Lending rises 3.5% in September, Commonwealth Bank posts big first-quarter profit: Economy Roundup
Monday, 15 November 2010
The value of total personal finance commitments rose by a seasonally adjusted 3.5% in September to $7.6 billion, according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.  ...

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RBA unlikely to raise rates, economic outlook stable: Economy Roundup
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The chance of another interest rate rise occurring in September appears low, with the Reserve Bank of Australia explaining in its latest minutes that its global outlook remains unchanged.  ...

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THE BIG PICTURE: Economy's new speed limit
Monday, 16 August 2010
Is there a new speed limit for the economy? In the recent Statement on Monetary Policy, the Reserve Bank broadly left unchanged both its economic growth and inflation forecasts for the period out to 2012. On current figuring the Reserve Bank expects the economy ...

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THE WEEK AHEAD: Investing in volatile times
Monday, 28 June 2010
After beating a retreat in the early months of the year, volatility returned to the sharemarket with a vengeance in May. In the 21 trading days of May, the All Ordinaries either rose or fell by more than one percent on 15 occasions. That was the most volatile ...

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Prepare for a giant election brawl: Gottliebsen
Friday, 18 June 2010
The chairmen of the three biggest mining companies operating in Australia – BHP's Jacques Nasser, Rio Tinto's Jan du Plessis and Xstrata's Willy Strothotte – know they are playing the most dangerous game in international business – taking on an elected government ...

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Resources tax is hurting the Australian dollar: Gottliebsen
Monday, 24 May 2010
The Australian Prime Minister claims that the mining tax has not hurt the Australia dollar and the big fall in our currency over the last three weeks was solely a result of the European crisis and other overseas events.  ...

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Super returns to reach double-digit growth for 2009-10: Economy Roundup
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Australian superannuation returns are set to record double-digit growth during the current financial year, resulting in five double-digit returns within the last seven financial years, according to the latest results from Super Ratings.  ...

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Telstra fights $300 million fine in Federal court, Shares fall: Economy Roundup
Monday, 19 April 2010
Telco giant Telstra will attempt to convince the Federal Court today it should not be fined $300 million for allegedly engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct and therefore breaching the conditions of its license as a carrier.  ...

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Business confidence rises in January, but conditions still soft: Economy Roundup
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Business confidence has surged during January, but actual business conditions have declined mainly due to weaker trading and profits, the latest NAB monthly business survey results show.  ...

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Reading the results
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
The half-yearly profit reporting season is in full swing, but the messages from the top end of town are decidedly mixed.  ...

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THE WEEK AHEAD: Spotlight on the RBA
Monday, 15 February 2010
With all the focus on debt and deficits run up by countries across the globe, it is pleasing that Australia's name hasn't been brought up. In fact, if Australia has been mentioned in despatches, it has merely been to contrast the strength of our position compared ...

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Big Australian companies boost R&D spending
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
The global downturn has not stopped Australia's biggest companies ploughing money into research and development, new research has found.  ...

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Why is the market so happy with profit reporting season? A SmartCompany Q&A.
Monday, 24 August 2009
It was supposed to be the worst profit reporting season in almost two decades, when a year of falling sales, job cuts and asset writedowns caused a flood of red ink on the financial reports of big Australian companies.  ...

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Victor Smorgon dies, aged 96
Friday, 03 July 2009
Victor Smorgon, patriarch of Australia's richest family, died this morning aged 96.  ...

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Companies furious over changes to employee share schemes
Friday, 15 May 2009
Major companies including Woolworths, Fairfax Media, Macquarie Group and Wesfarmers have suspended or are reviewing their employee share plans after the Rudd Government introduced changes to the schemes in the federal budget.  ...

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Shares lose ground, Chinese economy may have bottomed: Economy roundup
Monday, 20 April 2009
The Australian sharemarket opened higher today but was quickly dragged down into negative territory.  ...

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Re-inventing a cottage industry
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
Serial entrepreneur Ryan Trainor, 35, has spent the last year turning a cottage industry into a national, scalable business called Franklyn Scholar.   ...

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Finding the hidden investment value
Tuesday, 03 February 2009
Any investor crawling out of their cave and surveying the wreckage of 2008 would be immediately conscious of one thing - the sharemarket is very cheap. In fact, it is as cheap as it has been for three decades, at about 8.8 times earnings, compared to an historical ...

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Noise control a sound innovation for Sensear
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Breakthrough technology, that allows human voice to be heard while filtering out industrial din, has put Justin Miller’s business Sensear within earshot of cornering a huge market. By TIM TREADGOLD ...

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