Good afternoon, Where boards have been cooling on celebrity CEOs, the $8bn Dan Murphy and pubs owner Endeavour has bucked the trend and called on former Virgin boss Jayne Hrdlicka to snap it out of its funk, writes Eric Johnston. Woodside has committed itself to the ‘game-changer’ Louisiana LNG project , which will test the patience of some investors who have pushed for the company to temper capital expenditure. It’s been an impressive rebound, but the recovery of Australia’s ASX 200 stock index over the past three weeks to price levels exceeding what prevailed immediately before the April 2 tariff announcements now looks vulnerable to earnings downgrades. |