A few reasons why we should look at the Woolworths' profits results with a sceptical eye. By Crikey founder Stephen Mayne.

• Business,
• economy,
• woolworths,
• retail,

Despite the change of government, it would appear that the carbon club remains in control of the peak business body for CEOs, writes Stephen Mayne.

• economy-business,
• carbon-club,
• carbon-emisson-trading

Swiss investment banking giant UBS has long been the preferred adviser to Babcock & Brown and they have pocketed well over $50 million in fees, writes Stephen Mayne.

• economy-business,
• babcock-and-brown,
• ubs

The CEO of Challenger Financial is gone, turning the spotlight again onto executive remuneration, writes Stephen Mayne.

The AWB EGM on constitutional reform in Melbourne yesterday was an extraordinary affair, writes Stephen Mayne.

While Phil Green and Babcock provided cover, Oz Minerals yesterday quietly announced one of the most disgraceful ex gratia payments ever seen by an ASX company, writes Adam Schwab.

• Economy-business,
• oxiana,
• babcock-and-brown,
• owen-hegerty

How on earth can a company now capitalised at just $681 million and already saddled with more than $1 billion in debt, finance a $2 billion pulp mill? Writes Stephen Mayne.

• gunns,
• gunns-limited,
• john-gay,
• state-of-tasmania,
• pulp-mill

Which suits play where doesn’t really matter too much when you’re dealing with $50 billion in debt and a crisis of investor confidence, writes Stephen Mayne.

• babcock-and-brown,
• phil-green

Babcock & Brown is dead as a fund manager. The questions remains, what can be salvaged from its asset sales? By Crikey Founder Stephen Mayne.

Now you can vote for the candidate best suited to lead Australian Liberals back to the Treasury benches.