The three most important words in this morning’s stellar Qantas half yearly financials mightn’t be “profits up 73%”, but “alternative ownership options,” writes Ben Sandilands.
Temasek holdings
Tiger Airways sweating over delayed domestic debut
Tiger Airways’ domestic debut this Friday is coming down to the wire, writes Ben Sandilands.
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.
Selling the farm to Singapore. And China. And Dubai
The Singapore and Chinese Governments are continuing to show a remarkable appetite for high profile global investments after agreeing to stump up more than $20 billion to become the largest shareholders in leading British bank Barclays to help funds its takeover of Dutch rival ABN Amro.
