Fully Frank
When the music stops . . .
IF you are a big, troubled company at the moment, you have two choices. Merge or go bankrupt.
Why cry when you can laugh
WHEN times get this tough on world markets, it is time for the jokes to come out. If the alternatives are to laugh or cry, then most people would rather be laughing.
Cleanout leaves market anew
IS there a safe haven on the Australian stock market at the moment? It is too late to ask the wise wimps who have already gone to physical gold or cash.
Brave chief spruiks his nickel
IT IS a brave chief executive that is fronting the investment community at the moment.
Interest rate stealth bomb
IF you think Australia has dodged a bullet from this week's dramatic series of massive US financial collapses and mergers, it could be time to reassess.
Fast lane into the crash fence
ONCE again investing in racing cars has been shown to be a strong predictor of eventual financial failure.
Enchanted by the Black arts
THE Canadian-developed Blackberry is such a huge hit that even John McCain is now claiming some credit.
A gift that fares well with Dr Phil
AS TELSTRA'S main megaphone Phil Burgess slowly finalises his farewells, the competition is really fighting back.
Nintendo plays it profitably
IN A further blow to the ego of the world's investment bankers, the average Nintendo employee produces more money than they do.
Kerry stokes up WAN
KERRY Stokes has once again shown the benefits of persistence by finally grabbing two slots on the West Australian Newspapers board.
Camera, lights, action
JAKE and Elwood Blues had better watch out, an Australian company is trying to curtail their free-wheeling driving techniques.
Iraq not on the menu
THERE hasn't been much good news to report lately. But AWB managing director Gordon Davis was finally able to go on the front foot spruiking the former monopoly wheat exporter at the BBY conference yesterday.
Not fishing for compliments
ISS Group is an unusual Perth company on two counts. It doesn't dig anything up, preferring to sell its acclaimed BabelFish software to companies around the world.
Tycoon feeling flat over flash pad
THAT old rule of buyer beware is yet again being tested in the New York Supreme Court.
The house wins, again
IN ONE of those bizarre awards that will likely end up as a plaque on the Tabcorp boardroom, the gambling giant has been judged the world leader in responsible gambling.
The personnel organiser
PETER Walsh has come a long way since growing up in Sunbury. He's now Oprah Winfrey's organisational expert and a noted author and radio host.
A role model of sorts
IF NEWBIE New South Wales premier Nathan Rees is looking for a role model, he could do worse than Jeff Kennett.
Here, grab this cash
THE stock market is meant to be about raw capitalism but it still loves nothing more than a government rescue.
Aldi takes pride in sundry list
FOLLOWING the controversy over the Government's GroceryChoice website, one of the smaller players has lobbed up some competition of its own.
Power grab gaining Momentum
RENEWABLE energy was furiously changing hands yesterday. First came the news that Tata - the Indian industrial giant behind the tiny Nano car - had grabbed 11 per cent of geothermal pioneer Geodynamics for $44.1 million.
Retailers too slow to connect
AUSTRALIAN retailers need to significantly ramp up their online stores.
Driven to new heights
IT comes as a shock to hear that the company car or ute is one of the most abused pieces of office equipment.
Silver Swan angles it right
ACCORDING to Dr Susan Vearncombe, you make your own luck when you are exploring for minerals.
Worse off with a fall
THE glee and excitement that accompanies every fall in interest rates is a curious thing.
Turner's new cycle
IT SEEMS Graham "Skroo"' Turner is using his lengthy long service leave to good effect.
Funny money: When times get this tough on world markets, it is time for the jokes to come out.
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Powering problem
VICTORIA's promised $3.1 billion desalination plant at Wonthaggi is apparently hitting some fresh problems.
Lehman stirs up brisk trade
FROM the outside, marbled buildings like Lehman Brothers' swish New York head office just ooze solidity.
Spinning a way out of a dive
IT IS not often that a distribution is higher than the share price. But that is the weird scenario confronting potential new owners of BrisConnections units.
Under-a-buck stops here
IT is one of the most difficult tasks in retailing – what do you do when inflation wreaks havoc with the ethos of your company?
Long way to the bottom
MOMENTOUS doesn't quite go far enough to describe what is happening on Wall Street at the moment.
Labor pain eases for WA miners
THERE is nothing like a change of government to cause a uranium rush.
The pits for Indy ace
HE RUNS an Indy car team but don't blink if you see second generation white shoe brigade member Craig Gore driving around with P-plates.
Pioneers are ready to rock
ONE day we may talk about the Otway Basin in the same way as the La Trobe Valley.
Deadline pressure?
EDDY Groves seems to have found the perfect way to stop his company's shares falling -- just suspend them indefinitely.
Westpac set to give burger assets the flip
ONCE again the credit crisis and inability to cheaply re-finance loans is resulting in lots of real life property sales.
Economy's ruthless on toothless
THIS credit crisis is really getting serious -- even the tooth fairy is starting to feel the pinch.
Champers from the deep at $336,000
OUR story last week about using a particle accelerator to date wine has turned up some very expensive bubbly.
Hounded to resignation
THERE are lots of ways and reasons to quit your job. But two fresh directors of boutique Fremantle brewer Oz Brewing have cited one of the strangest.
Zapping out the fake vintages
FAKE vintage wines are a big problem, particularly with the massive prices now being fetched. Which is why nothing short of a particle accelerator has been wheeled out to make sure vintage wines are the real deal.
Accidental bright spark
IN THE movies, lab accidents normally end up producing something like the Incredible Hulk.
US housing slump gets Buffetting
AS you might expect, it hasn't taken the world's richest man long to take advantage of the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
PR minefield at 'Steve's Place'
CAPE Alumina has won the court case, but can they win in the court of public opinion? It is an interesting poser after the potential bauxite miner finally got legal access to land leased by the family of the late Steve Irwin.
Eyeing dark continent's beauty spots
MERYL Streep and Robert Redford starred in the original Out of Africa.
A brew that is out of this world
WITH the weather getting warmer, there are those who already think the taste of beer is out of this world.
Yorkshire pudding has them licked
IT USED to be that the United States was the home of weird ice cream flavours. But the wise retail heads at Harrods have launched a new range of ice creams with "traditional" British flavours.
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