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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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WEEKEND ECONOMIST: June jitters
Consumer sentiment in decline suggests dissatisfaction with the federal budget has outweighed May's interest rate cut. Despite the currency's easing effect, there is scope to cut again in June.
EDITOR'S PICKS
In this week's essential reading guide Bartholomeusz predicts a Ford domino effect, Koukoulas runs the ruler over Australia's economy, Burgess foresees a carbon flip and Irvine surveys a Bernanke brainwave.
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Markets
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The benevolent market manipulator
A co-founder of corporate governance firm Ownership Matters, former journalist Martin Lawrence says he wants to help markets function better.
MARKETS SPECTATOR: Cromwell's conquest
Cromwell Property Group has successfully sold stock to help fund the purchase of seven NSW properties.
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Politics
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EDITOR'S PICKS
In this week's essential reading guide Bartholomeusz predicts a Ford domino effect, Koukoulas runs the ruler over Australia's economy, Burgess foresees a carbon flip and Irvine surveys a Bernanke brainwave.
Do we want fewer, tougher tax men?
There is room for reform at the nation's tax office but Joe Hockey's proposal to knock tax administration and policing into place could be counterproductive.
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Technology
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Cash splashes and crashes the tech sector way
In the ultra-fluid technology sector, many an acquisition shock has paid off – and vice versa. Yahoo's big cheque for Tumblr isn’t the only deal that may be judged differently in hindsight.
NetSuite aims for 'Cloud Nine'
The cloud ERP vendor is starting to move up the software as a service food chain but it will have to surmount a few hurdles before its ready for big time.
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Climate
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Stemming a race to the bottom
The Solar 2013 conference in Melbourne carries the theme of an industry trying to prevent a possible race to the bottom, where weaker firms damage the industry in compromising quality for price.
Abbott's billion dollar carbon headache
The reverberations from the Newman government’s bulldozing of Queensland’s vegetation protection laws will be felt in Canberra, with the Coalition's Direct Action plan now at risk of a $1 billion budget blow-out.
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Download the December CEO Pulse survey
CEOs outline changing views on corporate spending and profits, their economic expectations and political dissatisfaction, including advice for Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.
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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