http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/the-australian-economy-is-all-over-the-shop/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/11/the-australian-economy-is-all-over-the-shop/#comment-566 Geoff Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-566 If self-funded retiree shareholders' dividends are reduced from multi-billion dollar earnings operations due to a drop in annual profit then the companies-concerned directors might find a level of scorn that will not be able to be ignored. The annual regatta to show which of the "big 4" has done the best job means nothing other than to the ego of the combatants. If self-funded retiree shareholders’ dividends are reduced from multi-billion dollar earnings operations due to a drop in annual profit then the companies-concerned directors might find a level of scorn that will not be able to be ignored. The annual regatta to show which of the “big 4” has done the best job means nothing other than to the ego of the combatants.

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