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No one spared in Surfstitch wipeout

Surfstitch investors were calling for accountability at its recent AGM after suffering one of the worst IPO wipe outs of the decade - and boy have they got it.

Aussie tech guru joining Schumacher's Swiss team

Michael Schumacher is still recovering at his home near Lake Geneva from a skiing accident in 2013.

Aussie tech guru Alex Hartman has quickly found his feet after walking away from the digital media company he founded, NewZulu. He is now working for the private office of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher.

Cash is king for Aristocrat boss Jamie Odell

Aristocrat CEO Jamie Odell.

Poker industry legend, Len Ainsworth, might not rate Aristocrat Leisure's chief, Jamie Odell, but Len's family have a billion reasons to thank the departing CEO for an incredible run at the poker machine maker.

Downer doesn't rate business guys as politicians

Alexander Downer, Australia's high commissioner to Britain.

With Malcolm Turnbull's political stock at an all time low, CBD wonders if he will be tuning in to Alexander Downer's turn on the telly this Sunday as the guest of Nine's morning filler, In Conversation with Alex Malley.

Aristocrat's shares lose $1b as boss walks

Poker machines are a common vice.

It isn't often you get a successful chief executive regretting the announcement of their own retirement. But it was a rather costly announcement for Aristocrat Leisure boss, Jamie Ronald Odell.

Bush hatches a successful IPO for Ingham's chicken

Hundreds of chicks wait for food at poultry farm in Malacca, outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Jan.  27, ...

Former burger flipper Peter "Maccas" Bush knows how to deliver on the fast food front, so it should be no surprise that the revised IPO of the Ingham chicken processing business was not the disaster everyone had been predicting.

Rev head Brian Boyd picks up the Payce

Brian Boyd's sponsorships include motor racing.

Property developer and rev head, Brian Boyd, finally won over fellow investors with his latest attempt to privatise his ASX-listed vehicle, Payce Consolidated.

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