Malcolm Maiden

Sales key to Myer share price boost

Malcolm Maiden Bernie Brookes reckons he and his executive team have done everything they can to get Myer's revenue and profit lines flying. The problem is, everything isn't enough.

Weed out the parochial fools

Malcolm Maiden Let's not destroy what makes Melbourne so attractive to business.

Stimulating subtleties highlighted

Malcolm Maiden Two pieces of news balanced each other yesterday to underline the subtle ways the government stimulus is feeding into the economy.

Paying the price to Telstra

Malcolm Maiden A federal government-commissioned report has predictably decided that the business case for the NBN is strongest if it is the sole national land-based network.

Ethical black hole at the heart of the market

Malcolm Maiden The global crisis was not an aberration but a structural inevitability.

Arrow bid punctures gas bubble

Malcolm Maiden There's a disconnect between the offer Shell and PetroChina have made for the Queensland coal seam gas company Arrow Energy and the prices that were paid in the past.

Placing a bet on history

Malcolm Maiden History says Tatts will go close to getting the synergies it says are available.

Expect more rate rises

Malcolm Maiden A month ago the Reserve Bank went close to raising its cash rate, but didn’t pull the trigger. So what’s changed? Not all that much - but enough to swing the balance.

$A likely to stay higher for longer

Malcolm Maiden The Rudd government has an unassailable claim that it steered Australia away from a recession.

Bid to be big cheese may be too pricey

Malcolm Maiden Warrnambool's fate is controlled by a group of dairy farmer shareholders who simply don't want to see Warrnambool's life as an independent buyer ended.

Draft bill must give Telstra a chill

Malcolm Maiden The NBN is a much tougher marketing proposition for labor than it was in 2007.

AMP needs helping hand to nab AXA

Malcolm Maiden Mike Smith would attempt a local acquisition if the right one was available.

Woolies looks to the next cycle

Malcolm Maiden Expect to hear a lot about cycling from the retailers this year as the effects of the government handouts fade - and they have to pedal faster.

Recession-induced leanness pays off

Malcolm Maiden Nearly half of reporting companies surprised analysts on the upside.

Why gen Y might not save Foster's

Malcolm Maiden After detailing how its December half profit was battered, Foster's yesterday suggested generation Y might ride to the rescue.

Wesfarmers exits the doghouse

Malcolm Maiden Wesfarmers paid a top of the bull-market $18b for Coles in 2007. At last, it looks like making sense.

All interest converges on earnings

Malcolm Maiden The earnings upgrade that AXA AP detailed yesterday could justify an extension of the takeover price battle.

AMP still keen on AXA axis

Malcolm Maiden A campaign for an ACCC decision that boosts competition, not just maintains it, can go only so far.

NAB numbers: stock drop no surprise

Malcolm Maiden National Australia Bank shares fell today because the bank didn't match the profits posted in recent weeks by Westpac and Commonwealth, but investors really shouldn't be surprised: it flows more from...