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Comment & Analysis
More woes for National Australia Bank as Senator Sam Dastyari enlists British help
ADELE FERGUSON 12:15am National Australia Bank's nightmare is about to deepen as Senator Sam Dastyari seeks co-operation from the British parliament.
Gentle budget will help lift Solly Lew's star 'children' at Premier
ELIZABETH KNIGHT 5:05pm Mark McInnes describes the brands that make up the retail portfolio of Solomon Lew's Premier Investments as "the children".
Myer makeover one for the ages if it works
MALCOLM MAIDEN Myer’s new chief executive Richard Umbers says he will “bring the love of shopping to life” in its department stores, but can he break the group's revamp duck?
Tax strategies may distort power sales
MICHAEL WEST Like Asia's richest man, the corporations bidding for the privatisation of NSW utilities are arch-exponents of aggressive tax minimisation.
We're not taking productivity seriously
ROSS GITTINS Given our obsession with materialism, productivity "isn't everything, but in the long run it is almost everything," as Paul Krugman famously said. If so, the intergenerational report's consideration of the topic is quite inadequate.
OPINION
Polls and wires: We are not entirely stupid
MICHAEL PASCOE 7:58pm It’s reassuring to be reminded that the electorate is not entirely stupid, or selfish and greedy. Most of us actually want a better nation.
How do I claim start-up costs?
MAX NEWNHAM A reader wants to know how tax deductions are calculated when starting a business.
SEEK boss finds way to healthy profit
CHRISTOPHER WEBB SEEK chief and co-founder Andrew Bassat has had a good week after exercising some options.
Significance of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank buried under ham-fisted diplomacy
JOHN GARNAUT Opinion The significance of Australia signing on to the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has largely been buried under the ham-fisted public diplomacy of the Abbott government and Obama administration.
Australia's time to shine on the big stage and avoid a haircut
HAROLD MITCHELL Money talks in New York and if you're prepared to pay a bit over the odds, anything can happen.
Banking on dominance often pays off
MARCUS PADLEY On my arrival in 1994 one of the most noticeable differences between the share market in London and the share market in Australia was the Food Retail sector. And it hasn't changed.
CBD
Forget George Clooney, retail guru Mark McInnes now lets the Brits school him in cool
1:11am Mark McInnes – the top dog at Solomon Lew's retail shop, Premier Investments – knows cool.
Insider
Old favourites appear once more in ASX hall of shame
ASX commanders fire their warning shots at the sharemarket's corporate cling-ons.
