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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.
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Surfing a wave of obscurity
Adele Ferguson Billabong and TPG are tight-lipped about the fall-out, leaving investors whispering in the dark.
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Dark whispers as Billabong affair veers into farce
Adele Ferguson If it wasn't so serious, the announcement this morning by Billabong that private equity group TPG had pulled out of its non-binding takeover offer, would verge on the farcical.
Adele Ferguson
Battle lines change on television and gaming
Adele Ferguson ACCC decision sets a chain of events in motion that will have profound implications.
Goldman leads lenders in deal to save Nine
Adele Ferguson and Colin Kruger Junior lenders led by Goldman Sachs made a significant concession yesterday in the network's drawn-out debt talks.
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Nine deal scramble - MacKenzie exits board
Adele Ferguson In a bid to stave off receivership at Nine by throwing a bone to the hedge funds, private equity group CVC Asia Pacific has decided to take Adrian MacKenzie off the board of Nine.
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Taxi owners cry foul over proposed reforms
Adele Ferguson The $5 billion taxi industry, state politicians and Cabcharge are waiting with bated breath.
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Taxi industry warns of $500m black hole
Adele Ferguson The $1.8 billion Victorian taxi industry is about to step up its lobbying efforts following the tabling late last week of Allan Fels' final report into overhauling the sector.
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Sorting out the super industry
Adele Ferguson Coalition financial services spokesman Mathias Cormann is expected to table a motion in the Senate today.
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High-stakes game over default fund report
Adele Ferguson Bill Shorten has received a report into one of the most important issues facing the superannuation industry - but he could sit on it until next year.
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New legal threat to Rinehart's billions
Adele Ferguson When it comes to litigation, Gina Rinehart has never been a shrinking violet. In her turbulent journey to become the richest person in the country, she has been both instigator and target, taking on...
New legal threat to Rinehart's billions
Adele Ferguson When it comes to litigation, Gina Rinehart has never been a shrinking violet. In her turbulent journey to become the richest person in the country, she has been both instigator and target, taking on...
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Brokers hope rate cut will raise interest in equities
Adele Ferguson With volumes thinner than ever, stockbrokers are hoping for something to drive investors back into the market.
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Leighton selloff afoot as ACS tightens its grip
Adele Ferguson Leighton Holdings' decision to put its highly profitable telco assets on the block speaks volumes about the changed dynamics between the company, its major shareholder Hochtief and Spain's ACS, which...
Adele Ferguson
Leighton asset sales will hit margins
Adele Ferguson Construction giant Leighton Holdings has put its high margin telecommunications assets for sale at a price believed to be between $500 million and $800 million as it tries to reduce debt and ensure...
Adele Ferguson
Directors sweat over 'two strikes'
Adele Ferguson With the AGM season just weeks away, at least 500 directors are having hot sweats.
Adele Ferguson
Directors sweating the outcome of pay votes
Adele Ferguson With the AGM season just weeks away, directors of listed companies are having hot sweats about the reception of their remuneration reports among investors, particularly those companies which suffered...
Poor returns dog CVC funds
Adele Ferguson, Eric Johnston The shake-up at one of the country's biggest private equity groups, CVC Asia Pacific, is part of a global restructure after its parent, CVC Capital Partners, this week sought to raise cash by selling...
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Economic miracle may soon be over
Adele Ferguson Survey reveals mining boom was going off the boil between March and June.
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Master of the Universe's exit no surprise
Adele Ferguson CVC is a big global private equity player with a reputation that is being hurt by three Australian disasters that Adrian Mackenzie presided over.
