The hottest job in the C-Suite
To understand the changing role of the Chief investment officer, ask Ahmed Fahour of Australia Post, one of the best strategic brains in Australian business.
Business attacks also attack growth
AFR26-leader
A government in office but not in power
Apart from the presence this week of the newly-elected Senators undergoing orientation, you'd be hard pressed to know the coalition just won an election.
From Adelaide to Bali, where 10 minutes lasts a lifetime
From the restaurants of Adelaide to Rob Marchetti's restaurant in Seminyak, Joe Aston continues his culinary tour.
The mysterious epidemic of mental or psychiatric illnesses
The world of mental health and wellbeing has been rocked to its core by a bizarre global outbreak of inexplicable nervous breakdowns.
The tool that saves you from sending angry emails
Reword is a Google Chrome browser plug in designed to detect and highlight insulting language in real time.
ASX still waters do not run deep
This August looks the calmest month on the sharemarket this year, but don't be fooled: reporting season has thrown up plenty of big winners ...
Sydney casino wars have already started
James Packer will not open his Sydney casino until 2021 but Star's results show that the battle for gambling supremacy is well underway.
Reining in US manifest destiny
How a new president handles the US-led global order will determine how smoothly Russia and China's rise is managed.
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philip baker
Short selling no longer one-way bet
It's been a winning strategy for the past few years but this reporting season it hasn't gone to plan for the short sellers.
tony boyd
The hottest job in the C-Suite
To understand the changing role of the Chief investment officer, ask Ahmed Fahour of Australia Post, one of the best strategic brains in Australian business.
phillip coorey
A government in office but not in power
Apart from the presence this week of the newly-elected Senators undergoing orientation, you'd be hard pressed to know the coalition just won an election.
adele ferguson
Copyright essential to future prosperity
The Productivity Commission is about to ignite a political and cultural debate on the protection of copyright that has been simmering for years.
jennifer hewett
Out of the lab, into business
There's a rare show of bipartisanship on tax in Australia. Unfortunately, it's over the wrong issue.
michael smith
Light at the end of the Woolworths tunnel
The big retailer has not done enough to give investors confidence that things are going to turn around dramatically.
matthew stevens
Oil Search banks on 'greed and avarice'
Oil Search's Peter Botten finds himself a "facilitator and influencer" between oil emperors Exxon and Total hoping 'greed and avarice' reign.
laura tingle
The policy gap is getting wider
While the debate about budget spending cuts is dominating the day-to-day news grabs, the much bigger story about economic policy positioning is getting rather lost.
christopher joye
RBA gets the property market wrong again
Australia's booming housing market has once again head-faked the central bank, which is losing credibility every time it cuts rates.
lucy kellaway
Rarity keeps fascination for women CEOs in vogue
We are simply more interested in women CEOs and we will go on being more interested until there are more of them.
