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Nobody knows the QBE balance sheet "black box" better that new CEO Pat Regan. But can he turnaround a company that has been taking its turnaround medicine for four years?
Nobody knows the QBE balance sheet "black box" better that new CEO Pat Regan. But can he turnaround a company that has been taking its turnaround medicine for four years?
The industry super fund gravy train will be jolted if a bill that died in parliament two years ago gets through the Senate this time around.
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Its fully franked dividend yield is now about three times the level of the highest six-month term deposit.
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Students searching for an ASX case study that shows the ability of a company to respond quickly to setbacks while evolving a new operating model have the ideal candidate.
CBS's arrival in Australia will trigger a major shake-up in the free-to-air television market which is traditionally dominated by local investors.
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Australia Post chairman John Stanhope is in damage control mode after it was revealed former CEO Ahmed Fahour's 2017 pay was $10.79m.
It is an indictment of both CBA and AUSTRAC that they couldn't work out a way of resolving the bank's problems without ending up in court.
Qantas chief Alan Joyce will announce plans on Friday to launch non-stop flights between Sydney and London. But there's a big problem.
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