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CBD

CBD

A director leaves the crease

July 06, 2009 | Michael Evans hopes there's still a chance of getting a postcard.

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John Garnaut

John Garnaut

How Beijing kicked an own goal on aluminium

July 06, 2009 | If "China Inc" were a person it would probably be Xiao Yaqing, the former president of Chinalco who is also an alternate member of the Communist Party's Central Committee.

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Ross Gittins

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It's guaranteed this recession will be different - but how?

July 06, 2009 | All recessions bear a family resemblance, but this one is different in some important respects. With luck these differences will mean we're let off a bit lighter.

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Christopher Webb

Christopher Webb

Lofty ambitions toppled in a crane crash

July 05, 2009 | Anyone looking to offload a crane business might have a tough time thanks to the performance of two crane concerns that went public during the boom.

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Ian Verrender

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Happy new year: just beware of sharks and Ponzi-packing spivs

July 04, 2009 | Twas the night before new year and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse".

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Malcolm Maiden

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Economists gaze again into their crystal balls

July 04, 2009 | Six-monthly surveys feed into economic activity and market behaviour.

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Tim Colebatch

Tim Colebatch

For predicting the slump, just a few get medals

July 04, 2009 | If only these crystal balls always worked. A year ago, our panel thought Australia would muddle through the 2008-09 financial year without too much damage.

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Elizabeth Knight

Elizabeth Knight

Will Chinalco make Rio pay?

July 03, 2009 | There is a Chinese proverb: "He who seeks revenge should remember to dig two graves."

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Xchange

Xchange

Housing perspectives - fertiliser or weedkiller

July 03, 2009 | SINCE economists are looking to the housing market to provide the fertiliser for the green shoots of recovery it is worth weighing the pros and cons of such a rebound.

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Eric Johnston

Eric Johnston

Bancassurer forecasts more pain for investors

July 02, 2009 | The appointment of an experienced international insurance executive sends a loud message from the Suncorp board.

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Julian Lee

Julian Lee

BP's spin doctors can now breathe easy

July 02, 2009 | IS IT any wonder that people are so cynical about marketing when a company such as BP decides that after nearly a decade of trying to be the nice guy, it can now relax and just be itself?

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Michael Pascoe

Michael Pascoe

Qantas - it's worse than it looks

July 01, 2009 | The passenger figures Qantas released to the stock exchange yesterday weren't flash - but the unannounced financial reality was much, much worse.

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Full Disclosure / Mark Hawthorne

Mark Hawthorne

Inside those allegations

June 30, 2009 | The most serious insider trading allegations in Australian corporate history were on the public record after David Waterhouse's court appearance.

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Michael West

Michael West

Numbers suggest 2010 has got to be a better year

June 30, 2009 | Financial year 2009 was a horror show. Barring a momentous rally today, the All Ords faces its worst year since 1982.

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Stephen Mayne

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Profiting at Leisure

June 29, 2009 | There's still time to make some money off Macquarie Leisure - but you have to move today.

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Garimpeiro / Barry FitzGerald

Barry FitzGerald

Stokes pins hopes on welcome news from Iron Valley

June 29, 2009 | KERRY STOKES'S ambition to become an iron ore magnate like Andrew Forrest and Gina Reinhart takes a leap forward this week with the expected publication of a new resource estimate by his 52 per cent-owned Iron Ore Holdings (IOH).

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Paddy Manning

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Solar power faces early sunset in Australia

June 27, 2009 | Australian support for the solar industry is faltering just as the technology promises to deliver baseload power.

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Eli Greenblat

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CSL pulls life support on Talecris deal

June 09, 2009 | Shareholders in CSL still win but they will always wonder, along with Brian McNamee, what could have been.

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Jamie Freed

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Rio finally hears its shareholders

June 05, 2009 | Shareholders around the world had expressed dissatisfaction with Rio Tinto's proposed $US19.5 billion alliance with Chinalco for four months, and it appears that the board, led by its new chairman, Jan du Plessis, finally listened.

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Kenneth Davidson

Kenneth Davidson

Cut deficit and bring on depression

May 18, 2009 | Turnbull is wrong, it is not the size of the deficit that matters, but how it is used.

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Leonie Wood

Leonie Wood

AWB will battle Iraqi skirmishes for years

May 18, 2009 | It is now more than three years since Australians witnessed one of the most bizarre events of the Howard government

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Martin Feil

Martin Feil

Hot air and nonsense define budget time

May 15, 2009 | Crystal-ball gazing doesn't work with the economy in a turmoil.

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Planet Wall Street

Planet Wall St

Forget Wall Street, beware the crash on Main Street

May 08, 2009 | The stress tests point to a huge problem building within smaller banks in America.

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Max Newnham

Max Newnham

Self-managed super funds have rules that must be adhered to

April 24, 2009 | It's because of the many tax benefits that funds are strictly regulated.

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Diary of a Day Trader

Diary of a Day Trader 2008-01

All this torpor's driving me backwards

April 11, 2009 | MONDAY A SENSE of deep gloom and utter idleness stalked the Phantom Daytrading Syndicate.

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Ian McIlwraith

Ian McIlwraith

Myer keeps up with the Joneses

March 24, 2009 | On the face of it, Myer has produced a commendable outcome in a very depressed sales environment.

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Michael Short

Michael Short

Matching smart move on power, water with economic fillip

January 30, 2009 | An edict to install solar panels and rainwater tanks in every house would create jobs.

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Ruth Williams

Ruth Williams

The big names preparing to face the music

January 02, 2009 | With difficult times forecast for the year ahead, some big reputations are on the line.

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Leon Gettler

Leon Gettler

Company structures and career paths shift with global warming

August 20, 2008 | Expect the CCO to rub shoulders with the CEO and CFO in a brave new corporate world where climate is king.

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Steve Burrell

Steve Burrell 2008-01

One seamless economy - pronto

March 18, 2008 | Australia needs to become a seamless economy.

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