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 key influences that broke the dollar's historic correlation with commodity prices are appearing to weaken, with the US and China set to determine a new level for the currency.
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.
GrainCorp appoints an independent expert to scrutinise Archer Daniels Midland's bid, while the timing of Brockman's Fortescue play seems no coincidence.
Tony Latina's story echoes those of all Goulburn Valley growers seeking last ditch government help as they're suffocated by a high dollar and a cheap grocery revolution.
Some jotters say ADM's GrainCorp takeover shows Australia undervalues homegrown firms and local investors lack the patience to harvest longer-term rewards.
