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).
The first shot may have been fired ahead of a potential post-election Labor leadership battle between likely candidates Bill Shorten and Greg Combet – and the battlefront could be climate policy.
Barry O'Farrell's support gives some hope for the Gonski reforms, but Labor’s message is diminished by what's now generally assumed to be its terminal position.
Yahoo's $1.1bn acquisition of Tumblr is more than an attempt to "buy hipsters". In fact, Yahoo needs content platforms to fuel its growth and it seems Tumblr proved to be a prime candidate.
Samsung's latest smartphone is full of tips and tricks to help differentiate it from the sea of other Android-operated devices. Yet these "key features" come off more as marketing gimmicks than advances in smartphone technology.
CEOs outline changing views on corporate spending and profits, their economic expectations and political dissatisfaction, including advice for Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott.
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.
While trade battles continue to brew in solar, there's some good news seen in US wind linked to Warren Buffett and great news in the form of clean energy stocks soaring to heights not seen for a couple of years.
Programs backing carbon capture and storage were slashed in this year’s budget to the tune of $780 million. It appears the government has lost patience with the glacial progress from the coal sector.
Tesla's share price has more than doubled this year as it receives near perfect ratings and tallies its first quarterly profit, but one car does not make a company nor an industry.
Personal mobility devices are worth a fresh look as a solution to urban travel and could be the key to reducing short car trips that clog our roads and increase pollution.
Beijing is warming to hybrid vehicles as its near-term EV goals drift out of reach – and it could see Chinese firms finally take on the Japanese in the burgeoning sector.
