Having friends in the right places can take you a long way. Events in the Middle East are helping to test just how far, and Singapore will be yet another interested observer.
Singapore government
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Australia doesn’t produce too many world leaders, but ABC Learning was one of them. Pugnacious Brisbane Rich Lister Eddie Groves and his wife created the world’s biggest child care company, backed by the Singapore Government as the largest shareholder and complete with former Children’s Minister Larry Anthony on the board.
Who wants to buy Virgin Blue?
The chances of something much bigger than a change in control of Virgin Blue occurring by year’s end are rising after its founding CEO Brett Godfrey told reporters at yesterday’s AGM that he wouldn’t stick around under the”‘wrong” owners, writes Ben Sandilands.
