This week Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss apartments, Aurora gas team, Wesfarmers buy, more troubles for iron ore, the Palace Hotel, and the big deals of the past year.
reiwa.com property sales data for the overall market for the week ending 12 January 2016 totalled 482 which represents a 73 per cent increase in total sales over the week.
Sports, politics and business do not share a lot in common but there is one feature that links all three – and that's how a single event can turn a winner into a loser in the blink of an eye.
This week, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets turmoil, Aldi in Perth, property prices, some interesting new listings, conventions and conferences.
The latest report on the services sector from the Australian Industry Group was a bit of a worry, not just for the industries covered by the AIGroup's monthly survey, but for the rest of the economy as well.
The way systems should be introduced to a business is evolving quickly. At the same time, the necessity for a systems-based business is more evident than ever.
Bank bashing is an old sport usually practised by external critics, but 2016 could be the year when big banks discover that their greatest threat comes from within – something that should concern bank shareholders as much as employees.
Once businesses have identified an opportunity in China they must then execute an effective strategy to engage the market, which requires cultural and demographic understanding.
Traditional businesses were slow to wake up to the threat posed by disrupters such as Uber and Airbnb, but they’re now warned and should prepare for further assaults.
THE innovation and diversification of Californian businesses, and the rapid growth they have driven, hold valuable lessons for Western Australia’s economic development, according to some of the state’s leading policy minds.
This week we discuss the continuing weakness in commodity markets, and the local impacts from that, and the legal fallout from post-boom disputes, innovation and startups, Perron Group and residential home building.
The federal government seems to be preparing the public for reform with its semi-regular announcements from ministers that ‘everything is on the table’, particularly since Malcolm Turnbull took the prime ministership from Tony Abbott.
Mining and debt have always been a deadly combination, especially for investors, but toss in a stiff dose of politics and you have a brew infinitely more volatile for everyone, including government.
This week REIWA members reported a significant decrease in the weekly sales to record 552 sales. The 19 per cent decrease in sales over the week is mainly attributed to a decrease in sales across house, unit and land sales of 20 per cent, 18 per cent and 16 per cent.
Canberra’s aversion to pro-active, targeted spending on military hardware has diminished the nation’s role in the region, and will do so in the future.
