Kidman clan reassesses selling 2pc of Oz
On Friday, chairman John Crosby, managing director Greg Campbell and the five other board members of S. Kidman & Co Ltd meet at the pastoral group's headquarters.
'Notegate' analyst made redundant from UBS
David Leitch has been made redundant from Matthew Grounds' UBS.
Ian Macfarlane out to lunch with John Grill
We spotted our long-serving former industry and resources minister Ian Macfarlane in the lunch crowd on Thursday at Sydney Cantonese restaurant Mr Wong.
ASIC boss to woo O'Dwyer in Washington
Next week the world's ruling class will meet for talks in Washington.
Marshall's empire blasts cold wind in Willow
Fashionistas read it here first: boutique clothes business Willow is headed for the sales bin. The sales process is officially under way.
Turnbulls take over Sydney lunch circuit
The Turnbulls ran us ragged. Lunches here, lunches there.
News Corp scribe hit by the karma bus
The News Corp tabloids' Sunday political henchwoman Samantha Maiden has long been moral arbiter of politicians and their personal behaviour.
Bragg crosses the border
Really, how different in Victoria from NSW anyway?
Bondage banker sticks up for fellow novelist
As waves of "CDs" and "NSRs" and "FSIs" washed over us at AFR's very educational Banking & Wealth Summit, you can imagine my relief at spotting Harrison Young across the room.
Hawker visits United States of Kevin Rudd
It has not gone unnoticed in Labor circles that Kevin Rudd's preferred political strategist Bruce Hawker has been a recent visitor to the Un...
Barton Deakin office for Wellington
Staying with Australian-New Zealand relations the conservative-aligned lobbying outfit Barton Deakin will open its first shop in Wellington ...
A new gig to keep Nathan Rees in the west
We hear former NSW Premier Nathan Rees is off to a new gig.
There's proof at Machiavelli that it's not impossible to outrank a billionaire
After giving the morning session of The Australian Financial Review's Wealth and Business Summit a red-hot go, we set out to stretch our leg...
Deadline approaches for Fox bid for Kidman
We've heard that this Friday is the final day for Australian bidders to lodge alternate bids to Shanghai Pengxin's proposed $350-odd million...
Fashion label Willow could be in bargain bin
Two and a half years ago Australian fashion designer Kit Willow Podgornik was unceremoniously sacked from her eponymous label by c...
DJ Fifield snubs CommsDay after-party
Industry rumours spread that the Communications Minister Mitch Fifield was the DJ at a Prince tribute night at Mooseheads in Canberra.
Tabcorp board not in the mood for a flutter
Almost all of the Tabcorp board kept away from Royal Randwick for The Championships, one of Sydney's richest race days.
Actually, the World is Fukt
The miserly New York-listed Dow Chemical proposes to pay Andrew Liveris a mere $28.8 million for financial year 2015.
The Australian Club to be reborn
Melbourne's members-only Australian Club has chosen a new president. It could mark a radical new chapter in the conservative institution's h...
There is nothing like a Dame
In death, as in life, architect Zaha Hadid made a splash.
Downer to make SA great again come 2018?
He denied it before the state election in 2010, he denied it before the state election in 2014 and he'll probably deny it again.
Hewson joins Greens for investor lesson
Calling former opposition leader John Hewson a Liberal makes as much sense as referring to Tony Abbott as a contented backbencher. As if we ...
Lunch Watch
We seem to be on a good thing at Sydney's Rockpool Bar & Grill this week...
