Israeli police to question Packer over Netanyahu gifts
According to reports from Israel, James Packer has agreed to be questioned by the investigators over a corruption probe into the affairs of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Colin Kruger, CBD
Will Blackmores' Marcus Blackmore be able to replace his $800m lady Christine Holgate?
At the peak of the Blackmore's share bubble, Holgate had added something like $800 million to Marcus' net worth. The vitamin king is unlikely to find a recruit like her again.
No room for mug punters as the billionaires takeover at Ten
There is a good reason why Network Ten's 17,000-strong army of small shareholders were not allowed in to the creditors meeting on Monday. Their money has already been torched and the future belongs to the network's billionaire guarantors.
Alex Malley, CPA Australia's 'Naked CEO' who walked off with $4.9m
If the 160,000 CPA members were having any trouble buckling against their image of sober reserve, two financial numbers from the board should be enough to finally push them to riot.
Cowin loses $600m of dough at Domino's Pizza
Jack Cowin's extra large slice of Domino's Pizza got cold pretty quickly after peaking at a value of $1.336 billion in August last year. It has now chomped through $600 million of his wealth since the peak.
John Neal's accident-prone insurer QBE hits another profit bump
Insurers are meant to be dull entities, but the top brass at QBE obviously didn't get that memo.
No competition for ACCC boss Rod Sims when it comes to Tabcorp/Tatts loser
If there is a clear loser from Tabcorp's successful appeal - directly to the Australian Competition Tribunal over its Tatts merger proposal - it is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission boss, Rod Sims.
If it walks like a bank, it is probably Macquarie
Macquarie argues it is too small to be hit with the bank levy – ignoring the fact that no bank has profited more from government support that the bank dubbed the vampire kangaroo by the UK press.
ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft notches his last big kill
With just six months remaining in the big chair Medcraft notched up a big 'kill' for the team with the passage through parliament of ASIC's new user pays funding model.
Losing money on Ten a rite of passage for Australian billionaires
How many billionaires does it take to rescue a struggling, mid-sized broadcaster like Network Ten?
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