Sol Trujillo

It's the time in the market, not market timing

If you held your nerve when the Australian share market hit bottom in March 2009 and bought shares or retained your holdings, you could be a winner.

Many happy returns, annual bonuses … and other taxing issues

CBD It's not easy keeping a diary for a quarter of a century.

The winners and losers of 2009 are …

WINNERS Executive remunerationExecutive and director pay packets proved extremely resilient, despite the plummeting sharemarket and what was arguably the worst year for the global economy since Bing...

The naughty Noughties

Perhaps it is fitting that the first decade of this new millennium began and ended with the free enterprise system unsure whether it was facing the beginning of the end, or a hiccup on the way to new...

How mo will they go for Thodey?

CBD Telstra's chief executive, David Thodey, does not appear to have the same crowd-pulling skills as his Government-bashing predecessor Sol Trujillo.

Bill to allow vote on golden handshakes passed

Ari Sharp SHAREHOLDERS will soon have the right to vote on any golden handshakes worth more than a year's pay after Parliament passed the Government's executive termination bill.

Holly off the deck as Telstra shuffles chairs

Collins & Spencer Telstra has been making much of its executive changes as new boss David Thodey moves the deckchairs.

Coalition calamity eases concern over carve-up

Ian Verrender Communications Minister Stephen Conroy might be grateful for a delay in the Telstra debate in the Senate.

Conroy can relax as hot air obscures phone bill

Ian Verrender The rising temperature over Capital Hill and the scheming, trading and emissions emanating from a Federal Opposition intent on destroying itself has helped obscure what was to be one of the most...

NBN battle goes down to the wire

Dan Oakes Leading telco analyst says Telstra's ability to compete with the NBN by using wireless is much greater than first thought.

Telstra to sell SouFun Holdings stake

Telstra says it will sell down its 51% stake in Chinese real estate website business SouFun Holdings, when the business floats on the Hong Kong stock exchange.

Telstra's nearly man to head out the door

Matt O'Sullivan TELSTRA'S two-time aspirant for the top job, David Moffatt, has quit after eight years at the company, raising the possibility that other long-time senior executives may follow suit.

Lapping it up: fat cats earn more than enough for two lifetimes

Jessica Irvine YOU could work every day of your life, for two lifetimes, and still earn less than what Australia's top executives are paid in one year.

Telco refuses to budge on pay as strikes loom

Ben Schneiders TELSTRA faces a campaign of strikes and other industrial action from thousands of employees, starting from tomorrow, after talks with a key union failed to settle a long running pay dispute.

Hands off, say Telstra investors

Dan Oakes TELSTRA'S small shareholders have urged the company to fight what one called ''the theft of our assets by an autocratic, temporary government'', and at the same time berated its chairman, Catherine...

Be afraid - you're in the 'New Normal'

CBD Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly helped push along a new term for art historians and philosophers to ponder yesterday by characterising the current age as the New Normal.

Fight for our assets: Telstra shareholders

Dan Oakes Shareholders urge Telstra to fight 'theft of our assets by an autocratic, temporary Government'.

Macquarie tipsters add to the scoreline

CBD Macquarie Group 2, Steve Keen 0. Australia's top Doomsday economist has failed his latest prediction, having already lost his bet with the Macquarie pundit Rory Robertson about the direction of house...

Missing forms upset Myer float parade

CBD One essential piece of paperwork has been left out of the glossy prospectus flaunting the retailer Myer's planned $2.3 billion initial public offering.