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).
Private equity investors are looking to coal mines for their next big win. If they can turnaround chronic mismanagement they'll set an example for other industries.
The bond market is understandably jumpy about what Ben Bernanke says tonight but the Fed is unlikely to abandon its control of the 'biggest bond bubble' in history.
Kevin Rudd's camp has employed crude methods to promote the worthy cause of a post-union party – inadvertently adding an ironic twist to Labor's misogyny concerns.
Labor is due for a comeuppance at the election but Julia Gillard's political failings are just one of the party's crimes to come out of this wayward parliament.
The next evolution of BYOD shifts focus from device management to application management and ensures that the enterprise footprint on a personal device is limited to enterprise data and applications and nothing more.
Better battery technology lies at the heart of taking wearable devices mainstream and a little push from the likes of Apple and Samsung won't hurt either.
While the lack of attendees at the anti-wind protest in Canberra left MC Alan Jones a bit underwhelmed, a pro-wind rally nearby had the hallmarks of a decent rally – people.
As Russia and its allies block climate talks there's hope that America might finally do something. Elsewhere, Warren Buffett continues to back renewables, it's the end of a solar era in Italy, Japan shows signs of slowing down and the EU carbon price lifts again.
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.
Euro worries have dampened Asia's desire to rationalise currency arrangements, but China has an opportunity to unite the region through further liberalisation of the renminbi.
China's leadership seems to be coming to grips with the idea that not all investment is good investment. The question is whether it can overcome the vested interests and change tack.
Beijing has long been accused of using exports to foster its own growth at the expense of others. But recent interactions suggest it's unfair to paint China as an economic pariah.
Hopes for a 'G2' on the back of Barack Obama and Xi Jinping’s summit will be sorely disappointed. The prospect of a serious conflict between the US and China is very real.
There is now capacity to build a China-US mechanism to manage global challenges, as the relationship between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping moves towards strategic trust.
