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Alan Kohler
Alan Kohler is one of Australia’s most experienced commentators and journalists. Alan is the founder of Eureka Report, Australia’s most successful investment newsletter, and Business Spectator, a 24-hour free business news and commentary website. He also hosts Inside Business, a half-hour Sunday programme on the ABC, is the finance presenter on the ABC News - and producer of the nightly graph (or two).
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Economy
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How Europe is twisting the fate of business
As global businesses lose confidence in Europe, the ripples are shifting requirements for Australian growth and even overhauling traditional management models.
SCOREBOARD: QE carry-on
Global stocks rallied after Fed leaders indicated US easing won't be tapered anytime soon, while commodities trended down.
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Markets
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SCOREBOARD: QE carry-on
Global stocks rallied after Fed leaders indicated US easing won't be tapered anytime soon, while commodities trended down.
MARKETS SPECTATOR: Transfield slammed
The company’s stock has slumped as it joins a growing list of mining services groups, including WorleyParsons and Fleetwood, in cutting earnings forecasts.
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Politics
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Hockey's push to end the budget furphies
Lack of federal budget transparency has allowed profligacy on both sides of politics, and while the Coalition has a plan for reform its hopes for a revenue jump are shaky.
Scrawling political calculus over Gonski's numbers
The Gonski education reforms are being tossed in the political wash, along with the premiers, as the Coalition seeks to unseat Labor's plan by focusing on the frugal front-end.
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Technology
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Left sour by Apple's global tax tricks
As Apple's supremo prepares to face Congress, a bipartisan committee has revealed the fantastic ways the multinational minimises its global tax liability.
BYOD security: a standards dilemma
Multiple operating systems and a fragmented mobile market has made it difficult to create a one-size-fits all BYOD security solution. While there's no quick fix to this problem, here are some ways of working around it.
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Climate
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Universal and useless? The 2015 global climate agreement
Tensions exist between participation in a global agreement on the one hand, and ambition and compliance on the other. Regrettably, we are on track for weak laws and low emissions-reduction targets.
The mythical millions in solar network costs
The ESAA is claiming solar is costing millions in network upgrades. But nailing down what these costs are proves to be a bit of a mystery because solar isn’t costing networks much at all.
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TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: The audacious app trying to take over TV
UK-based Zeebox wants to be the intermediary for all social media-television interactions. It will not only have to lure viewers, but the networks themselves.
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