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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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Quantitative squeezing: Markets chase risk relief
The market was already factoring in a tapering of QE before Ben Bernanke's comments last night, and the fact we saw a mass exodus from risk assets suggests the Fed's program might have worked too well.
The rural branch to China’s credit problem
Bad loans in China's provincial businesses have been as high as 80 per cent because rural banks are beholden to the demands of local officials. It is critical for China's rural development that these banks stop receiving bailouts.
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Markets
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MARKETS SPECTATOR: Brennan the bull
Citigroup analyst Tony Brennan says the Australian dollar's fall will help boost local corporate earnings in 2014.
MARKETS SPECTATOR: ASX bows to Ben's final straw
Ben Bernanke is being blamed for a slide in the Australian market which was already on tenterhooks over China concerns.
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Politics
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Learning from the Qld Health payroll fiasco
The implementation of Queensland’s Health Payroll system will be remembered as one of the most disastrous IT projects in Australia's history. How did things go wrong? And is a $1.25 billion lesson enough to ensure that the bungle isn't repeated?
Dollar’s decline sends a clear warning
The dollar is heading back to its natural level but we won’t see the benefit unless urgent change takes place. A new government will be the start.
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Technology
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NBN Co's last hurrah
Labor’s ambitious NBN vision looks to be on its last legs but that hasn't stopped NBN Co from carrying on with its business. The Coalition isn't going to like the new Transfield deal but then again it has bigger fish to fry right now.
Learning from the Qld Health payroll fiasco
The implementation of Queensland’s Health Payroll system will be remembered as one of the most disastrous IT projects in Australia's history. How did things go wrong? And is a $1.25 billion lesson enough to ensure that the bungle isn't repeated?
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Climate
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Solar Cities’ insight into the electricity demand fall
A final evaluation from the Central Victorian Solar City provides another insight into the household electricity demand fall – and the potential for further reductions.
Series: The rise of Australian natural gas
The Australian natural gas industry is booming and it largely owes its success to the average Chinese citizen.
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Video
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Australia's education opportunity in China
Monash University is one of the fastest growing education institutions in Asia with 5000 students in Malaysia and a new...
How to build a service business in China
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Knowledge Centre
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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.
Warnings over high yield overheating are growing but it's worth remembering the lessons of 2007 in this 'rush for junk'.
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