Stokes takes back seat as Seven Group raises $500 million

Stokes takes back seat as Seven Group raises $500 million

The latest capital raising that will reduce billionaire Kerry Stokes’ grip on the company,help Seven pay down its debt and potentially fuel more acquisitions.

  • bySarah Danckert

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Payday:How Australia tamed the Google gorilla

Payday:How Australia tamed the Google gorilla

It’s raining Google dollars in Australian media land. Whether it’s a drenching or a light shower depends on who you talk to,but it’s way more generous than publishers overseas have managed to negotiate.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Boral inks $1.43b deal,but insists'no fire sale'of US assets

Boral inks $1.43b deal,but insists'no fire sale'of US assets

Boral is likely to put some of its US assets up for sale next year,but chief executive Zlatko Todorcevski says they won't be sold at bargain basement prices.

  • byDarren Gray
Seven Group Holdings investor backs its Boral play

Seven Group Holdings investor backs its Boral play

Seven Group shareholder Martin Currie has endorsed the group's hefty stake in Boral,saying Seven would boost Boral's performance and deliver effective scrutiny.

  • byDarren Gray
Boral chair to retire,Seven pulls board nominee after investor backlash

Boral chair to retire,Seven pulls board nominee after investor backlash

Building materials giant Boral has buckled under pressure from activist shareholders,with its chairman Kathryn Fagg to retire from the board next year.

  • byDarren Gray
Boral doubles down on decision to appoint Seven Group directors

Boral doubles down on decision to appoint Seven Group directors

Boral's defence of its decision to appoint two executives from Kerry Stokes'Seven Group to its board has failed to placate activists shareholders.

  • byDarren Gray
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Activist shareholders question Boral board appointments

Activist shareholders question Boral board appointments

Activist shareholders in building materials giant Boral have questioned the appointment of two executives from Kerry Stokes'Seven Group to its board.

  • byDarren Gray
Stokes'Seven Group cements hold on Boral with two board seats

Stokes'Seven Group cements hold on Boral with two board seats

Ryan Stokes is taking one of the two board seats Seven Group has been offered at the building materials group.

  • byColin Kruger
Seven Group takes step closer to a seat at the Boral table

Seven Group takes step closer to a seat at the Boral table

Seven Group has moved a step closer to board representation at building materials giant Boral,after the company lifted its stake in Boral to 19.98 per cent.

  • byDarren Gray
Seven's Stokes fears China trade stoush could spill to mining sector

Seven's Stokes fears China trade stoush could spill to mining sector

Seven Group Holdings boss Ryan Stokes says he is worried the escalating trade stoush between China and Australia could destabilise mining companies.

  • byDarren Gray
Seven's multiplying dramas to reduce debt

Seven's multiplying dramas to reduce debt

Seven West chief executive James Warburton seems to be making some headway in reducing the network’s monstrous $541.5 million debt.

  • bySamantha Hutchinson andStephen Brook