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The clock is winding down on the corporate career of a leading figure in corporate Australia for the past two decades, after Peter Smedley announced he will step down as chairman of Arrium in 12 months' time.

Qantas chief Alan Joyce can't say that the relentless airline price and capacity war in which it has engaged with Virgin will push the airline into a loss in the 2014 year, but nor can he say that it won't.

Comparison site iSelect has suffered a first strike against its remuneration report despite it urging shareholders to see past its dismal share price performance.

Virgin Australia chief John Borghetti has returned fire at Qantas for urging the Abbott government to halt its $350 million capital raising, emphasising that his airline has ended its rival's monopoly in the domestic market.

National Australia Bank chief executive Cameron Clyne's statutory pay has been cut by $1 million to $7.7 million after the bank fell short of key targets in 2012.

The sharemarket fell as investors cashed in on bank stock profits following recent record highs and the annual meeting season produced more bad news, particularly for the troubled mining services sector.

Murray Goulburn will struggle to gain the support of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter's board even if it raises its takeover offer for the company.

Directors of rural merchandiser Elders have warned of "material uncertainties" over the group's future if it is unable to divest assets and reduce debt.

Atlassian's cultural clout is being felt in the panelled offices of one of nation's top banks as Suncorp adopts the Australian software developer's innovative way to solve business problems.

Australians dreaming of working in the technology sector in the US have the country's immigration policy firmly on their side.

Watch out William Shakespeare, Mark McIvor is here to seize the poetical crown.

Commonwealth Bank's submission to a Senate inquiry reads like a legal document designed to limit the bank's liability in a financial planning scandal by pinning it on financial adviser Don Nguyen and a "small number" of other advisers.

Three of upmarket department store David Jones' biggest shareholders have met for emergency talks with its embattled chairman, Peter Mason, as the revolt against the company's board reaches fever pitch and threatens to destabilise the group.

The buoyant equity market has spurred a rush to float before Christmas, with Veda set to join the fray in an IPO that could value the credit information group at $1 billion.

National Australia Bank chief executive Cameron Clyne's statutory pay has been cut by $1 million to $7.7 million after the bank fell short of key targets in 2012.