Bridget Carter, The Australian

Bridget Carter

The Australian

Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Category: News

Conductor accused of sex abuse 12:00amWill PaviaNew York’s Metropolitan Opera is investigating claims against James Levine, one of the world’s most celebrated conductors. Twins now bitcoin billionaires 12:00amCallum JonesThe Winklevoss brothers, who got $65m from Facebook after claiming Zuckerberg stole their idea, cash in on cryptocurrency. Hardware builds Metcash profit 11:48pmPetrina… → Read More

$17m each for Dick Smith deal-makers

ANCHORAGE Capital Partners sold its 20 per cent holding in Dick Smith on the public market last night in what marks the final chapter of a highly lucrative deal that has seen the private ­equity firm more than quadruple its money. → Read More

Death crash company McAleese fined for truck breaches

TROUBLED transport group McAleese has been fined $440,900 for registration and safety breaches by its fleet following a fatal tanker crash involving one of the company’s vehicles. → Read More

Lorna Jane race narrows

Private equity firms drop out of running for fitness fashion retailer. → Read More

Hutchison in bid to end ports duopoly

Hutchison Ports to hold talks with International Container Terminal Services on an east coast JV. → Read More

Malaysian fund invests heavily in Healthscope

Employees Provident Fund emerges as one of the largest investors in the Healthscope IPO. → Read More

Strong interest in John Holland unit

Leighton's construction business receives interest from Spanish, French and Chinese companies. → Read More

GE puts Worsley plant on market

Major infrastructure investors show interest in buying GE's $1.2bn Worsley Alumina power plant. → Read More

Adani Group overhauls local empire

Indian mining giant Adani Group is mulling a selldown of its $2bn Abbot Point coal port. → Read More

GE looks to offer power plant IPO

The $1.2bn Worsley power plant in WA, linked to a BHP alumina refinery, positioned for a float. → Read More

Investment banks vie for $1bn defence housing study

CIMB, Lazard, Rothschild and Macquarie among the banks to lodge scoping study submissions. → Read More

US billionaire’s son buys into WA miner

The son of US billionaire Charles Schwab will outlay at least $2m for a stake in Western Mining Network. → Read More

Devine rises as takeover looms

Residential developer hires Goldman Sachs as its adviser after attracting takeover interest. → Read More

Privatising assets for roads, rail ‘viable’

Robert Milliner throws support behind a move to privatise billions of dollars of public assets. → Read More

Private equity firms eye oil, gas

KKR, Carlyle and TPG among the groups interested in Australian oil and gas sector. → Read More

3P does homework ahead of float

The owner of Mathletics ready to capitalise on the trend of schools migrating from textbooks to online resources. → Read More

PAS chief unfazed by early stock struggle

Eric Morris admits sharemarket debut of PAS Group was a big disappointment, but remains confident in long-term future. → Read More

Leighton to cash in with sell-off

Leighton Holdings may reap billions from potential sale of up to a quarter of its overall operations. → Read More

Hochtief tightens grip on Leighton

Marcelino Fernandez Verdes to take on role of executive chairman as well as CEO. → Read More

Banks test buyers on $100bn asset sale

Investment banks launch preliminary discussions with potential buyers of NSW power assets. → Read More