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Bauer Media's financial accounts reveal Rebel Wilson is the least of its problems.

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The battle for the federal seat of Bennelong has taken the spotlight from its former incumbent, ex ABC star Maxine McKew, and her sunny new career.

The Murdoch family’s media business has always been about family and business – and in that order, critics would say.

You can never tell whether the glasses are half full or half empty at Bruce Dixon's pub operation, Dixon Hospitality Ltd.

NSW taxpayers are getting their knickers in a twist over the state government planning to spend a lazy $2 billion smashing down and rebuilding two of the states largest, and relatively new, stadiums.

The collapse of Oroton, obviously caught a few people by surprise.

It was a busy 24 hours for James Packer.

The Australian Federal Police interviewed billionaire James Packer on Wednesday in connection with the Israeli investigation into its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

What's that old saying from Warren Buffett: Only when the tide goes out do you discover who has been swimming naked.

CBD was shocked to hear that former Leighton boss Wal King still has a coveted ASX chairman's crown, and will get to test his appeal with investors in Brisbane this Thursday when Terracom shareholders get to elect him to the board for the first time.

Anyone choking on their cornflakes over the obscene pay at our big four banks might gain a bit of perspective by looking at the financial Everest that Nic Moore's Macquarie Group has just scaled.

Jordan Belfort the alleged Wolf of Wall Street has not passed on any of the painful lessons he learned about doing business in Australia following his misadventures in 2014.

Gina Rinehart wasn't going to let the Barnaby Joyce fallout from her National Agricultural Day rain out the party for her National Mining and Related Industries Day.

It won't surprise anyone that real estate super agent, John McGrath, wants to pull his biggest listing, McGrath Ltd, from the market.

And here we were thinking the corporate ref had finally blown the whistle on Kupang Resources, the Indonesian explorer previously run by our favourite cross-code lovers - rugby league legend Benny Elias and Perth Glory owner Tony Sage.

If the banks looked away from their building pile of reputational rubble for a minute they'd have noted no doubt financial planning outfit Netwealth's spectacular debut on the ASX.

More than five years have passed since the former pharmacy czar and horse racing identity, Rohan Aujard, filed for bankruptcy. But his financial penury is not about to end any time soon.

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When you've got something unpleasant to do, sometimes it is best to just get it over and done with.

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Rupert Murdoch has survived the latest battle to end his control of 21st Century Fox despite a massive revolt by investors at the media group's annual meeting.

Move over Paul Hogan, shrimps are for wimps.

Move over Paul Hogan, shrimps are for wimps. Australia's biggest ASX-listed cattle group, Australian Agricultural Co (AACo), has recruited Jessica Rudd - daughter of our former PM Kevin Rudd - to help sell its branded beef strategy to China.

In this kind of market, it makes sense to have a Plan B. But the market has taken a dim view of Vita Group founder Maxine Horne injecting a little botox into her Telstra retail shop operator.

Since daigou is the new dotcom – to the point that our first ASX-listed diagou, AuMake, almost tripled on debt last month – CBD thought it was worth checking out this new Chinese phenomenon.

You could not accuse our former top corporate cop, Greg Medcraft, of skiving off during his final days in charge of ASIC.

Interests associated with corporate spiv, Nick Bolton, and Perth-based cowboy Farooq Khan, are no longer the only ones making a grab for the $65 million cash box that is Molopo Energy. A white knight has emerged in the form of respected fundie, Geoff Wilson.

Dreamworld's owner faces a new nightmare with CEO Simon Kelly walking the plank with immediate effect less than five months after he started.

And all those mug punters tearing up their tickets in tears after the big race should spare a thought for the ultimate Cup tragic, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. His racing operation, Godolphin reported a loss of more than $91 million last year.

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The House of Murdoch would have felt the tremors as Rupert's key supporter, billionaire investor Prince al-Waleed bin Talal was arrested over the weekend.

The only person in Australia welcoming the notoriety of Lottland's ad blitz this week would have to be online bookie Tom Waterhouse who must be thanking his lucky stars he is no longer the industry pariah.