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Temperature rises in Bill Express grilling

Collins & Spencer The public examination of the $250 million collapse of Bill Express is heating up, and not just in the courtroom.

eBay scammers foiled by fake golf clubs

Collins & Spencer The ringleader of a global scam selling fake goods on eBay has been jailed for five years, but one of Australia's most famous companies is still dealing with the aftermath of the scam.

It's all Swahili to the V Australia PR mill

Collins & Spencer V Australia's PR people confuse South Africa with Tanzania.

CFO: Bill Express a 'train wreck' in waiting

Collins & Spencer Former Bill Express chief financial officer Mark Lichtenstein has admitted the company's accounts were 'a train wreck waiting to happen', and told a public examination into the $250 million collapse...

Food for thought at ASIC Summer School

Collins & Spencer The 15th ASIC Summer School ends in Melbourne today, and the team at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been pondering some heady subject matter.

Hollywood ending to Myer chief's ticket tiff

Collins & Spencer According to the urban myth, there was a stoush between Myer boss Bernie Brookes and music promoter Andrew McManus.

Errant email mania chokes the inboxes

Collins & Spencer Another week, another email gaffe for corporate Australia.

Bad news: investors don't like Fridays

Collins & Spencer Any followers of listed companies will be familiar with the concept of 'bad news Friday'.

Greenland shareholder digs hole for itself

Collins & Spencer six months have passed since listed Greenland Minerals & Energy tucked one of the more remarkable bits of corporate news for 2009 near the back of a financial report.

Former Thundering Herder joins Austock

Collins & Spencer The boardroom at Austock's Melbourne headquarters is known as 'the graveyard' for a reason.

Hummer bummer. That's stretching it a tad

Collins & Spencer A court must decide one of life's mysteries: Is a Hummer a luxury vehicle?

Too many crooks spoil the company broth

Collins & Spencer If you believe the nation's television schedulers, cooking is the new rock'n'roll - but for corporate Australia, cooking the books doesn't lag far behind.

Sex spray empire facing stiff opposition

Collins & Spencer The controversial Advanced Medical Institute, and its claims of being able to cure male sexual dysfunction, have long been on the radar of the consumer watchdog.

Pillar takes Fahour to task for delayed post

Collins & Spencer Ahmed Fahour has barely warmed his seat after taking over as postmaster, but he's already getting some grief from his old employer.

CBio floats; payroll plush for executives

Collins & Spencer It was one of the floats that was meant to herald the end of the financial gloom, but CBio plunged into darkness.

Liquidators in dark over $250m black hole

Collins & Spencer It's not often $250 million vanishes from the books of a listed company.

Edelsten at the top of UBS shopping list

Collins & Spencer It has been a big year for Geoffrey Edelsten. Newly married, back on the social scene, operator of a charity and, we can report, doing rather nicely on the business front.

Administrator liquidated for 18 months

Collins & Spencer An investigation by the corporate plod has resulted in high-profile accountant Dean McVeigh being banned from acting as a voluntary administrator or liquidator.

Web wars: Bolton's Bottle sued for $2.6m

Collins & Spencer Another year, another legal battle for Nicholas Bolton, although this time he seems to have been left holding the bag for a deal gone wrong.