Fortescue backs out of shale gas deal
Peter Ker Fortescue Metals Group has terminated a proposed deal that would have seen the company diversify into Western Australian shale gas.
Billabong shares soar as rival bidder emerges
Peter Ker Billabong shares jump on news that a second bidder has joined the race to acquire the surfwear company.
New bidder joins race for Billabong International
Peter Ker A SECOND bidder has joined the race to acquire Australian surfwear company Billabong International, with an American consortium led by the manufacturer of Lee Jeans matching a takeover bid lodged in...
Rival US suitor runs eye over Billabong
Peter Ker A second bidder has joined the race to acquire Australian surfwear company Billabong.
Media blamed for enabling damaging hoaxes
Peter Ker A number of ASX-listed companies believe the media is having too much influence on markets.
Whitehaven a siren call for a host of hoaxes
Peter Ker With his untamed beard, radical politics and makeshift home in the scrub, Jonathan Moylan shapes as an unlikely participant in the pinstriped world of the sharemarket.
Pressure builds on ASX to reverse hoax trades
Peter Ker, Mark Hawthorne Traders who lost money in this week's $314 million market manipulation should have their money returned, according to a corporate law expert who previously served as the stock exchange's manager of...
ASIC fails to reach Whitehaven hoaxer
Peter Ker Anti-coal activist Jonathan Moylan remained at his bush camp in NSW on Tuesday.
Cutifani joins Anglo American
Peter Ker Australian mining executive assumes top job at one of the world's biggest miners.
ASIC yet to make contact with hoaxer
Peter Ker The man whose hoax temporarily wiped $314 million off the value of Whitehaven Coal is yet to speak with ASIC despite multiple calls from the corporate watchdog.
Whitehaven joins ASIC to fight hoax
Peter Ker and Ben Cubby Whitehaven Coal has joined Australia's corporate watchdog in investigating the potential for legal recourse against the man whose hoax temporarily wiped more than $314 million off the value of the...
How a hoaxer created sharemarket havoc
Peter Ker and Ben Cubby One young man sitting in a forest used a laptop and a mobile phone to temporarily wipe more than $314 million off the value of Nathan Tinkler's Whitehaven Coal on Monday morning.
Environmentalist's hoax triggers $314m Whitehaven share price fall
Peter Ker and Ben Cubby ONE young man sitting in a forest used a laptop and a mobile phone to temporarily wipe more than $314million from the value of Nathan Tinkler’s Whitehaven Coal on Monday morning.
ASIC to look into Whitehaven hoax
Peter Ker and Ben Cubby Australia’s corporate watchdog has begun enquiries into the hoax which rocked local markets today and temporarily wiped more than $314 million off the value of Whitehaven Coal.
Hoax press release sparks Whitehaven plunge
Ben Cubby and Peter Ker A hoax press release has wiped more than $314m off the value of Nathan Tinkler's Whitehaven Coal, in a stunt that has forced the company into a trading halt.
Dividends an insight into Rinehart empire
Peter Ker and Ben Butler Dividend payments of more than $12 million flowed to the billionaire's and her family trusts in 2011.
Rinehart finally reveals Hancock finances
Peter Ker and Ben Butler Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart's long battle to avoid scrutiny of her company, Hancock Prospecting, has ended, after two long-overdue annual reports were filed to the ASIC on Christmas Eve.
Iron ore sets trade record as price recovers
Peter Ker Australia's iron ore miners are set to cash in on rebounding prices, with statistics suggesting record amounts of the bulk commodity were shipped during December.
Miners to reap reward from iron ore jump
Peter Ker Australian miners are set to cash in on the resurgent iron ore price, with new statistics showing that a record volume of the commodity was exported out of Port Hedland in December.
Mining supremo brings wealth of resources to cricket
Peter Ker Long before he was Rio Tinto's main man in Australia, David Peever was top of the list at another proud institution.
