School's out for the corporate titans serving on PM's advisory council

Colin Kruger, CBD   Headmaster Malcolm Turnbull has officially disbanded some of Australia's top corporate leaders from that folly conceived by his predecessor: the Business Advisory Council .

Job of keeping things honest

Colin Kruger, CBD   So it's official now. James 'Mariah Carey' Packer is attempting a complete inversion of his public and private lives.

Jack Cowin's rising dough beats the reality show at Ten

Colin Kruger, CBD   Ten director Jack Cowin added more than $100 million to his net worth during the broadcaster's AGM on Wednesday thanks to his 26.6 per cent stake in Domino's Pizza which had a cracker of a day. His Domino's shares are now worth roughly $1.24 billion - meaning he can buy the Ten network twice over with plenty of cash to spare.

Clive Palmer's ragged Jingle Bells

Colin Kruger, CBD   Clive Palmer might have needed a little Christmas cheer after a week that has left his corporate reputation in tatters. We have just the tonic: Christmas carols by Clive 'P Diddy' Palmer.

Mortgage guru Peter Higgins hosts World Cup for the debt-free

Colin Kruger, CBD   CBD felt a need to polish his polo credentials given the Sydney Polo Club - the plaything of Mortgage Choice co-founder Peter Higgins - will host the 2017 World Polo Championship.

Suncorp boss scrapes off the barnacles

Carolyn Cummins   It's a well-worn path for the newly installed chief executive to clean out the cupboard of any skeletons and wipe the slate clean which, apart from anything else may just make sure they can meet longer term performance hurdles for any share entitlements making up their remuneration package

Ten boss Paul Anderson hopes this AGM provides less drama than its shows

Colin Kruger, CBD   For years now, some of the best drama produced by the Ten Network was generated by its annual general meeting. It is with some sadness that CBD has to admit, this week's effort may fall short of the high standards set since the billionaire gang came to town.

Virgin boss John Borghetti is losing his back seat drivers

Colin Kruger, CBD   Virgin Australia has lost another member of its galacticos board with Singapore Airlines boss, Goh Choon Phong, stepping down to better focus on his company's bottom line without the hassle of spending so much time on a plane flying to Australia for Virgin board meetings.

Spotless boss Martin Sheppard mops up after disaster downgrade

Colin Kruger, CBD   You know things are going really well when a company has to update to the previous week's earnings update which halved its share price.

Claim not worth a nickel to judge

Colin Kruger, CBD   You would think holding 800 jobs to ransom before Christmas would be enough leverage for Clive.

McGrath float a real fixer upper

Colin Kruger, CBD   Why you shouldn't have bought shares from real estate agent John McGrath: He was selling. $37m worth, to be exact.

Gordon Merchant shows his appreciation as Billabong takes him back

Colin Kruger, CBD   At the rate he has been buying up shares, one could be excused for thinking Billabong founder, Gordon Merchant, is trying to buy back his old shop.

Nothing sedate about Kelly's new gig

Colin Kruger, CBD   The former Westpac boss would have noticed the Woolies South Africa AGM was not as sedate as the AGM of her former bank.

Pulling beers not a Spotless business

Carolyn Cummins   Bruce Dixon might not know how to pull a beer, but it appears he has a knack for telling when the market is looking frothy.

Big Roy's impact not very Titanic

Colin Kruger, CBD   A select few will attend the most significant mining event in Australia's history since the Eureka Stockade.

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AMP ejects its Dragon-slaying bank chair

Colin Kruger, CBD   The curious career of Paul Fegan continued its odd trajectory after he retired from the AMP board effective, immediately on Monday

Packer haven't quit polo scene

Colin Kruger, CBD   James Packer may have abandoned the polo field for life as a Hollywood groupie, but the sale of 140 polo ponies last month did not - as widely reported - end the family's in involvement with the sport that so enthralled the late Kerry Packer.

Xero minus $NZ50m equals a big payday

Colin Kruger, CBD   CBD is always alert but not alarmed when company insiders choose to collectively sell down 2 per cent of a company's issued stock.

RBA's Glenn Stevens is planning a 'chill out'

Colin Kruger, CBD   The markets were so taken with the Tuesday evening declaration by Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens that they missed some other pearls from his speech to a bunch of economists.

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Going bust in the Bahamas

Colin Kruger, CBD   Somewhere, in a courtroom in the Bahamas over the weekend, former billionaire media baron Sir Tony O'Reilly went bust.

Goodman graduates, but Thodey gets honours

Colin Kruger, CBD   Fresh from celebrating the All Blacks World Cup victory from his Sydney home, Goodman boss Greg Goodman, has another bit of silverware that is going straight to the pool room; He has been ranked #113, in the annual Harvard Business Review's list of the best performing CEOs.

Linc Energy is losing altitude

Colin Kruger, CBD   Amateur pilot Peter Bond has lost a lot of financial altitude since moving Linc Energy from the ASX.

Happy Bryan avoids any turbulence

Carolyn Cummins   Virgin's freshly minted chairman Elizabeth Bryan will be cracking the champagne corks after her first shareholder meeting.

No room in the Kathmandu tent

Colin Kruger, CBD   Former All Blacks captain, David Kirk, can expect a bruising encounter when he chairs Kathmandu's shareholder meeting.

Ten's foolproof comback plan

Colin Kruger, CBD   Ten's new boss has a plan to get the share price back above $1 for the first time since 2011.

Cabcharge fends off a fifth consecutive strike

Colin Kruger, CBD   It has not been an easy journey, but the new boys at Cabcharge – chairman Russell Balding and chief Andrew Skelton – may have finally dragged the much-maligned taxi payments provider out of the corporate governance doldrums.

Kennett doesn't want to live forever

Colin Kruger, CBD   Former Victorian Premier, Jeff Kennett, had his own take on what he brings to the Seven West table

$10m home delivery for Domino's Don Meij, but Jack Cowin made the real dough

Colin Kruger, CBD   Domino's Pizza boss Don Meij, has sold 210,000 shares in pizza's supreme operator at near-record high.

Kerry Stokes' Media Mogul fight club

Colin Kruger, CBD   Rupert Murdoch's former lieutenant, John 'Harto' Hartigan, probably has a better idea than most about what happens when you mess with media moguls.