Business
The economy
Alarm bells as China’s most valuable company posts first-ever revenue decline
China’s slumping economy is hitting its corporate giants with Tencent slashing staff and reporting its first revenue decline in history.
- by Zheping Huang
Latest
Chris Bowen begins talks on emissions cuts for 215 biggest polluters
Australia’s largest emitters could be required to slash their carbon footprint by up to 6 per cent a year under a new federal climate policy.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
World politics
Xi’s party is being spoiled as China’s economy continues to fade
China’s economic woes are worsening, and the authorities seem powerless to stop the downturn. Even the weather is conspiring against them.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Opinion
Jobs
Bosses take note: workers will soon have the upper hand
If I’m right, we’ll be going from insecure jobs and stagnant wages to much higher wages and employers falling over themselves to attract and retain the workers they need.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inside China
Xi’s zero-COVID policy sparks economic chaos in China
China’s zero-COVID push continues to wreak havoc on its economy, with fears growing of the long-term consequences of the strict policy.
- by Szu Ping Chan
Opinion
Jobs
We’ve got 99 problems, and jobs ain’t one of them
Amid so much good news on the jobs front, next month’s Jobs and Skills Summit looks like a solution searching for a problem.
- by Jessica Irvine
BlackRock to spend $1b on batteries in Australia as coal closures loom
The world’s biggest fund manager, BlackRock, has selected Australia for the rollout of its largest investment in grid-scale batteries.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Inflation
Inflation psychology: Raising prices and getting away with it
Uncooperative workers are not the RBA’s problem when it comes to fighting inflation, it’s big business using the current environment to slip in a little extra for themselves.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inflation
Power imbalance: Australia’s hidden inflation problem
It takes more than moving interest rates to fight inflation.
- by Ross Gittins
Opinion
Inside China
Why China’s confidence could turn out to be a weakness
China has built itself into a global powerhouse with its economic transformation over the past four decades. But it has bred cockiness and made it blind to its faults.
- by Li Yuan
Opinion
World markets
Putin is winning the energy war as Russia milks its cash cow
Russia has successfully weaponised energy supplies and alarm bells are ringing with Europe’s winter on the horizon.
- by Javier Blas