Woolworths chief Brad Banducci and his board better get out of Big W fast, writes Terry McCrann.

Big end retail refocus

WESFARMERS CEO Richard Goyder has finally seemingly embraced the strategic and operational reality of the decision he took at the start of his term to splurge $20 billion buying the Coles Group, writes Terry McCrann.

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Donald trumps the IMF

Donald trumps the IMF

SO, the very much “inside the (Washington) beltway” chaps — non-gender specific — from the International Monetary Fund have some gratuitous advice for us “down under deplorables”, writes Terry McCrann.

Malcolm Turnbull’s last chance

Malcolm Turnbull’s last chance

MALCOLM Turnbull — and even more the “dead men (non-gender specific) walking” sitting on the backbenches behind him — has one last chance, writes Terry McCrann.

Terry McCrann: It’s not the end of the world

Terry McCrann: It’s not the end of the world

THE plunge in our share market was absolutely understandable and indeed rational but also completely stupid, writes Terry McCrann.

Trump’s a man who’ll get things done

Trump’s a man who’ll get things done

THE biggest lesson Australia can take from Donald Trump’s astonishing victory is it makes no sense to keep attacking the foundation of our entire economy, writes Terry McCrann.

We cannot take China so lightly

We cannot take China so lightly

THERE’S a multi-billion dollar big message for James Packer in the arrest of the Crown Resorts team on the ground in China.

The RBA’s great dilemma

The RBA’s great dilemma

FOR 50 years, the Reserve Bank had a clear choice — fight recession or fight inflation. Now it is far more complicated, says Terry McCrann.

Tatts-Tab merger compelling for shareholders

Tatts-Tab merger compelling for shareholders

WHERE do I sign? The merger is not just compelling for the most obvious winners — the shareholders in the target Tattersalls.

Tatts and Tab merger is in Winx territory

Tatts and Tab merger is in Winx territory

AFTER waving through the union of JB Hi-Fi and The Good Guys there is no way in the rational universe competition tsar Rod Sims could red light the proposed merger of Tabcorp and Tattersalls.

Australian Market Data at 01:31PM

Index / Security Price Change Percent
All Ords 5411.2 +11.60 + 0.21%
S&P;/ASX 50 5333.2 +19.90 + 0.37%
ASX200 5340.9 +13.20 + 0.25%
S&P;/ASX 300 5302.3 +12.60 + 0.24%
S&P;/ASX MidCap 5471.9 -8.60 -0.16%
S&P;/ASX Small Orders 2286.8 -8.30 -0.36%
S&P;/ASX 20 3098.0 +9.10 + 0.29%
S&P;/ASX 100 4423.9 +13.40 + 0.30%

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Packer’s mandate of heaven — or hell?

Packer’s mandate of heaven — or hell?

IS JAMES Packer’s multi-billion-dollar mandate of heaven about to turn into one of hell? Packer is totally ‘pot committed’ to Crown, writes Terry McCrann.

RBA home rate a misnomer

RBA home rate a misnomer

SO-CALLED “tracker mortgages” would be a very bad idea. Anyone who supports them essentially announces they do not understand how the financial system works.

Talk about bloodsucking shareholders

Talk about bloodsucking shareholders

HERE we go again — institutional investors overwhelmingly endorsing a company’s directors while rejecting what those directors have agreed to pay top executives, as a first step to sacking those exact same directors.

The long and the short of it

The long and the short of it

IT’S taken three months but Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison might finally have turned a corner this week, writes Terry McCrann.