Malcolm Maiden
Malcolm Maiden analyses and comments on business, the markets and the economy.
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BHP executive pay a long-term issue
Malcolm Maiden BHP Billiton's executives as usual received more money than most of us earn in a lifetime in the year to June. The pay trend was flat to down, however, and that suits the times.
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Bernanke throws another lifeline to lift hope
Malcolm Maiden Let's see if Americans have the bottle to start productively deploying the dough.
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Bernanke puts the pedal to the metal with QE3
Malcolm Maiden Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke has joined European Central Bank president Mario Draghi in promising to do what it takes to clean up the mess of the global crisis.
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Myer adapts to new world as unease lingers
Malcolm Maiden Myer's July-year profit conformed with this year's general earnings season template, and chief executive Bernie Brookes' refusal to say what the retailer is likely to earn in the new financial year...
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Court challenge failure good news for markets
Malcolm Maiden The Mario Draghi market rally that began a month and a half ago receives a crucial boost.
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State out of step on coal royalties
Malcolm Maiden Implications of slowdown have not been absorbed by those not at the coalface.
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Just what doctor ordered for Europe, for now
Malcolm Maiden ECB's plan to buy unlimited amounts of government bonds from troubled nations is important.
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Coming in on a wing and a prayer at ACCC
Malcolm Maiden Qantas and Emitates' new advertisment has four crucial words at the bottom: 'Subject to regulatory approval.'
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Deja vu all over again for the RBA's cautious rates stance
Malcolm Maiden The Reserve Bank reached the same conclusion as it did a month ago when it announced yesterday that its cash rate was again being left unchanged at 3.5 per cent.
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Subtle wordplay reveals RBA readiness to act
Malcolm Maiden The tweaks in the central bank's monthly reading on the economy show that it's poised to cut rates if needed.
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Markets hang on bankers an ocean apart
Malcolm Maiden Ben Bernanke's speech overnight is one of two set pieces the markets have been salivating over.
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Optimism may just be wishful thinking
Malcolm Maiden Fortescue Metals chief Nev Power insists the slide in iron prices is merely an aberration.
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Year of the 'C' word, bring on the 'S' word
Malcolm Maiden Are you feeling challenged? 'Challenging' has been the word of choice in the profit season.
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Thodey has rivals reeling in his wake
Malcolm Maiden David Thodey won his board's backing to launch an attack on competitors, yesterday he launched a missile.
Thodey has rivals reeling in his wake
Malcolm Maiden Telstra's chief executive David Thodey won his board's backing to launch an attack on his competitors three weeks ago, and yesterday he launched a missile.
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Simple plan could revive surf company's fortunes
Malcolm Maiden Billabong's new chief executive, Launa Inman, yesterday unveiled a June-year profit result that was as bad as expected, and a renovation plan for the surf, skate and snow gear group that was...
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Writing on the wall now gospel
Malcolm Maiden The salad days of the commodities boom are over, for BHP and the economy at large.
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Boom times over for BHP
Malcolm Maiden BHP's Olympic Dam expansion won't be the last casualty of the slowdown in commodities demand, but today's result also shows there are still winners.
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Commission kicks goals in league deal
Malcolm Maiden Nine and Foxtel have renewed their rights for another five years in a last-minute victory.
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Four crucial days to decide Europe's fate
Malcolm Maiden September 6 is a big one. It's the day the markets want ECB president Mario Draghi to explain his July 26 promise to ''do whatever it takes to preserve the euro''.
