This Month
Investors are turning to the safest of assets for Trump-era security
From retail investors to Wall Street’s top fund managers, the biggest move to cash since the pandemic is on after a month of dramatic market volatility.
November 2019
Global blue chips continue to deliver
Stocks such as SAP, Apple, Nike, JPMorgan, Microsoft and Nestle have all outperformed the MSCI World Index this year as investors flock to quality names.
January 2015
Gas industry in shock, braces for write-downs
A wave of write-downs, project delays and job losses is looming across Australia’s battered oil and gas sector, which has been forced into crisis mode as oil prices plummet to levels not seen for almost six years.
December 2014
Politicians’ afterlife in business often not so heavenly
As stereotypes go, politicians are only considered marginally more trustworthy those in big business. So putting the two together should be a match made in heaven.
October 2014
Industrial users no gas victims
The most disturbing aspect of Grattan Institute‘s latest study into the Australian gas industry is the repeated claim that imminent prices rises have caught business big and small by stunned surprise.
May 2014
Farmer turns against Santos coal-seam gas project
A Narrabri farmer says he has been converted from a 100 per cent supporter of the Pilliga gas project to a 100 per cent opponent by what he describes as the developer’s ‘mind numbing’ spin.
March 2014
Santos struggles to win hearts
Matthew Stevens | So far three Coonamble farmers have been arrested at Santos drilling blockades.
January 2014
Santos fined for Pilliga coal seam gas spills
Santos has escaped with a $52,500 fine for failing to report salt water spills from its Pilliga coal seam gas operations in NSW, a fraction of the $1 million maximum potential penalty.
December 2013
Gas play Tamboran drafts US boss to help with IPO
Tamboran Resources, the unconventional exploration play of Eastern Star Gas founder Pat Elliott, is getting its float plans back on track, with a potential $200 million to $300 million IPO pencilled in for mid-2014.
May 2013
New hero for naked noggins
Good news for the follicularly challenged: soon Shane Warne can part ways with Advanced Hair Studios and the Channel 9 make-up department won’t be applying Kiwi shoe polish to the noggins of Karl Stefanovic and yours truly.
April 2012
Greek bandage brings relief as stocks rally
With a full bandage on the Greek debt replacing the bandaids that previously failed to cover the wound, traders had some relief as markets rallied.
January 2012
Avoid CSG and LNG, says Moelis & Co
Moelis & Co hasn’t been too excited about coal seam gas and LNG; that was confirmed today as reiterated an ‘Avoid’ recommendation on the sector.
December 2011
NSW:Claims CSG is polluting Murray Darling
Coal seam gas water containing dangerous levels of ammonia, methane and cyanide is finding its way into the Murray Darling Basin, environmental groups say.
November 2011
Santos pledges tough rules for Narrabri CSG
Updated | Mining giant Santos has told a NSW parliamentary inquiry into the coal seam gas industry that it will subject its project application in Narrabri in the state’s north to tough new planning rules.
October 2011
Index newbies will be toasting if it’s cheers to Foster’s
Some bankers may be saying deals are thin on the ground, but announced mergers and acquisitions are set to reshape the benchmark indices.
Eastern Star Gas (ESG)
The NSW coal seam gas player and takeover target was one of the top performers on the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index in the September quarter, boosted by Santos’ bid for the company.
August 2011
Santos rules out raising Eastern Star bid
Santos chief executive David Knox has ruled out raising his scrip-based takeover offer for Eastern Star Gas, despite the slide in the value of the bid since it was announced last month.
July 2011
Santos fulfils long-held ambition
Santos could have waited to swoop on Eastern Star Gas. But the target did enough to irritate its strategic shareholder into action.
NSW imposes tougher coal seam gas rules
New coal and coal seam gas (CSG) mining licence applications in NSW will be subject to tougher rules once a 60-day moratorium on new permits ends.
NSW cracks down on coal, CSG licensing
All new coal and coal seam gas mining licence applications in NSW will be subject to tough new rules once the 60-day moratorium on new licences ends on Saturday.