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).
In this week's essential reading guide Bartholomeusz predicts a Ford domino effect, Koukoulas runs the ruler over Australia's economy, Burgess foresees a carbon flip and Irvine surveys a Bernanke brainwave.
There is room for reform at the nation's tax office but Joe Hockey's proposal to knock tax administration and policing into place could be counterproductive.
In this week's essential reading guide Bartholomeusz predicts a Ford domino effect, Koukoulas runs the ruler over Australia's economy, Burgess foresees a carbon flip and Irvine surveys a Bernanke brainwave.
There is room for reform at the nation's tax office but Joe Hockey's proposal to knock tax administration and policing into place could be counterproductive.
In the ultra-fluid technology sector, many an acquisition shock has paid off – and vice versa. Yahoo's big cheque for Tumblr isn’t the only deal that may be judged differently in hindsight.
The cloud ERP vendor is starting to move up the software as a service food chain but it will have to surmount a few hurdles before its ready for big time.
The Solar 2013 conference in Melbourne carries the theme of an industry trying to prevent a possible race to the bottom, where weaker firms damage the industry in compromising quality for price.
The reverberations from the Newman government’s bulldozing of Queensland’s vegetation protection laws will be felt in Canberra, with the Coalition's Direct Action plan now at risk of a $1 billion budget blow-out.
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 fact that Ben Bernanke's mention of a possible early end to QE temporarily whacked markets overnight suggests we won't see an end to the policy anytime soon.
Economic policy in the throes of the GFC should have found a middle ground between stimulus and austerity, but the simplistic doctrines of economists like Reinhart and Rogoff were heeded too readily.
Central banks have done a remarkable job of controlling inflation since the crisis. But with unemployment still high, fear of a credit bubble must not deter further expansion.
Low Chinese inflation suggests growth will remain close to 2013 forecasts of a little over 8 per cent, while a low Australian CPI later this month could trigger a rate cut.
The sharp fall in bond yields suggest troubled times ahead for the global economy. Yet the stock market continues to surge. Which do you believe is right?
In a post-GFC world, the idea of unrestrained banking activity can set hairs on end. But the irony is that a risk-friendly landscape is the best fertiliser for economic growth.
