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Momentous times for Macquarie Bank
These two stories were sent to Mayne Report subscribers on the day when Macquarie Bank shocked the market by changing CEO. And listen to the discussion about the move with Geraldine Doogue on Radio National.
Feb. 15, 2008
Burrows exits, mission accomplished
This was first sent to Mayne Report subscribers on Thursday night after we made a contribution to an important corporate governance resolution at Fairfax Media. On Tuesday night we announced this Fairfax tilt and by Thursday afternoon Mark Burrows was gone.
By Stephen Mayne, Feb. 1, 2008
The campaign to rid Fairfax of Mark Burrows
The Mayne Report's third tilt at the Fairfax board is coming in 2008 if deputy chairman Mark Burrows intends to stick around for another term. This was first sent to Mayne Report subscribers.
By Stephen Mayne, Feb. 3, 2008
Debt lessons to learn in this wild market
The sharemarket is going through a wild patch, but here at the Mayne Report we've been buying with our ears pinned back whilst predicting doom and gloom for those that have taken on too much debt. Here's a wrap of the situation.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 25, 2008
Lachlan and James take $3bn Aussie media play private
Who would have thought the children of Australia two biggest media empires - the Murdochs and the Packers - would get together and launch a $3 billion takeover bid. Well, it happened today.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 23, 2008
Andrew Peacock's collapsing MFS house of cards
The global credit crunch has claimed another high-profile Australian victim.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 18, 2008
Enough Alumina talk, time for action
This was sent to Mayne Report subscribers on Wednesday night, less than 12 hours before Alumina revealed a surprise profit downgrade, which sent its shares tumbling on Thursday.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 18, 2008
Brian Healey dodges a spray at Incitec Pivot
This is from the Mayne Report subscriber-only edition of December 24.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 7, 2008
Spicing up the Orica AGM
This is from the Mayne Report subscriber only edition of December 24, 2007.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 9, 2008
Is trouble brewing for ABC Learning?
Shares in ABC Learning are on the slide and there is talk of trouble in paradise for CEO Eddie Groves.
By Stephen Mayne, Dec. 26, 2007
The destruction of Centro
The following four stories about Centro were published in Crikey this week and you can also listen to Stephen Mayne's two ABC interviews about the debacle.
Stephen Mayne, Jan. 8, 2008
Campaigning for better shareholder rights
Amid a long history of campaigning, Stephen Mayne's highest priority in 2007-08 is improving the lot of small Australian shareholders.
Jan. 8, 2008
How rich is the chairman of our Dream Team?
John Schubert scored the chairman's gig in our Dream Team board for the following reasons:
Dec. 17, 2007
Drama at the Qantas AGM
The Qantas board deserved a bollocking for urging their shareholders to sell to private equity last year whilst sitting on profit upgrades and they got precisely that from the Mayne Report at the AGM in Melbourne on November 14.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 7, 2008
Action aplenty at the WA News AGM
Stephen Mayne ran for the board of West Australian Newspapers at the AGM in Perth on November 9 and while he wasn't elected, it was certainly the most dramatic WAN AGM we've seen so far. Even WA Premier Alan Carpenter picked up on some of the comments about Brian Burke.
By Stephen Mayne, Feb. 27, 2008
Time for Twiggy and Fortescue to grow up
Fortescue Metals founder and controlling shareholder, Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, is Australia's third richest man so Stephen Mayne, who owns just 5 Fortescue shares, travelled to Perth for the AGM on November 8 to meet the man in person and find out what all the fuss is about.
By Stephen Mayne, Jan. 8, 2008
Woolies tells pokies porkies
The Woolworths AGM on November 16 in Sydney was a good opportunity to put the retailing powerhouse through its paces about pokies, succession planning and even the forthcoming Rudd Government's prices inquiry. But first, look at this disgraceful picture from one of my local pubs.
By Stephen Mayne, Nov. 21, 2007
Belting up on the Gunns cowboys
We gave Gunns plenty of stick at their AGM in Launceston on Thursday as you can see from this piece sent to Mayne Report subscribers early on Friday morning.
