Is an MBA a waste of time and money?
An MBA graduate needs to maintain a gross salary premium of $US30,000 a year for 10 years just to recoup their investment.
Investors wake to risks of Catalonian independence
The sell-off in Spanish stocks and bonds picks up pace as investors worry about the outlook for Catalonian banks and bonds if EU ties are severed.
Prayer is no fix for a national epidemic
Donald Trump responded to the worst shooting in US history will a call for prayer and a lowering of the flag to half-mast. Perhaps it should just stay there.
A broken American political culture on guns
A fractured US political system seems incapable of leading the country on gun control reform.
Get ready for a lost decade for shares
The local sharemarket is on the verge of locking in a lost decade for investors.
America is no country for gun control
Guns in American relates to a tradition of thinking as well as a way of life that remains alien to the majority of Australians. John Howard...
Trump's tax plan breathtakingly thin
Trump's tax plan is regressive, the reductions in business taxation are huge, and the chance for desirable reform of the corporate tax regim...
Boards need to break bamboo ceiling
What are Australian boards doing to increase the number of directors with experience in Asia?
A Catalan conundrum
Unless it gets a better deal from Madrid, the independence talk in Catalonia is unlikely to be quelled.
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philip baker
Tech shares fit for the Queen
If James Butterfill still had his old job at Coutts Private Bank, he'd be making sure the Queen held European and global tech stocks.
tony boyd
ASX's private blockchain step closer
ASX CEO Dominic Stevens is arguably the leading expert among global stock exchange CEOs in the use of blockchain for the settlement of share trades.
phillip coorey
The Coalition is gunning for business and here's why
If you are a big business, the government is coming after you. Because that's where the votes are.
adele ferguson
Whistleblower panel examining new protections
Shareholders are realising that companies delivering good returns but with a questionable culture are becoming an investment risk.
jennifer hewett
America is no country for gun control
Guns in American relates to a tradition of thinking as well as a way of life that remains alien to the majority of Australians. John Howard's tough action on gun control is irrelevant
jonathan shapiro
Don't count out non-bank lenders just yet
The big banks are being forced to tighten lending standards, limit investor loans and are responding to higher capital requirements by jacking up rates. But what does their response mean for the non-bank lenders, borrowers and for the financial system ?
michael smith
Sovereign risk in WA's gold tax stand-off
The McGowan Labor government has changed its tune on gold royalty increases, to the dismay of the mining sector.
matthew stevens
Grasberg dispute reveals Rio's whip hand
After pumping billions into the Indonesian copper mine for almost 25 years, Rio Tinto might finally be about to see a decent return.
laura tingle
The minor parties causing headaches for Merkel
Angela Merkel will have to make some compromises if she's to form government.
christopher joye
Red flag in Magellan’s massive new trust
Magellan's rush to announce a huge new listed trust to grab permanent capital a day before its results release may presage anxieties about future performance.
