Gina Rinehart is beefing up, and fracking may be off the menu

As Gina Rinehart builds a cattle empire to match her mining interests, where does that leave her in relation to Lakes Oil fracking fight against the Victorian Government.

The $10m deal Lachlan Murdoch made that is helping keep News Corp afloat

News Corp reported a $US219 million loss for the December quarter - thanks largely to $US537 million worth of writedowns on its Australian assets - but Rupert Murdoch might be wiping his brow and thanking his son Lachlan - his fellow co chairman at News Corp - for a deal 17 years ago that is helping to keep the company afloat.

Tinkler's dad gives him a taste of his own medicine

It appears Nathan Tinkler got some of his own medicine last year when he was stiffed by Oceltip Coal 2 Pty Ltd. The worst part is one of Oceltip's directors is none another than his dad, Leslie.

Gender and climate not big on the agenda at scandal prone CIMIC

CIMIC (it's Spanish for Leighton Holdings) released its annual report on Wednesday with some innovations on how it is prioritising the many challenges a global construction giant might face in the big bad world.

Fahour's $5.6m Australia Post packet doesn't stack up

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Australia Post's desperate defence of Ahmed Fahour's $5.6 million pay packet, fails at the first hurdle.

Macquarie millionaire's factory insists it is now the green machine

It isn't easy being green. Especially if you happen to be called the Macquarie Group and everyone characterises your business as a money making machine for investment bankers.

John McGrath lashes mutineers but his investors can now join them

The tumult continues at the perennial real fixer-upper that is John McGrath's real estate shop McGrath Ltd.

So many chiefs, so many network outages at Andrew Penn's Telstra

How many global telecom executives does it take to change Telstra's woeful record on network outages?

Is Tory 'godfather' Hintze warming to the Liberal Party?

If Malcolm Turnbull doesn't feel like repeating his million-dollar donation to his hapless Liberal Party this year there is no need to fret.