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A new jackpot on the way for Len Ainsworth?

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It didn't make much of a splash, but one of Len Ainsworth's offspring, Paul Ainsworth, sold some shares in Aristocrat Leisure late last week to take his stake below the substantial shareholder threshold.

Sir Ron Brierley still walks the takeover path

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Proving he can walk and chew gum at the same time, Sir Ron Brierley's current plaything Mercantile Investment has two takeover bids on the go as it continues to try to hoover up market minnows, writes Carolyn Cummins.

High times: King of Cannabis lights up pot stock

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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.

Macquarie sells out of deal that saw it dubbed the Vampire Kangaroo

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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.

'Don't be a commander' - fund manager's guide to women

Female workers are at a disadvantage from the first rung of their career ladder, the study shows.

"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.

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