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Now this is a seat Nicolaou might win
CBD The Liberal Party candidate who lost the byelection of John Brogden's vacated seat of Pittwater in 2005 and failed to take the electorate of Ryde in the 2003 state election has been given the chance...
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.
Pet lovers link arms at the vet clinic
CBD The former Babcock & Brown helmsmen Jim Babcock and Phil Green (aka Babcock & Green) seem to have clinched their biggest deal since the multi-billion dollar implosion of the investment firm.
Turf wars over Windsor turf farm
CBD Some of the former executives of MFS Limited (aka Octaviar) appear to have developed a keen interest in the turf sector in the two years since the multi-billion dollar implosion of the Gold Coast...
ASIC action better late than never
CBD The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has displayed its lightning fast reflexes and willingness to protect investors by cancelling the financial services licence held by City Pacific,...
Mystery nexus for technocrats
CBD Many investors struggle to comprehend what exactly the technology company Nexbis Limited does, but it has agreed to buy into a company with an even deeper air of mystery about it.
Capitalists hear some Nobel ideas
CBD The Nobel peace prize recipient and banker to the poor, Muhammad Yunus, offered some ideas that may have shocked some guests at a luncheon in Sydney yesterday.
Pepper rumoured to be on the table
CBD Former chief Babcock & Browner Phil Green and his old work buddy, Trevor Loewensohn, appear to be carrying on their love affair with debt in a new way.
Cudeco boss gives an exclusive to China
CBD The executive chairman of Cudeco, Wayne McCrae, seems to like disclosing things to the Chinese state media before he tells the Australian Securities Exchange.
Guidance from the grime fighter
CBD One person who does not have to travel far to register a business is the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's head corporate grime fighter, Tony D'Aloisio.
A bet with Sir Dick, but is there a dress?
CBD Former Qantas high-flyer John Borghetti's new role as the chief executive of Virgin Blue may finally give the airline veteran a chance to resurrect his long-abandoned formula four racing career.
Window on a Gold Coast finance crash
CBD There is now firm evidence to support the theory that the Gold Coast glass repair industry (aside from corporate undertaking) was one of the few sectors to have benefited from the collapse of the...
Australia: a safer place for gougers
CBD It turns out the private equity sector is not so vulturistic when it comes to gouging returns and stripping costs from its Australian investments.
Blood on the tracks for train conductors
CBD The ''cosy duopoly'' Asciano Group enjoys with Dubai Ports on the nation's waterfront does not seem to extend to its Pacific National rail haulage business.
Band of brothers short of temper
CBD The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and the slightly dated pop sensation Bobby Brown are not the only Browns susceptible to mood swings.
King of Crown keeps cards close
CBD Crown Limited's chief executive, Rowen ''Cool Hand'' Craigie, appears to use his time patrolling casino gambling floors to help fine-tune his poker face.
Losses don't take shine off silver lining
CBD Mariner Corp managing director Bill Ireland has not let $122 million of accumulated losses stop him from popping the champagne corks.
GPT has better bad news for investors
CBD The newish head of GPT, Michael Cameron, had good reason to cheer yesterday when his property group reported a vastly improved full-year result.
Fahour leaves Pretty with an ugly mess
CBD Things seem to have been a little stressful lately for Ted Pretty. The former Telstra and Macquarie Group executive replaced Ahmed Fahour as chief executive of the Bahrain-based Gulf Financial House.
ASX puts gender top of the agenda
CBD The Australian Securities Exchange chief executive Robert Elstone has shown that running a bourse is not just about numbers and derivatives. It is also about having a social conscience.
