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 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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
A final evaluation from the Central Victorian Solar City provides another insight into the household electricity demand fall – and the potential for further reductions.
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.
The solar trade war has taken a strange twist with European wine getting dragged into the dispute. Elsewhere, there's bad news for a massive tidal energy project and EU carbon advances.
Crunch time nears for the proposed King Island wind farm as another Australian solar thermal project sees funding offered and then taken away. Elsewhere, Dyesol, Pac Hydro and Carnegie Wave make progress on solar, wind and wave projects, respectively.
Elon Musk is desperate to create something lasting with Tesla and provided he can continue to tackle 'range anxiety' while producing an attractive EV that's priced under $40k, he will.
The ACT Australian CleanTech Index continued a three month long retreat in May, with the period seeing much of the gains of earlier in the year erased.
Tesla's stock surged past $100 and kept going overnight on the back of a remarkable three months of news. So why is it succeeding where others have failed and will it continue to do so?
Government support for clean tech receives a boost thanks to Tesla, Europe and China continue to fight over solar, while Japan and several emerging markets see something of a spending spree.
