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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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THE WEEK AHEAD
Building approvals and capex data will be released and Westfield Group and Oz Minerals hold their AGMs.
SCOREBOARD: European scepticism
European markets were hit by Ben Bernanke's QE comments, while Wall Street fell modestly despite positive housing and employment data.
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Markets
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MARKETS SPECTATOR: Bowen Basin drain
Thomas and Coffey has joined the mining service firm carnage, saying big resource companies may not restart projects in Queensland's Bowen Basin.
MARKETS SPECTATOR: Avoiding a golden temptation
Credit Suisse suggests those considering buying gold while it's down as a hedge against inflation should think again.
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Politics
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Stop the rot on Treasury forecasts
Wayne Swan could have better explained the role of Treasury forecasts, but Joe Hockey's undermining of confidence in the department is just as bad.
Partisan stories leave Australia defenceless
Both sides of politics have an interest in pretending Australian prosperity was their handiwork. But before long, global headwinds will reveal Australia’s true position.
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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.
Mark Zuckerberg's to-do list
A year on from its IPO, Facebook needs to work hard to keep its users engaged and improve the quality and sophistication of its advertising
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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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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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