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Ross Gittins

Ross Gittins 2008-01

Swan establishes a dubious excuse

September 08, 2008 | We haven't slowed to the point of recession yet, and - touch wood - we may not do so.

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CBD

CBD

They are jolly good fellows

September 08, 2008 | Michael Evans ponders how two media moguls might share their birthday.

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John Garnaut

John Garnaut

Hurdles for Chinese capital appear to make no sense

September 08, 2008 | Investment restrictions might have hidden costs.

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Diary of a Day Trader

Diary of a Day Trader 2008-01

A slightly ludicrous Western notion

September 06, 2008 | Monday We sat back in tender anticipation of the event of the month, the Sixth International Responsible Investment Conference, on September 24-25. As deeply irresponsible investors, we found the notion of responsible investing endearingly quaint.

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Ian Verrender

Ian Verrender 2008-01

Failures show the executive salary defence is based on a lie

September 06, 2008 | It's amazing how a throwaway line can somehow turn into a mantra, or worse, a cliched anthem. Take the one that began life in April 1970 at Mission Control Centre in Houston as an apparently doomed Apollo 13 lurched in outer space.

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Elizabeth Knight

Elizabeth Knight

Investors gamble on pulp

September 05, 2008 | Gunns shareholders were caught between a tree stump and a hard place.

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Max Newnham

Max Newnham

Strategise to save a taxing experience

September 05, 2008 | The impact of income tax on a person's investments cannot be ignored.

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Michael West

Michael West

Council in $59m subprime suit

September 05, 2008 | The notions of "sophisticated investor", "subprime", "conflict of interest", "liquidity", "a derivative" and "proper disclosure" are poised to get a thorough workout.

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Xchange

Xchange

Fortescue sets its own benchmark on transparency

September 05, 2008 | THE new force in iron ore has always been one of a kind.

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Malcolm Maiden

Malcolm Maiden 2008-01

Don't confuse AMP's current woes with its British flop

August 29, 2008 | After a decade, AMP is back where it started.

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Full Disclosure / Mark Hawthorne

Mark Hawthorne

NAB's CDO man offered several RDOs

August 28, 2008 | Melbourne's bankers, like Fairfax journos, are ducking for cover right now, as management swings a hefty axe in the direction of staff.

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Garimpeiro / Barry FitzGerald

Barry FitzGerald

Kagara bounces back as Admiral Bay zinc deposit displays potential

August 25, 2008 | The prospect that the price of the metal can't slump any further also underpins the company's shares.

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Kenneth Davidson

Kenneth Davidson

State Government's arguments for desalination plant don't hold water

August 25, 2008 | The objective of the plant is to make the eventual privatisation of urban water a profitable reality.

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Christopher Webb

Christopher Webb

why has the share price gone on the blink?

August 23, 2008 | "I've got no idea," says the ophthalmology company's chief executive. "You tell me why we're so undervalued."

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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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Ian McIlwraith

Ian McIlwraith

Board takes hosing-down and risks being frozen out

August 15, 2008 | With Kerry Stokes in the shadows, Les Chaplin's Pivotal is making a renewed putsch for Nylex.

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Ruth Williams

Ruth Williams

Lots of life in IVF market

August 11, 2008 | LIFE is precious. And the creation of life? Extremely lucrative.

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Martin Feil

Martin Feil

Welcome to the emissions nightmare

August 06, 2008 | The compliance problem with an auction of permits is horrendous.

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Planet Wall Street

Planet Wall St

Rescuing rich is proving expensive for US regulators

July 26, 2008 | Waves of bad news are sweeping away billions of dollars of public money, writes David Hirst.

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Leonie Wood

Leonie Wood

Tax case more than froth for ATO, Foster's

June 18, 2008 | If there was an easy way of untangling this, it would surely have been done by now.

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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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