While rising rates may cause periodic jitters in sharemarkets and will likely slow down their pace of advance, they won’t be a major problem…
While rising rates may cause periodic jitters in sharemarkets and will likely slow down their pace of advance, they won’t be a major problem…
It’s not too hard to pick holes in yesterday’s national accounts, which I’ll prove in a moment. But first, let’s just enjoy being on the…
Government ministers and officials at the ADC Australian Leadership Retreat on Hayman Island have set out a remarkable blueprint for our cou…
The Japanese election result is a distant blast reminding us that there are big things going on elsewhere. But Down Under, it’s business…
To understand the dramatic moves that are taking place in the Australian currency and share markets, don’t look to the Wall Street gymnastic…
Ian Murray, executive director of the Australian Institute of Export, says there is no way to sugar coat it – this is not an easy time to be…
I never thought it could happen, but it seems that Australians have become the Irish of Asia. Australians have enjoyed Irish jokes for decad…
Westpac has recorded earnings of $1.1 billion for the June quarter, with the lender pinning the results on growth in the local mortgage mark…
Yesterday’s 5.8% Shanghai shellacking triggered a global stockmarket sell-off, including a 2.4% Wall Street wallop this morning. Now I’m…
Rio Tinto shares have fallen 1.5% to $59.65 this morning after China accused the company of spying on Chinese corporations for about six yea…
The headlines about yesterday’s speech by Glenn Stevens naturally focussed on his warning about over-heated housing and his failure to rule …
A factory worker in China who reported that an iPhone prototype was missing committed suicide by jumping out of a 12th-story window, because…
