voting stake to hit back if the board received a knockback. ''If that happens I will use my votes to ensure all directors are voted back in immediately,'' he said. Nine rumour false THERE is no truth to rumours that outgoing CVC Asia Pacific bod Adrian Mackenzie is being touted as a potential onscreen star at the Nine Network. Mackenzie was instrumental in CVC Asia Pacific paying $5 billion to the Packer family for the assets at the height of the cheap debt boom, with the firm now certain to lose its nearly $2 billion investment. There had been suggestions Mackenzie might be the perfect fit to host The Biggest Loser . Sting in the tail IN NATURE, the scorpion's tail is swift and sure, striking poison into the heart of its enemies. But the tale of one corporate scorpion hoping to list on the ASX has turned slow and indecisive. Clothing retailer Vassa Holdings, which runs stores in China selling winter wear emblazoned with a scorpion logo under the Tesveden brand, is hoping to raise up to $7.5 million from investors. As its website points out: ''Tesveden, with scorpion full of fashion style as its totem, embodies the fashion flavour of its brand. ''By full integration of the core brand culture, fashionable characteristics of scorpion, industry background, emotional demands of consumers and their consumption experience, it keeps developing and expanding.'' But that development and expansion stopped last week after the corporate watchdog slapped an interim stop order on Vassa's