Short sellers teach ABC a lesson
Shell-shocked ABC Learning boss Eddy Groves lashes out the hedge funds after his company sheds up to 70 per cent of its value. The Australian
Don't give up WAN control to Stokes cheaply: Mansell
West Australian Newspaper Holdings yesterday appealed to shareholders not to be taken in by Kerry Stokes criticism of the publisher, arguing the billionaire wwas trying to disguise an attempt to gain board control of the publisher on the cheap. The West
Woolies in $100m bid to hold down prices
Woolworth is to spend more than $100 million this year trying to hold back the tide of rising food costs as excess global demand threatens to make tightening one's belt more than just a metaphor. The Australian
BP rethinks sell-off of Gorgon gas stake
The surge in global LNG prices has led oil major BP to re-evaluate the future of its 12.5 per cent stake in the gas reserves backing the Gorgon LNG project. The Australian
Palandri judgement reveals new complication in listing plan
The WA Supreme Court has removed a technical obstacle to a planned float by Darrel Jarvis' struggling Palandri wine group amid revelations of yet another commercial complication in its attempts to float on the Australian Securities Exchange.
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Business: West Australian Newspaper Holdings yesterday appealed to shareholders not to be taken in by Kerry Stokes criticism of the publisher, arguing the billionaire wwas trying to disguise an attempt to gain board control of the publisher on the cheap.
The WA Supreme Court has removed a technical obstacle to a planned float by Darrel Jarvis' struggling Palandri wine group amid revelations of yet another commercial complication in its attempts to float on the Australian Securities Exchange.
Futuris Corp' forestry division ITC and Timbercorp have secured a sharply higher benchmark price for certified woodchips sold to Japan in a move likely to bolster profits for both companies.
