AAP Alumina Ltd, minority partner of the Alcoa World Alumina & Chemicals (AWAC) group, has blamed the global financial crisis after revealing a $26 million net loss in 2009. The company said it made a net loss of $26 million, and an underlying loss after tax of $2 million. But

Mr Uechtritz, who led a private equity consortium to seize control of the retailer in 2000 and then steered its successful public float in 2004, said he would step down in July or August, to be replaced by his close colleague, the present chief operating officer, Terry Smart. News of his exit

Harvey Norman reported yesterday that sales for the six months to December 31 were $3.27 billion against $3.15 billion in the previous corresponding period, representing a lift of 4%. The shares closed down 10 cents, or 2.7 %, at $3.62. Although the company said sales for the month

Filings lodged with the corporate regulator show Dimbulu paid a $14.6 million dividend in 2009 to its only shareholder, a private company controlled by Ian Norman and his wife Shirley. Mr Norman, who remains a non-executive director of Harvey Norman and its second-largest shareholder with a