Hasn't Michael Ronaldson been well behaved since was relieved of his ministerial duties in September? No wonder there's so much speculation ...
How Jerry Hall was introduced to Rupert Murdoch
The early stages of a relationship can be awkward enough, so we've tried to keep a polite distance from 84-year-old billionaire mogul R...
