EDITORS' PICKS
In this week's essential reading guide, Kohler examines the return of the investment banks, Gottliebsen explains why the dollar will go too high and Bartholomeusz questions the true value of NBNCo.
Return of the living dead
Alan Kohler
When Goldman Sachs became a bank holding company last year it was thought investment banking was dead. But both Goldman and JP Morgan's accounts show the sector is thriving.
The big four's fabulous crisis
Alan Kohler
While the government's decision to buy $8 billion worth of RMBS is welcome, its other interventions in the banking and mortgage markets have favoured the big four far too much.
The Australian dollar will go too high
Robert Gottliebsen
The Australian dollar, which previously tracked Chinese electricity production very closely, is now heading north on its own as speculators add to fundamental upward pressures.
Our energy through Chinese eyes
Robert Gottliebsen
When Penny Wong visits China it's unlikely that officials there will explain their real views on climate change – from their perspective, our energy and carbon abatement plans are bizarre and counterproductive.
NBNCo's questionable value
Stephen Bartholomeusz
NBNCo will require a combination of monopoly pricing and taxpayer subsidy if its economics, particularly in its ramp-up years, are to make even the remotest kind of sense. 15 Oct 2009 1:41 PM
Packer's full deck
Stephen Bartholomeusz
While there's a chance James Packer might be eyeing Tabcorp, it's an equal bet that he will take Crown private. What we do know is, despite claims to the contrary, the 'son' is planning something big.
China's faltering free press
Isabelle Oderberg
The apparent demise of the Chinese independent news magazine Caijing should worry any business with exposure to China.
Head-in-the-sand economics
Giles Parkinson
Australians should be very concerned that on the major economic challenge of our time it's the Greens, not the major parties, whose thinking most closely accords with policy development in the rest of the developed world.
Alan Kohler
When Goldman Sachs became a bank holding company last year it was thought investment banking was dead. But both Goldman and JP Morgan's accounts show the sector is thriving.
The big four's fabulous crisis
Alan Kohler
While the government's decision to buy $8 billion worth of RMBS is welcome, its other interventions in the banking and mortgage markets have favoured the big four far too much.
The Australian dollar will go too high
Robert Gottliebsen
The Australian dollar, which previously tracked Chinese electricity production very closely, is now heading north on its own as speculators add to fundamental upward pressures.
Our energy through Chinese eyes
Robert Gottliebsen
When Penny Wong visits China it's unlikely that officials there will explain their real views on climate change – from their perspective, our energy and carbon abatement plans are bizarre and counterproductive.
NBNCo's questionable value
Stephen Bartholomeusz
NBNCo will require a combination of monopoly pricing and taxpayer subsidy if its economics, particularly in its ramp-up years, are to make even the remotest kind of sense. 15 Oct 2009 1:41 PM
Packer's full deck
Stephen Bartholomeusz
While there's a chance James Packer might be eyeing Tabcorp, it's an equal bet that he will take Crown private. What we do know is, despite claims to the contrary, the 'son' is planning something big.
China's faltering free press
Isabelle Oderberg
The apparent demise of the Chinese independent news magazine Caijing should worry any business with exposure to China.
Head-in-the-sand economics
Giles Parkinson
Australians should be very concerned that on the major economic challenge of our time it's the Greens, not the major parties, whose thinking most closely accords with policy development in the rest of the developed world.
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