While Don Argus enjoyed a stellar career as CEO of NAB during the 1990s, his career as a director has been mixed, writes Adam Schwab.
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Gilbertson’s foresight vindicated by BHP’s Rio move
One man who couldn’t help but feel more than a little vindicated following BHP’s long awaiting move on Rio is former Billiton boss, Brian Gilbertson, who was sacked by BHP Chairman, Don Argus, in early 2003 after going behind the board’s back and approaching Rio regarding a merger, writes Adam Schwab.
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Falling commodity prices give BHP the jitters
The falling copper price, now at seven month lows, should really be injecting a note of reality into the share prices of both BHP and Rio Tinto, regardless of the merger proposal, writes Glenn Dyer.
Truth the first casualty in the proposed BHP-Rio merger
Amid the excitement of BHP’s long awaited proposal to RIO, it probably wouldn’t hurt for investors and commentators to take a leaf out of Kevin Rudd’s playbook and take a “cold shower” before heaping hyperbole on the mooted deal, writes Adam Schwab.
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Is Richard Pratt Australia’s corporate Houdini?
While Richard Pratt rummages through Visy’s petty cash tin to come up with $38 million, those with long memories will know this isn’t Pratt’s first corporate escape. Pratt’s role in the infamous BHP-Elders transaction is one which warrants further explanation, writes Adam Schwab.
BHP stuffed? Who’s right, Kloppers or Costello?
Monday’s glittering tax cuts overshadowed any number of interesting figures and forecasts tucked away in the Treasury’s mid-year economic and fiscal outlook - things like the prediction that BHP is going to be stuffed in three years’ time, writes Michael Pascoe.
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So members of the Exclusive Brethren don’t vote? … a poor understanding of basic economics … cave dwelling over BHP … Peter Garrett. MIA … there is no left, just 2 variations on right …
Nice profit BHP, shame about the environment
The coverage of BHP’s profits fails to make this connection and fails to ask a very basic question: if climate change is such a threat, then why is it good that BHP continues to mine and export even more coal and other climate-changing products?
