Kerry Stokes is one of Australia's wealthiest and most private business leaders, but that has changed with the release of two biographies in two years. However conspicuous gaps in what we know about his deals and erstwhile partners remain.
Business leader Kerry Stokes says the Western Australian economy is heading for its toughest period in two decades, but expects the state will resume healthy growth within a couple of years.
Nexus Energy shareholders have rejected Seven Group Holdings' $26.6 million takeover after the final proxy voting results were confirmed late yesterday.
Cash-strapped oil and gas company Nexus Energy has warned shareholders it will likely be forced into administration if a planned takeover by Seven Group Holdings fails to win approval.
SPECIAL REPORT: The state's major builders appear unfazed to be operating in what's considered among Western Australia's most competitive and closely monitored business sectors.
Seven Group Holdings has lodged a 42 per cent reduction in revenue for the first half of the 2014 financial year, as a difficult and challenging market for its industrial services divisions took it
Seven Group Holdings chief executive Don Voelte has stepped down from his role as chairman of oil and gas junior Nexus Energy, saying the position was no longer appropriate as Seven Group eyes opportunities in the oil and gas sector.
Former WesTrac chief executive Jim Walker is set to step up to the role of chairman at Macmahon Holdings, replacing incumbent chair Ken Scott-Mackenzie who will retire next month.
Mining services company Boart Longyear has taken the unusual step of awarding its recently appointed chief executive Richard O'Brien a US$5 million cash grant.
CBH Group chief executive Andrew Crane has been appointed a member of Australia's B20 Leadership Group, a private sector consortium that produces policy recommendations for international finance leaders for the annual G20 Leaders Summit in Brisbane next year.
Former federal resources minister Martin Ferguson has joined the board of trustees of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Institute.
Calibre Group and Seven Group Holdings have appointed new chief financial officers today, with both being former executives at engineering contractor Downer EDI.
Health insurer HBF has completed a deal, foreshadowed earlier this year, to purchase and move into one of the new Kings Square office towers, relocating its 600-strong staff from its existing offic
When the chief executive of an ASX-listed company is getting paid an annual salary of only $110,000, it's a sure sign that money is tight. But not for all, as Business News' quarterly CEO salary survey reveals.
The new-found restraint characterising chief executive salaries has not extended to Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings, which has announced that new boss Don Voelte could earn $7.2 million each yea
Kerry Stokes' Seven Group Holdings says WesTrac will slash 350 jobs as difficult conditions in the resources sector take their toll on the mining equipment distributor.
Don Voelte has been appointed as chief executive officer of Seven Group Holdings, the Sydney-based investment group that holds a 38% stake in Seven West Media, and owns industrial equipme
The value of shares held by some of the biggest names in mining have slumped along with the companies they lead, but there are pockets of good news in what has been a tough year on the markets.
Seven West Media has reported a large rise in its reported profit but pro forma accounts that adjust for last year's merger of West Australian Newspapers and Seven Media Group show a downturn in th
WITH some experienced campaigners suggesting the current mergers and acquisitions market is the worst they have ever seen, there is plenty of finger pointing to overly exuberant deals of the past f
Seven Group Holdings has reported a steep decline in first-half net profit as a strong rise in earnings from its WesTrac equipment business was offset by a write down in the value of its stake in S
In a year when big deals were few and far between, the $4 billion acquisition by the Kerry Stokes-controlled WA Newspapers Holdings to buy most of his other media assets was something of a standout
Seven Group Holdings has upped its takeover bid for National Hire Group, after its initial offer of $3.00 per share was rejected by the target's major shareholder, Tasmania-based Caterpillar dealer
Seven Group Holdings has launched an off-market takeover bid to acquire the remaining interest it does not already hold in National Hire Group, parent company of the Coates Hire and Allight equipme
Perth's leasing market is the tightest in Australia, and with talk of a major new office tower, property analysts are warning tenants need to move now to take advantage of the city's next major construction cycle.
