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Panama! New top corporate cop has rock star connections

Van Halen's flamboyant frontman David Lee Roth.

The story goes that ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, was about to hand in his badge as Australia's top corporate cop in April last year – with just one week left in office – when he heard his tenure was being extended another 18 months.

Geldof gives Peter Costello some frank advice on super

Illustration: John Shakespeare

In these financially uncertain times, who would you turn to? That's right, rock legend Sir Bob Geldoff, who headlined the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast over the weekend.

Light Horse escapade for CBA boss Ian Narev

Commonwealth Bank CEO Ian Narev is off to Israel for a visit.

We don't see Commonwealth Bank boss, Ian Narev, as the sort of person to sit back and ride out his final months in charge of our biggest bank - even as his chairwoman Catherine Livingstone rampages like a financial wrecking ball through his money making machinery.

Raising a bottle to Bellamy's frothy formula

Bellamy's shares have surged.

Sometimes the market can just smell something. Sometimes it's the hint of off milk wafting into the noses of brokers; other times it's surging demand for vitamin-rich infant formula that tickles nasal nerves.

No chickenfeed for Ingham's boss after $11.6m payday

Mick McMahon said sales had also been helped by relatively high red meat prices that meant more shoppers turned to chicken.

As the Mick McMahon-led Ingham's Group prepares for its first anniversary as a listed stock, he can at least breathe a sigh of relief over the fact that the chook stock has flown comfortably above its $3.15 IPO price.

Ex-Australia Post boss Ahmed Fahour's new role

Barely months after leaving his well-remunerated CEO position at Australia Post, Fahour has found himself another ...

Ahmed Fahour turns 51 this month, and is obviously not ready to be put out to pasture just yet. Barely months after leaving his well-remunerated CEO position at Australia Post, Fahour has found himself another executive role.

Love is in the air for Dr Jerry’s new Sofitel

Illustration: John Shakespeare

When Dr Jerry Schwartz discovered a massive model of a heart in a Darling Harbour parking lot that he had just purchased, he knew it was an omen for his most expensive real estate deal to date

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