The mining and media mogul’s Southern Cross manoeuvring has a certain elegance about it.
It’s been obvious to anyone with eyes how Ryan Stokes and father Kerry Stokes played Southern Cross Media for a bunch of dumb donkeys.
They convinced then-chairman Heith Mackay-Cruise last year to merge with their Seven West Media (publisher of The West Australian ) in an all-scrip transaction notionally worth $417 million. Southern Cross swallowed Seven’s debt, while Ryan and Kerry picked up losses to use later .
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KATHMANDU: A Nepali chess team has departed for Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, to participate in the Western Asian Youth Chess Championship 2026, scheduled to run from October 22 to 31. Raju Tamrakar, spokesperson for the Nepal Chess Federation, bade farewell to the 18-member delegation at Tribhuvan International Airport on Thursday. The team is led by Nita […]
