Author: Westfield, Mark.
Title: Hih: The Inside Story of Australia's Biggest Corporate Collapse.
Description: Brisbane, Milton John Wiley, 2003. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 242 pp. When the Sydney-based mega-insurance group HIH collapsed in March 2001 posting losses of $5.3 billion, the Australian business community literally came to a standstill. Overnight, many insurance quotes were priced out of reach, and many medicos, child care centres and sports clubs had to close. Mark Westfield, a journalist with 'The Australian' newspaper, exposes a shocking tale of corporate greed. The story of Ray Williams, the secretive, arrogant CEO who almost caused the collapse of Australia's reinsurance industry. ISBN: 1740310640

Keywords: business, criminology, business failures, finance, insurance, media, newspapers, journalists, australia, new south wales (nsw), sydney 1740310640


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