DRYBLOWER

Dryblower on the meaning of a word (and original sin)

IT is impossible for <i>Dryblower</i> to feel sorry for a man down to his last $A7 billion, but in the case of Andrew Forrest there are reasons to wonder why a single misused word has led to his persecution by government regulators, and where the game of “Kill Andrew” goes now.

Dryblower

The word, which has excited the Australian legal and corporate world, is “binding”. More specifically, who said it first and why did Forrest use it in a 2004 statement relating to a deal he was negotiating...

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