A2 Milk boss Jayne Hrdlicka runs a company that repackage a commodity that has not changed for hundreds of years.

What we learned from today's profits

A2 Milk, a triumph of marketing and branding, hit a record high today and is now bigger than Lendlease, Caltex, AMP, Coca-Cola Amatil and Seek. It's now twice as big as Flight Centre and Harvey Norman.

Forrest's $300m-plus Fortescue payday

Fortescue declared a special dividend to get ahead of any franking credit changes that will deliver a $300m-plus payday for founder Andrew F...