Elizabeth Knight
Elizabeth Knight comments on companies, markets and the economy.
Elizabeth Knight
Packer looks a winner as Echo director walks
Elizabeth Knight Despite having played an integral part in the push to install John O'Neill to the chairmanship of Echo Entertainment, fellow director Brett Paton this week resigned his board seat after what those in...
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Little left to pick over on woodchipper's carcass
Elizabeth Knight It's Goodbye, Mr Chips, for Tasmania's biggest public company and one of its largest employers. Step back five years in time and Gunns was a stock that investors were regularly advised to buy because...
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Falling woodchip prices fell Gunns
Elizabeth Knight It's a great day for environmentalists but a very ugly moment for the shareholders and bankers who have funded the controversial forestry business Gunns.
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Suitor balks at Billabong
Elizabeth Knight Whatever is lurking in Billabong's accounts or prospects was enough to frighten Bain.
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Stating the retailing obvious
Elizabeth Knight It's hard to understand why David Jones would hire property experts to confirm what everyone already knew.
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Miner's recovery turns tables on short-sellers
Elizabeth Knight There were plenty of investors in Fortescue who lost a lot of money yesterday - not because the share price fell but because it rose by a massive 17 per cent.
A 'dinosaur' fights back in web age
Elizabeth Knight Retail baron Gerry Harvey scoffs at the tag thrown at him by so-called experts, declaring he is still switched on and determined to turn his business around.
Forrest's bold plan to save his empire
Michael West and Elizabeth Knight Fortescue Metals Group chief hoped to stitch up a suite of asset sales to save his empire.
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Stokes channel surfs, to what end?
Elizabeth Knight Kerry Stokes has leverage over News Ltd and James Packer, but not as much as he had last week, thanks to the competition regulator.
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Stoush puts spotlight on the grey market
Elizabeth Knight Cosmetics is a major battleground between online only and traditional retailing.
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Flash or fixture? Iron ore miners pin hopes on price recovery
Elizabeth Knight The 6.7% jump in China's iron ore import prices will be welcomed by mining shareholders but may not signal a lasting turnaround.
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Kloppers caught in crosshairs
Elizabeth Knight Whether it is fair or not the reality is that the managers of Australia's major miners need to justify their jobs.
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Emirates deal a positive for Qantas
Elizabeth Knight The guessing game about the tie-up between Qantas and Emirates could be over today.
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When the bull goes bear, the boom is done
Elizabeth Knight When Fortescue Metals starts to pull in its investment horns it is a sure sign that the boom has derailed.
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Wesfarmers still has room to improve
Elizabeth Knight The glass-half-full take on Wesfarmers is that its return on capital is still below long-stated aims.
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For Goyder, cheap is cheerful
Elizabeth Knight Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder reckons poor consumer sentiment is completely understandable and rational. It can also be profitable.
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Echo's numbers just a sideshow as suitors wait
Elizabeth Knight Echo Entertainment put out underwhelming earnings but investors just shrug it off.
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Echo Entertainment in a sweet spot
Elizabeth Knight Echo Entertainment, the owner of Star casino in Sydney and Jupiters on the Gold Coast, is in something of a sweet spot - it can put out underwhelming earnings but investors just shrug it off.
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Revenues downwardly mobile
Elizabeth Knight Optus is the first of the Australian operators to make the call that revenue from the mobile telephony industry has peaked and is moving into decline.
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JB Hi-Fi's lack of bad news a positive
Elizabeth Knight The market is so negative about the performance that just producing profit fall in line with guidance pushed shares up.
