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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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SCOREBOARD: QE confusion
Uncertainty over US economic policy continues to confuse the market, but should be clarified by speeches this week from Fed officials.
Debt that goes bump in the night
Phobia of government debt is becoming an unjustified epidemic in Australia. Our debt is being portrayed as a redback spider when it's really a daddy long legs at worst.
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Markets
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SCOREBOARD: QE confusion
Uncertainty over US economic policy continues to confuse the market, but should be clarified by speeches this week from Fed officials.
MARKETS: Riding the emotional waves
Hedge fund manager David Hobart says the key to investing is being aware of the emotions that drive markets – and how you manage your own.
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Politics
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Educated hopes for Gillard’s Gonski reforms
Barry O'Farrell's support for the Gonski education reforms gives Julia Gillard some hope, but Labor’s message is diminished by what is now generally assumed to be its terminal position.
Debt that goes bump in the night
Phobia of government debt is becoming an unjustified epidemic in Australia. Our debt is being portrayed as a redback spider when it's really a daddy long legs at worst.
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Technology
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The next front in Apple and Samsung's gadget war
Apple's supply chain is set to become Samsung's next target in its ongoing battle for smartphone supremacy. But should the Korean gadget maker focus on improving its own products rather than trying to diminish its rivals?
Why Google Music's stuck on repeat
Google's new product announcements typically impress. But this latest announcement about Google Music shows that the company is happy to copy other incumbents and not blaze its own path in the digital music scene.
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Climate
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Is this the end for Labor's 'CarbonChoices'?
Whispers in Canberra suggest Bill Shorten is canvassing the numbers for support on a huge Labor carbon pricing backflip after the election.
Obama's climate agenda nears judgment day
The US Supreme Court's decision whether to take up any of the petitions against climate change regulations could shape or shatter the Obama administration's efforts to solidify its climate change agenda.
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How to build a service business in China
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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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