Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media tipped to reverse losses
Jordan Chong Diversified media house Fairfax Media Ltd is expected to post a profit for the first half of fiscal 2010 amid a tough, but improving advertising market.
Boardroom peace a distant dream for Fairfax Media
Elizabeth Knight Pressure on to pick winner in long-running battle to control company and determine whether it can be saved from governance dysfunctionality of the last few years.
Fairfax Media predicts profit rebound
Fairfax Media sees modest earnings growth in the second half of fiscal 2010, reversing a slide in the first four months.
Evans exits Fairfax Media board
Fairfax Media director David Evans has been forced to resign after a ruling from ACMA.
Stakes are high in the Fairfax Media scrum
Ian Verrender JOHN Brehmer Fairfax comes from old Sydney money, a media dynasty that once ruled the city and wielded enormous power across the nation.
Rio 'in talks' with Chinalco
Rio Tinto is in talks with Chinalco on a massive mining project in Guinea, reports say, raising hopes of unlocking one of the world's biggest iron ore fields.
Accountant takes fight to BrisCon
CBD BrisConnections may have thought it had left the melodramas of the past year behind it yesterday, when its underwriters, Macquarie and Deutsche Bank, made up for the $1.
Market blamed for Chinalco-Rio failure
China is blaming market forces and a campaign by BHP Billiton Ltd for the failure of its planned $A21.24 billion investment in Rio Tinto Ltd last year.
Pressure mounts in fight for copyright control
Julian Lee Federal government likely to come under pressure to change copyright laws after court decides Yellow Pages and White Pages directories were not protected.
Judge seeks tax law investment change
Alison Bell A leading tax expert and judge has called for a change in the tax law governing foreign private equity firms that could discourage foreign investment.
Frail Pan founder testifies in court
Kate Lahey Looking frail and struggling to walk, the founder of Pan Pharmaceuticals, Jim Selim, was examined in the Federal Court yesterday as part of a $120 million class action.
Diary of finance events
Diary of Australian finance events, March 7 to March 13.
The write stuff; the ABC of news
Gordon Farrer Retooling media empires is ferociously competitive, even without the ABC.
New directors for Fairfax
Julian Lee Fairfax Media appointed three new board directors yesterday.
Fairfax, Ten in web video talks
Julian Lee Fairfax Media's digital arm and Ten Network close to signing a long-term deal that will see the television network's content played on newspaper publisher's websites.
Fairfax names three new board directors
Fairfax Media Ltd has named three new directors to its board following an extensive review.
Market closes flat
The Australian share market closed flat with major banks buffering the market against the effect of profit-takers.
Storm victims mull $200m offer
Courtney Trenwith Hundreds of Storm Financial victims expected to knock back CommBank compensation.
Healthscope deal was a non-starter
Insider The role that investment banking advisors played in Healthscope's botched efforts to acquire aged-care operator Arcare is one of the untold chapters in this sorry tale.
Future bright for online advertising
Julian Lee Advertisers spent $1.87 billion last year advertising their products and services online, a 9.4 per cent rise on the previous year, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers.
