Billabong shareholders were backed into a corner yesterday with the latest takeover bid. But they'll get out of it better than they might have thanks to the debt-for-equity sale.
Australian Power & Gas stole energy customers from the majors through an aggressive doorknocking campaign -- then sold them back at a premium. For Jim Myatt it was seven years well spent.
Australia's most celebrated playwright has written a new work on the life of the country's most famous son. David Williamson talks to Crikey about capturing the media mogul for the stage.
James Packer won big when Crown was granted a gaming licence for a facility at Barangaroo, but as Crikey's map of the company’s international portfolio shows, there’s plenty more where that came from.
The appointment of Tony Abbott's business adviser to the board of Tigerair has cast doubt on its green credentials. One renewables campaigner says it tarnishes the campaign.
The Iconic is still being hailed as a revolutionary online retailer success story. But its books are in a bad way, with estimates of a $45 million hole the company may not get out of.
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is not making the same mistakes policy-makers made during the 1930s Great Depression, writes Business Spectator commentator Stephen Koukoulas.
Should Labor win the election, Therese Rein may face pressure to dump her Australian business. Governance expert Stephen Bartos asks if 'first lady' is a full-time job -- or is it time to let prime ministerial partners live their own lives?
The Aussie dollar is a villain -- weak or strong. Crikey intern Fergus Hunter runs through what the media whinged about when it was strong, and what they're whingeing about now it's falling in value.
This time, Therese Rein isn't giving up her Australian business interests even if Kevin Rudd remains in the Lodge. Crikey looks at how she built her employment empire -- and why she'll keep it.
