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There has been carnage across the ditch where New Zealand's biggest construction group, Fletcher Building, announced its second profit downgrade in a matter of months despite the country experiencing a building boom.

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Metcash's departing CEO, Ian Morrice, has a bit of housework to do before he saunters out the door some time before Christmas.

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Not many people knew Beverley Barlow was one of the wealthiest women in Australia when she died on Saturday.

What a difference a week - and some muffins and social media fame - made for an exasperated Deakin Business School lecturer.

Nick Bolton's ill-fated raid on listed cash box, Molopo Energy, is looking costly as ASIC prepares the forced sale of shares picked up by Bolton, and his associates, at a significant loss.

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The last patch of Nathan Tinkler's thoroughbred racing empire has now been sold, but it is not clear whether there will be any beneficiaries other than retail billionaire Gerry Harvey.

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Collingwood, in Melbourne's inner north, does not scream glamour, so it's little wonder that you will find a self-proclamed "bogan" in a stoush with a rich-lister.

An exasperated Deakin Business School lecturer was not happy about the attendance at his first class of the semester.

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There's more news of the outer workings of the Franchise Council of Australia and we suggest this is best enjoyed with some mysterious dark music playing in the background.

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The Federal Court has thrown a brick through investment house Perpetual's windows. And not before too long if you're sitting in the Millner family's camp!

CBD will eat its hat if pizza chain's new menu features same-sized slices as current offerings.

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Richard Branson normally isn't afraid to put his money where his mouth is.

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The not-so fun park operator, Ardent Leisure, is a long way from the retirement home market - unless you're a restless Malaysian billionaire like Seng Huang Lee.

Aveo Group's media pummelling might have deafened the retirement home operator – controlled by billionaire chairman Seng Huang Lee – to an important message from our corporate regulators.

Sydney businessman Anthony Maurici may have lost his bid to fend of the debt holders in driller Boart Longyear, but he has had victories that have hurt more than this defeat.

Slater and Gordon's new lenders will get the first £250 million of any proceeds from its action against the UK company formerly known as Quindell.

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Pop diva Mariah Carey may claim she doesn't know where her former fiance is, but it seems the Israeli police do.

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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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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Insurers are meant to be dull entities, but the top brass at QBE obviously didn't get that memo.

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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.

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Ex-union boss Kathy Jackson has long struggled with rules.

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.

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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.

How many billionaires does it take to rescue a struggling, mid-sized broadcaster like Network Ten?

Losing money on the Ten Network has become a rite of passage for Aussie billionaires.