Adele Ferguson
To go like the Kloppers: is it the board walk?
Adele Ferguson Few top 50 chief executives have copped as much flak as BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers.
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Energy white paper handballs 'hard reforms'
Adele Ferguson World peace is something everyone aspires to and yet the world abounds with conflict.
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A Seinfeld moment as NAB chief flags bold plan for bank's revival
Adele Ferguson The bank is looking to identify costs and efficiencies, with one source suggesting it could be up to $1 billion, or 10% of total costs.
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Challenge comes at sensitive time for banks
Adele Ferguson Analysis Macquarie throwing its hat in the retail banking ring comes at a time when competition in the sector is ferocious.
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New ATO chief to be handed big guns to blast tax cheats
Adele Ferguson Boardrooms of corporate Australia to be hit between the eyes with draft legislation.
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Storm ahead for riders of the GFC Apocalypse
Adele Ferguson Credit rating agencies became part of the scourge of the global financial crisis, being called everything from the three horsemen of the Apocalypse to ''key enablers'' of the financial meltdown, with...
Future Fund reveals $500m in extra fees
Adele Ferguson Australia's $80 billion Future Fund has spent almost $1 billion in fees in the past year, which is more than double what was previously disclosed.
Untimely death clouds Banksia probe
Adele Ferguson Former chairman of failed rural lender Banksia Financial Group died in a head-on collision with a truck less than three months before it collapsed owing investors $660 million.
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Untimely death clouds Banksia probe
Adele Ferguson Banksia Financial Group receivers won't be able to interview its former chairman.
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Investors pay price for bank's UK albatross
Adele Ferguson For more than a decade, National Australia Bank has underperformed its big four peers.
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NAB the perennial underperformer
Adele Ferguson NAB's result offers up more disappointments, particularly from its UK business and to a lesser extent its business banking operations.
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Last golden goose may fly the ASX coop
Adele Ferguson The ASX and its boss, Elmer Funke Kupper, are expected to receive a big blow in a couple of months.
Packer slams Echo board for playing the wrong card in casino tussle
Adele Ferguson and Colin Kruger James Packer has hit out at Echo Entertainment, saying it opened the door for Crown to move into Sydney.
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Echo's snub deals Packer a winning hand
Adele Ferguson Hindsight is a wonderful thing but inevitably useless for Echo Entertainment.
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Benchmark for giving begs wealthy to follow
Adele Ferguson October 23 will go down as a monumental day for Worley Parsons co-founder John Grill.
Where the most charitable Australians live
Adele Ferguson Melburnians living in Middle Park spend the most on charity - but if measured as a percentage of their incomes, Australia's most generous live elsewhere.
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Scorch of blowtorch on the big cash splash
Adele Ferguson Put simply, the contract industry is notorious for over-rewarding its executives.
Storm of change: coming soon to TV
Adele Ferguson and Michael Idato A decade ago Australia's three commercial TV networks were described by one fund manager as ''fat bloated grubs'' supported by huge cash flows and huge margins.
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TV isn't broadcasting impressive numbers
Adele Ferguson As feared, ratings for the premiere of the second season of Homeland came in well down.
First Mover
TV no-show for networks that are too slow
Adele Ferguson and Michael Idato The huge audience drop for Homeland raises serious questions about the challenges facing traditional TV.
