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Synch or swim: Rinehart's oresome treat
Colin Kruger, CBD Australia's synchronised swimming team is being given a very special pre-Olympic treat.
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Fun found in Palmer's funk
Colin Kruger, CBD The woes of Clive Palmer have gone up a notch or two in recent days, but the real surprise is how much fun was to be found in the administrators' report.
Costello makes a triple play on Nine
Colin Kruger, CBD With its stock continuing to drag along at all-time lows on Friday, Nine's man of action, chairman Peter Costello, waded in with an order that more than tripled his holding of Nine shares.
Short, wild ride for Arrium's Maycock
Colin Kruger, CBD Arrium chairman Jerry Maycock knew he was in for a wild ride in 2014 when Peter Smedley, his then chairman, announced a $754 million raising at 48¢ a share. Maycock had acquired 250,000 shares at 76.4c each just weeks earlier.
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Drought dries up Don Taylor's career
Colin Kruger, CBD Graincorp chairman, Don Taylor, needed a pretty good excuse when he did a bunk on the Beston Global board after less than a year in the job.
Goldies alumnus Malcolm Turnbull lectures banks
Colin Kruger, CBD How did people not realise PM Malcolm Turnbull was joking when he told Westpac's birthday bash: "The singular pursuit of an extra dollar of profit at the expense of those values is ... simply wrong." This is from a guy who worked for Goldman Sachs?
Not so funtastic time for toys
Carolyn Cummins It has not been such a Funtastic time for the toy wholesaler's investors like billion-heir, Lachlan Murdoch, and retail billionaire, Gerry Harvey.
'Adolf Hitler comes to mind'
Colin Kruger, CBD David Murray sure knows how to sell his message in terms that even talkback radio listeners can understand.
Raby punts on coal, not mobile tech
Colin Kruger, CBD ASX-listed mobile payments provider, SmartTrans, was showing off its smarts by going without a chairman for a few days.
Caltex directors filling up their super
Colin Kruger, CBD Profits at the pump are bringing super rewards to the board
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Ditching Oxo a winner for Clarke
Colin Kruger, CBD Would you believe that two years have passed since Treasury Wine Estate boss, Michael Clarke, kicked in the front door of our favourite wine shop.
Air NZ's investment could have been worse
Colin Kruger, CBD As Air New Zealand looks to exit its stake in Virgin Australia at a loss, there is good news for investors.
Air NZ's Virgin flight costs $NZ130m
Colin Kruger, CBD The good news for Air New Zealand investors, is that it could have been worse. It could have been Ansett.
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Has Moore cut Southern Cross ties?
Colin Kruger, CBD CBD could not let the recent departure of Macquarie Group from the Southern Cross Media share register go by without a mention.
ANZ boss is not a happy bunny
Colin Kruger, CBD Based on CBD's calculations, ANZ's stock has dropped about $10 billion in value since Shayne Elliott's tenure began.
Kohler's wealth advice didn't work for Rupert
Colin Kruger, CBD Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia has abandoned its bid to make money from the nation's $2 trillion superannuation pool.
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Familiarity has not bred contempt
Colin Kruger, CBD The corporate and artistic worlds collided at the annual awards night for Creative Partnerships Australia.
Medcraft opens up on carnivorous past
Colin Kruger, CBD Does ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft miss his carnivorous days as a Wall Street banker?
Telstra brings in the big guns
Colin Kruger, CBD You can understand why Andy Penn is looking to pull every lever he can to reverse Telstra's slide.
BHP boss channels his dark side
Colin Kruger, CBD It has been a tough year for the BHP Billiton boss, but it's good to see he has not lost his sense of humour.
Telstra's Andy Penn hires Nokia's burning man
Colin Kruger, CBD Telstra has lost about $12 billion in market value since Andy Penn stepped up as chief executive in May last year. So you can understand he's looking to pull every lever he can to reverse the slide.
Lucy Turnbull to launch a Salvo
Carolyn Cummins The country's First Lady will be the face of the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal this year.
Telstra's Penn still looking to Asia
Colin Kruger, CBD There is definitely something in the water at Telstra. How else could you explain such harebrained Asia schemes from two chief executives 15 years apart.
CommInsure boss Helen Troup needs a consumer champ is it Allan Fels?
Colin Kruger, CBD The highlight of CBD's week was going to be the life insurance conference being organised this Wednesday by the rep body for the big banks wealth operations, the Financial Services Council (FSC). But the exquisitely timed conference will be missing the match up that everyone wanted to see.
CommInsure is causing a commotion
Colin Kruger, CBD The customers of CommInsure are not the only ones feeling a little anxious following revelations of its treatment of claimants.
News boss' $US33m payday comes with gag order
Colin Kruger, CBD The documents detailing News Corp chief executive Robert Thomson's seven-figure pay rise on Thursday include some very personal confidentiality clauses
No silver lining to iron ore market: Cliffs
Colin Kruger, CBD It is only on his rare visits to our shares that Australia gets to catch the pearls of wisdom that pours forth from its chief executive, Laurenco Goncalves.
Rinehart shows her pink power
Colin Kruger, CBD Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has revealed a bold new look for the trucks at her Roy Hill Mine.
Ethics advantage slips further away
Colin Kruger, CBD There is never a good time to be the subject of a hard-hitting Fairfax Media/Four Corners investigation.
