Losing one contract is not the biggest problem confronting locally based education provider Navitas, even though Macquarie University’s decision to end a near 18-year relationship wiped $800 million off the value of the stock yesterday.
The appearance of mining magnate Clive Palmer with climate campaigner Al Gore in federal parliament’s great hall still has many scratching their heads.
Most economists would rightly view the official employment figures each month as something of a lottery, but what lies ahead is a fairly safe bet: inadequate jobs growth.
No financial result will be more carefully watched when annual reporting season kicks off in a few weeks than that of Qantas, a business some critics have dubbed the ‘Kodak of the aviation industry’.
Concern over the effects of the housing ‘crunch’ on the broader Chinese economy was the main topic of discussion at a recent Institute of International Finance China Economic Forum, held in Shanghai.
If the many different winners of the Rising Stars award have anything in common it is that all won the ability to choose their future – whether that be a trade sale, an ASX float or organic growth.
At the risk of being called a Luddite at best, and a heretic at worst, I have spent a bit of time over the past few months trying to understand the business case for social media – and failing.
Clive Palmer has proved himself to be a political maverick, and it’s likely his party’s new senators could prove equally as difficult for the Abbott government to deal with
Mining and energy sector exports are forecast to rise by just 2.6 per cent in 2014-15, with weakness in coking coal and iron ore prices offsetting strong growth in export volumes for most commodities.
I tend to think of competition policy a bit like defence: it requires eternal vigilance and strong proponents. There will always be those with a large interest in its absence, to the detriment of the many.
