Eddy Groves in strife

Posted by Michael on November 2, 2008, 11:37am, 472 views,  Leave a comment

Eddy Groves is in more trouble than the early settlers. Not only has the ABC childcare empire collapsed, his love life is tangled as well. Read more

Capitalism has failed

Posted by Michael on October 4, 2008, 6:22pm, 211 views,  Leave a comment

Capitalism has failed. That’s the only conclusion to draw from the $US700 billion bail-out package to secure world financial markets. Read more

A case for banking regulation

Posted by on August 2, 2008, 10:35am, 265 views,  Leave a comment

Talk is rife the Reserve Bank will lower official interest rates, but the banks won’t pass on the reduction to customers. Read more

Victa heads overseas

Posted by on June 29, 2008, 3:42pm, 314 views,  Leave a comment

Ownership of the 56-year old Victa mower brand will move overseas after its sale to a US-based company for $23 million. Read more

Slaves to email

Posted by on May 6, 2008, 6:22pm, 574 views,  Leave a comment

Emailing has grown by about 40 per cent per year since 1996 and consequently we have become a slave to our emails. Read more

Time to frighten the horses

Posted by on May 5, 2008, 3:19pm, 680 views,  2 comments

For a country that’s arguably over regulated Australia is surprisingly lax in its supervision of financial services. Read more

Offshore employment

Posted by on May 1, 2008, 5:03pm, 366 views,  Leave a comment

I don’t want to be seen as a bank basher, but can’t help it when I read reports like this one from Westpac. Read more

NAB raises interest rates

Posted by on April 27, 2008, 4:45pm, 298 views,  1 comment

I don’t understand how banks are able to raise interest rates independently of a Reserve Bank decision. Read more

Skills shortage continues

Posted by on April 24, 2008, 7:30pm, 215 views,  Leave a comment

Key challenges for the Western Australian resources sector of skills shortages and greenhouse call for highly engaged governments and regulators. Read more

Inflation nudges higher

Posted by on April 23, 2008, 9:18pm, 204 views,  Leave a comment

The consumer price index rose by 1.3 percent in the March quarter, stronger than market forecasts of a 1.1 per cent rise and the fastest pace since the 2006 June quarter. Read more

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