Letters: Myer, Nick Xenophon and Adani
AFR readers' Letters to the Editor, Thursday October 12, 2017.
Kobe Steel failures dent Japan's high quality image
Revelations of quality control failures for over a decade have cut the firm's share price by 40pc.
Tourism drives Accor deal
Accor's $1.2 billion acquisition of Mantra is a vote of confidence in the Asia-led tourism boom.
Weinstein shows 'assholes often win'
Over-eating, over-aggression and predatory sexual behaviour are among syndromes described for "high status, powerful individuals."
Does Trump 'own' the rally in US shares?
Investors should be worried by President Donald Trump's conviction he should get full credit for the surge in US shares the past 11 months.
Markets don't need nudges to grow
Capitalism might not progress in a straight line of rational behaviour, but it has always returned to growth.
Time for some fresh blood at Myer
Myer chairman Paul McClintock has made a good decision to exit as it avoids an AGM showdown with Solomon Lew and allows his replacement to s...
Glencore calls in the AEC
Glencore has called in the Australian Electoral Commission to run future employee ballots at a selection of its Australian coal mines.
A GST for carbon emissions
The political class has not been prepared to embrace the lowest cost way to drop carbon emissions - and misled the public about it.
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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
Turnbull finally tips out the Jonestown Kool-Aid
A Coalition PM finds the bottle to take on Sydney shock jock as climate wars intensify
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
Energy crisis drags down infrastructure report card
Infrastructure is another example of the country's advantages being whittled away by a combination of policy incoherence and political interference.
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
Tourism drives Accor deal
Accor's $1.2 billion acquisition of Mantra is a vote of confidence in the Asia-led tourism boom.
matthew stevens
Glencore calls in the AEC
Glencore has called in the Australian Electoral Commission to run future employee ballots at a selection of its Australian coal mines.
laura tingle
Does this government know what it's doing?
By dumping the Clean Energy Target, the government has unnerved the energy sector and left voters with renewed grounds for thinking the government doesn't know what it is doing.
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.
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