"BHP was once famously called “the Big Australian”; its CEO Marius Kloppers evidently prefers “nominal Australian” for himself, at least when talking to US diplomats. As this nominal Australian smirked his way through the announcement this week of a record profit — putting BHP-Billiton on track, according to one British newspaper, to record “the biggest profit ever made by a British company”"
Bernard Keane - in Crikey.
At last, someone is calling it like it is. Someone else, that is, other than me and my friend David Young.
The Big Australian?
Hardly.
It might be British funds backing it these days, but it is Australian Coal and Australian Iron Ore on which they make their gazillions.
Even more annoyingly, it is run by a cartel of "Suth Afrikens", and other international citizens (and Caroline Hewson, for a bit of local colour and experience).
Watch this: http://www.bhpbilliton.com/bbContentRepository/docs/podcast.xml
And weep.
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