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Investors believe a NAB-AXA merger would be bad for the country

11 March 2010

There is concern a tie-up would boost banks' power... read full story

Workplace Nuances

11 December 2008

IT'S a strange beast, workplace culture. It's not mood, it's not management, it's not company history, it's not relationships and it has nothing to do with the business, yet it is powerful and pervasive... read full story

Decision Time For Ahm

8 December 2008

MEMBERS of Wollongong-based Australian Health Management will meet in Sydney today to vote on resolutions to allow the proposed merger with Medibank Private to proceed... read full story

Turnbull Sees Red Over Deficit

25 November 2008

THE brinkmanship over whether the budget should go into deficit increased yesterday when the Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull, declared a slide into the red would be a failure of economic management... read full story

Arrogance Comes Before A Fall

13 November 2008

DEAR door snobs at Sydney bars: I know how hard your job demands are for filtering out people who want to enter the place you work. I also understand why the uppish management you work for has asked you to reject customers based on your moods, their looks and "coolness" (by your standards). After all, image is everything and rejection guarantees some sort of exclusivity to the bars... read full story

Management Contracts Should Never Have Been Kept Secret

23 October 2008

Macquarie has finally capitulated to pressure from the corporate governance lobby and unveiled the management agreements over its satellites... read full story

City Burnt But It's 'time To Move Forward'

10 October 2008

LET'S get on with job. That was the resounding reaction from Wollongong community leaders yesterday in the wake of the Independent Commission Against Corruption report... read full story

A Tough Job For Flamboyant Players Who Resist The Retreating Tide

4 October 2008

As more bad news came from Wall Street this week, out came Warren Buffett investing $US5 billion in the US investment bank Goldman Sachs through his listed company Berkshire Hathaway... read full story

New Club Urged: Get Matthews

7 September 2008

HAVING just walked away from the Brisbane Lions coaching position after a decade in the job, the push has started to get AFL legend Leigh Matthews involved in the fledging Gold Coast Football Club... read full story

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