Malcolm Maiden

Minutes reveal RBA in watch-and-wait mode

Malcolm Maiden There's not much in the minutes of the Reserve Bank's October 2 rate-cutting meeting to change the market's perception of where rates are headed.

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Billabong facing heavy weather after TPG exit

Malcolm Maiden It's safe to assume TPG didn't pull its offer because of a hole in Billabong's balance sheet.

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Fahour's strategy wins the stamp of approval

Malcolm Maiden Little room for doubt that Australia Post boss has done what he was asked to do.

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Scalpels out as sickly Nine is wheeled into ER

Malcolm Maiden Nine's debt reconstruction negotiations are rather like one of those emergency hospital ward shows.

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Who passes judgment on RBA actions?

Malcolm Maiden Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens still has some important questions to answer.

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BHP chief enjoys life in his 'princedom'

Malcolm Maiden It is five years now since Marius Kloppers took over as chief executive of BHP Billiton.

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Arguing over the worth of Nine

Malcolm Maiden It's fitting that Nine Entertainment is in the business of selling virtual thrills.

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Fighting the pain of our Big Dollar

Malcolm Maiden The shockingly bad trade deficit result for August shows why everybody including the Reserve Bank wants the Australian dollar to do what it has always done in the past, and follow commodity prices...

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Reserve sees its glass from a different angle

Malcolm Maiden Glenn Stevens said the economy was a glass half-full, yesterday's rate cut reflects a half-empty view.

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Reserve moving to glass-half-empty view

Malcolm Maiden A more bearish view of the domestic and international economy is a thread that runs right through the weave of today's statement.

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More movement likely in local steel group bid

Malcolm Maiden One of the jewels inside Arrium is an Australia-wide steel distribution network.

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POSCO bid just first salvo in fight for Arrium

Malcolm Maiden The scheme of arrangement takeover proposal that Arrium, formerly known as OneSteel, fielded on Friday from the Korean steel-making giant, Posco, and the Hong Kong-based commodities trader Noble...

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Market poised for cut, but only time will tell

Malcolm Maiden If the markets are right, the Reserve Bank will cut its cash rate by a full percentage point over the next year.

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A spin of the wheel and players leave the table

Malcolm Maiden Brett Paton's reasons for quitting the board of Echo Entertainment, the owner of Sydney's Star casino, became clearer yesterday when Echo chairman John O'Neill announced that Echo's chief executive,...

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A spin of the wheel and players leave the table

Malcolm Maiden Brett Paton's reasons for quitting the board of Echo Entertainment, the owner of Sydney's Star casino, became clearer yesterday when Echo's chairman John O'Neill announced that the chief executive,...

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Trends signal of times a'changing

Malcolm Maiden IN BUSINESS, the trend is not always your friend, but it is always what matters most.

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Stakes high for players in Nine's poker game

Malcolm Maiden Apollo and Oaktree, Goldman Sachs and Nine begin talks on Monday to decide if the television group gets new owners.

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Nine's debt collectors locked in a stand-off

Malcolm Maiden The US hedge funds Apollo and Oaktree, investment bank Goldman Sachs and Nine Entertainment begin talks on Monday and Tuesday that will decide whether the television group gets new owners quickly or...