Adele Ferguson
Executive exodus coincides with paltry profits
Adele Ferguson Marginally better-than-expected earnings have coincided with the departure of high-profile chief executives.
Adele Ferguson
Qantas challenge may become a bumpy ride
Adele Ferguson THE savage domestic airfare war between Qantas and Virgin Australia will continue to play out this year after Qantas boss Alan Joyce sent a clear message to competitors that he would continue to pour...
Gone like the Kloppers: Big Australian takes lame duck off the menu
Adele Ferguson WHEN the BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers joked at a dinner party in December that lame duck was on the menu, he was referring to himself.
It's duck season as profit slides
Adele Ferguson When BHP Billiton boss Marius Kloppers joked at a dinner party in December that lame duck was on the menu, he was referring to himself.
Adele Ferguson
Coca-Cola Amatil empire builder Terry Davis may call last drinks
Adele Ferguson Speculation is rife that the country's biggest soft drink bottler will soon have a new boss.
Adele Ferguson
'Tis the season to be jolly well pleased
Adele Ferguson It is still early days, but the emerging trend is an upgrade of earnings per share for the first time in three years.
Adele Ferguson
Profits welcome but ASX upside has limits
Adele Ferguson An early earnings season trend is emerging: profit forecasts are being upgraded for the first tme in three years. And while investors applaud it, shares won't gain forever.
Adele Ferguson
Swan's delay puts ASX in play
Adele Ferguson The ASX was virtually takeover proof after the government knocked back a 2011 bid.
Swan's delay puts exchange in play
Adele Ferguson Treasurer Wayne Swan's announcement on Monday that he would defer for two years any decision on Australia's clearing and settlement system heralds the start of a long list of decisions to
Bitter battles in what looks to be an ailing market
Adele Ferguson Mass brewers are reviving old beers and marketing to the tribal drinkers of a past generation. Facing them are craft beers and the supermarkets.
Beer wars over as Coles pulls pin on discounts
Adele Ferguson The beer wars are coming to an end and consumers can expect to pay higher prices as the big supermarket chains bring to an end the days of heavily-discounted beer as a loss-leader.
Adele Ferguson
Abbott's top-end plan mines an old resource
Adele Ferguson Tony Abbott might be trying to play down a bombshell, but Gina Rinehart won't be.
Adele Ferguson
Top end tax utopia all right for Rinehart
Adele Ferguson Tony Abbott might be trying to downplay a bombshell "discussion paper" aimed at creating a tax utopia at the top end of Australia but mining magnate Gina Rinehart won't be.
Adele Ferguson
Wal King joins Bumi rebellion
Adele Ferguson It's not often a group of shareholders calls an extraordinary general meeting to topple a board.
Brokers ready to run with the bulls as drought ends
Adele Ferguson, Mark Hawthorne AS FAR as barometers of the financial markets go, Collins Quarter is a hard place to beat. The little bar is located across the road from 101 Collins Street, Melbourne's famous Citadel, a building...
Brokers ready to run with the bulls as drought ends
Adele Ferguson, Mark Hawthorne As far as barometers of the financial markets go, Collins Quarter is a hard place to beat. The little bar is located across the road from 101 Collins Street, Melbourne's famous Citadel, a building...
Profit season a 'reality check' for equities
Adele Ferguson After five years in the wilderness - and a few false starts - the equities market could finally be on the road to recovery, with the reporting season expected to give it a further gee-up, assuming no...
Adele Ferguson
Equities on the rise, but it could be a bumpy ride
Adele Ferguson After five years in the wilderness the equities market could finally be on the road to recovery.
Adele Ferguson
Profit season may spur market rally
Adele Ferguson Expectations for this earnings season aren't huge, but cost cutting and more conservative capital management bode well for a continuation of the market rally.
Adele Ferguson
Flooding puts spotlight on insurance stocks
Adele Ferguson As the country feels its heart in its mouth watching the fallout of the devastating Queensland floods, investors will take a more clinical approach to the disaster on the equities market when it...
