A PRE-EMPTIVE strike by competition chief Graeme Samuel has put a potential
kink in the $2-billion-plus float plans for share registry group Link Market
Services, and the profit ambitions of stockbroker Austock. The Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission has given a clear
A PRE-EMPTIVE strike by the competition watchdog has put a potential kink in
the $2 billion float plans for the share registry group Link Market Services
and the profit ambitions of its stockbroker, Austock. The Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission indicated it planned to
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Ziman and Timothy Callahan want to raise money in
the equity market after selling their real estate companies for a combined $12
billion before the property crash. Investors may balk at bankrolling their
return. Ziman, former chairman of Arden Realty Inc.,
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel, US President
Barack Obama’s chief of staff, said during the 2008 credit crunch. “It’s an
opportunity to do things that you could not do before.” Somebody should phone
the White House, and ask if Emanuel could be
Somebody should phone the White House, and ask if Emanuel could be flown to
Frankfurt for a few weeks. The euro area and the European Central Bank are now
dealing with what markets are calling the ���PIGS��� crisis: Portugal, Ireland,
Greece and Spain. Sometimes Italy is added to
Trevor Rowe ... looking at an initial public offer for Pie Face later this
year. Illustration: John Shakespeare Rowe is a key shareholder in the Surry
Hills-based franchisor Pie Face, which has started putting the feelers out for
a potential initial public offer later this year. It is
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Udvar-Hazy , who stepped down as chief executive
officer of American International Group Inc .’s plane-leasing unit, has
shopping options as lessors around the world seek to sell planes to reduce
debt. Private-equity groups had backed Udvar-Hazy in an
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Udvar-Hazy , who stepped down as chief executive
officer of American International Group Inc .’s plane-leasing unit, has
shopping options as lessors around the world seek to sell planes to reduce
debt. Private-equity groups had backed Udvar-Hazy in an
The $60-a-share bid, 38 percent higher than Airgas’s closing price yesterday,
follows two approaches that Airgas’s management rejected, Allentown,
Pennsylvania-based Air Products said today in a statement. The offer is worth
about $7 billion after including $1.9 billion in assumed debt, Air
THE former stevedoring heavyweight Chris Corrigan is talking up building a
''junior Patrick'' out of Kaplan Funds Management's key listed vehicle. Four
years after Patrick Corp was bought by Toll Holdings, the Corrigan-backed
Kaplan will also step up its efforts over the next year to turn
Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Ziman and Timothy Callahan want to raise money in
the equity market after selling their real estate companies for a combined $12
billion before the property crash. Investors may balk at bankrolling their
return. Ziman, former chairman of Arden Realty Inc.,
