It involved legal shootouts, media cannonfire and plenty of hurt feelings, but one of the wild west's most colourful sagas looks close to an end after KordaMentha flogged off Luke Saraceni's Raine Square development in the Perth CBD.
iSelect will face scrutiny
The successful float of healthcare services group Virtus has created great anticipation for the next cab off the IPO rank - insurance comparison group iSelect.
Financiers lose patience withTinkler
A prop was knocked out from underneath the sprawling empire of troubled businessman Nathan Tinkler on Wednesday.
GVK rejects claim Alpha is 'stranded'
The owner of one of Australia's biggest undeveloped coal deposits has dismissed claims by US-based researchers that it will be unable to develop the $10 billion project.
Haircut for lenders, close shave for Nathan
Nathan Tinkler's main financial backers have cashed in their chips.
Is New News a good news story?
Pre-split trading began quietly and it will take a while to work out where the new vehicle is headed.
Lehman's US arm pulls plug
Local councils that lost millions on investments made through Lehman Brothers have suffered a major setback, after the US arm of the failed bank blocked a deal that would have delivered the investors up to $210 million.
News split has one up, one down
The two separately listed companies of News Corporation had a subdued first day of trading on the ASX before their demerger later this month. Shares in New Newscorp, the newspaper and publishing side of the business, closed 3 per cent lower at $14.55. They started trading at $15 at midday on Wednesday on a conditional and deferred settlement basis.
Rio swings axe in iron ore business
Just one year ago it was dubbed the second-best business on earth.
Transparency 'key' to gas market
The head of one of the largest energy utilities in Australia, EnergyAustralia, has thrown his weight behind the need to boost gas market transparency as the development of several gas export projects in Queensland threatens to drive prices higher.
