Gerry Harvey's retailer Harvey Norman has no explanation for why its shares tanked badly on Monday.

The Singaporean investors behind alleged medicinal cannabis stock, Stem Cell United, have finally announced how they will reward the King of Cannabis.

Peter Hall's messy departure from Hunter Hall - the ethical fund he founded - is now complete. But he might just be focused on a different sort of wilderness.

Tabcorp boss David Attenborough obviously hoped the battle with Austrac would go away after agreeing to a $45 million fine.

Siobhan McKenna resigns from the Ten board to rejoin Lachlan Murdoch at News Corp.

Where in the world is Christopher Coyne? You know him, Crown Resort's chief marketing officer.

The combination of cash and Cannabis has proved a heady mix for the stock market recently. But nothing prepared the market for the astounding reaction to Tuesday's news that the "King of Cannabis" Nevil Schoenmakers is acting as a strategic advisor to another dope hope, the ASX-listed Singaporean biotech Stemcell United Ltd.

Nic Moore's Macquarie Group has sold its final stake in Thames Water for up to £1.5 billion, according to UK reports. It ends an 11 year association with the utility that endeared it to the Brits so much it was labelled the "vampire kangaroo" by Rupert Murdoch's paper, The Sunday Times, for its ruthless focus on profits and tax minimisation.

George Savvides must be breathing a sigh of relief over the decision

"Genetic factors like levels of testosterone and how the brain deals with stress can skew female investors into being more risk adverse" - Stereotypes aplenty as global wealth group State Street Global Advisors hunts alpha female investors.

You don't have to be a Silicon Valley billionaire like Elon Musk or Mike Cannon-Brookes to get excited about the 100 day race to patch over South Australia's power blackout problems with battery power.

There's nothing like the prospect of a stoush between a major multi national, and our home grown tax office, to get the pulse racing. So CBD was delighted when we heard of a court room battle brawl between Anglo American Investments Pty Ltd and the Deputy Commissioner of Taxation.

It sounds like the Hollywood thriller with everything: The prime minister, the movie mogul, spy boss and pop chanteuse – and an Aussie billionaire who is probably wondering what on earth he has blundered into.

The Israeli investigation into the extravagant lifestyle of its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his links to moguls like James Packer, has all the elements of a Hollywood thriller.

It looks like last drinks for corporate Australia's most controversial pig hunter, Wal King.

It will be a few more weeks before AFL chairman, Mike Fitzpatrick, hangs up his boots, but he doesn't need to worry about things getting a little boring following his departure from the big game.

It could have once been a stretch of the imagination of Queensland Bauxite shareholders to think that they could be treated to crop updates from the Northern NSW hippie paradise of Nimbin.

Former Liberal Party treasurer Michael Yabsley joins call for Royal Commission into the banks.

The corporate watchdog is not just taking on the big end of town when it comes to the crackdown on media industry balance sheets.

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Paul Holmes a Court - son of legendary corporate raider Robert - is being welcomed as a saviour at a company that has made a name for itself as one of the most disastrous public floats of last year.

What happens when a former spy boss, ex politician, and tech guru, walk into a data security startup?

There might have been a bit of heart burn at James Packer's casino operator, Crown, Wednesday morning as its stock dived just as news emerged it is considering a fire sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of toys that had been used to entertain its Chinese high rollers.

Another dismal result, another low for the stock ... the Spotless chief has his work cut out.

You don't have to actually work for Rupert Murdoch to make a fortune. Just ask News Corp's retiring chief financial officer, Bedi Singh. He will make $US10m over the next three years from drawing his base salary and bonuses despite walking out the door for the last time this Wednesday.

Business guru and Celebrity Apprentice host Mark Bouris promised to fire himself if his financial group, Yellow Brick Road, did not make a profit this year. He was joking of course, but the good news for Bouris is that he won't have to worry about his long suffering fellow investors taking the promise seriously.

Ahmed Fahour is stepping out the door at Australia Post in July, but it will take another decade for the organisation to deliver his final package.

When it comes to getting money out of the Packer boys, Mariah Carey could learn the veteran who has served both Kerry and James: John Alexander.

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The Chinese high rollers might be deserting his casinos, but the cash will still be rolling in for billionaire James Packer.

Backpackers are not the only ones flocking to our shores in world beating numbers. Australia attracted more millionaires last year than much larger, and wealthier immigration destinations like the US,