2008 November:   Business
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Carbon(see also in Climate: Mitigation and National) last  down  top   back  on

Green trends in California: The economic slowdown is having one good effect, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (California is indeed leading the way in cutting greenhouse-gas emissions—but not for the reason it might want)
Tim Colebatch, Australia turns its coal shoulder, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (approach to emissions trading virtually wipes coal off the table of options for new power stations in Australia, official survey reveals)
Greenhouse gases: Rock with a voracious appetite for carbon dioxide, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (the rock is peridotite, which is one of the main rocks in the upper mantle, an area that provides a girth below the Earth's crust)
David Gow, World energy watchdog fears oil crunch due to lack of investment, The Age, 2008 Nov. 13 (International Energy Agency calls for energy revolution and "major de-carbonisation" of global fuel sources)
Clean technology in the downturn: Gathering clouds, Economist, 2008 Nov. 8 (the economic slowdown casts a shadow over the prospects for clean technology)
AFP, EU agrees to three-year reprieve on emissions cuts for new cars, The Age, 2008 Nov. 3 (European Union member states are ready to grant car makers a three-year delay until 2015 to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of their new vehicles in light of the global economic crisis, negotiators said at the weekend)
Competition and Cartels(see also Marketing) up  down  top   back  on

Jason Dowling, Tabcorp facing competition probe, The Age, 2008 Nov. 21 (Tabcorp is under investigation by the competition regulator for a second possible breach of competition laws)
Glass makers hit with huge fine, BBC, 2008 Nov. 12 (four car glass makers have been hit with the European Commission's highest cartel fine after "cheating" car buyers)
Kenneth Davidson, Credit crisis is exposing free market hypocrisy, The Age, 2008 Nov. 3 (is the crisis the result of a temporary liquidity problem or is it the result of systemic insolvency?)
Economics focus: A biased market, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (skewed news reporting is taken as a sign of a dysfunctional media; in fact, it may be a sign of healthy competition)
Consumerism(see also Social and in Social) up  down  top   back  on

Anne D'innocenzio, Wild scenes but limited spending, The Age, 2008 Nov. 30 (US shoppers who had snapped their wallets shut since September turned out in force at the start of the Christmas shopping season, but many say worries about the economy have them focusing on fewer gifts and less expensive, more practical items)
Retailing in America: Dreaming of a black Christmas, Economist, 2008 Nov. 29 (American retailers and consumers fight to stay out of the red)
Online shopping spend in decline, BBC, 2008 Nov. 26 (for the first time since it began compiling figures, measurement firm find online spending is down)
Woolworths zset for administration, BBC, 2008 Nov. 26 (UK retailer Woolworths is to go into administration, with tens of thousands of jobs under threat, the BBC learns)
Taiwan to shop through the blues, BBC, 2008 Nov. 18 (Taiwan's prime minister announces a cash handout for all residents in a bid to try to stave off economic crisis)
Louisa Deasey, In praise of frugality: no to credit cards, The Age, 2008 Nov. 13 (since when did living within one's means become a crime?)
Nipa Piboontanasawat, China looks inward to ride out financial crisis, The Age, 2008 Nov. 13 (China's retail sales rise 22%, close to the fastest in nine years, signalling that domestic demand may help world's fourth-biggest economy through global financial crisis)
Patrick Collinson, Brown to target 'irresponsible' credit card firms, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 12 (companies on collision course with PM as average interest charged rises to 17.6% despite base rate slashing)
Michael Bachelard, Consumers forgo finer things as slump hits home, The Age, 2008 Nov. 9 (consumers cutting back sharply on their spending and turning away from high-priced luxury items as fear grows that Australia faces a deep economic downturn)
Joanne Knight, More of the same no cure for inherent ills, The Age, 2008 Nov. 7 (the economic crisis gives us a chance to shift away from dependence on consumerism to seek answers to global warming)
Neil Irwin and Lori Montgomery, Consumer spending melting away, The Age, 2008 Nov. 1 (the credit freeze has done what natural disasters and a terrorist attack could not: curb Americans' spending habits)
Copyright and Trademarks(see also in Internet and Technology) up  down  top   back  on

John Naughton, Cameras that shoot a hole in $1bn Olympic TV rights, Observer, 2008 Nov. 23 (this new camera obliterates the distinction between still photography and cinematography)
Jesse Hogan, Hollywood fires salvo at iiNet, file sharers, The Age, 2008 Nov. 21 (seven of the world's biggest film studios launch legal action to punish internet providers that do not block customers from downloading pirated movies and TV shows)
Asher Moses, Film companies sue iiNet 'for allowing piracy', The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (the film and television industry launches major legal action against iiNet for allegedly allowing users to download pirated movies and TV shows)
Seth Finkelstein, Google's copyright war will have open access advocates up in arms, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 6 (the copyright issues surrounding Google's digitising of books)
Jack Schofield, Has Blu-ray's encryption been cracked again?, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 6 (on the inevitability of Blu-ray disc technology being compromised)
Digital books: A new chapter, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (Google strikes a deal with publishers to make more books available online)
Economics and Policy(see also Money) up  down  top   back  on

Unorthodox economic policies: Plan C, Economist, 2008 Nov. 29 (as their economy slides, America's policymakers are turning to unconventional devices; the bold new steps taken this week by the Federal Reserve and the Treasury)
Policy in Europe: Those reluctant Germans, Economist, 2008 Nov. 29 (Europe is struggling to put in place even a conventional fiscal stimulus)
Bryan Kavanagh, Economic deja vu as powers that be play same old tune, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (nothing changes; in the 1970s, the collapse of Mainline Corporation and Cambridge Credit heralded a recession after the 1973 real estate bust)
George Monbiot, Keynes is innocent: the toxic spawn of Bretton Woods was no plan of his, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 18 (the economist's dream was blocked for an IMF serving the rich; reforms proposed by G20 leaders are too little, too late)
Nick Cohen, Darwin's no help on the origins of greed, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 16 (financial and political leaders led us to ruin because they did not understand Keynes, not Darwin)
Tom Clark, Keynes and the opposite of Victorian thrift, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 12 (the idea that a country can borrow its way to prosperity never comes naturally to a conservative mindset)
Ross Gittins, The Keynesian way returns—as we knew it would, The Age, 2008 Nov. 8 (this week's mid-year economic outlook document clearly shows that fiscal orthodoxy is back)
The economic crisis: Wolves at the door, Economist, 2008 Nov. 8 (financial mess and gathering recession dominate Barack Obama's economic agenda)
Peter Douglas, It is time to learn some new lessons in economics, The Age, 2008 Nov. 5 (old mindsets hinder the urgent search for answers to the global crisis)
Will Hutton, Will the real Keynes stand up, not this sad caricature?, Observer, 2008 Nov. 2 (the great economist is back in fashion, but it will be a disaster if his brilliant theories are now misapplied)
Policy in a recession: Putting the air back in, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (staring at recession, policymakers in rich economies are considering how to avoid a prolonged slump; here are some options—and some obstacles)
Ross Gittins, Capitalism is a long way from perfect, but there's no better, practical system, The Age, 2008 Nov. 1 (we've had too many grown men happy to assume that all growth is good growth and all credit is good credit)
Environment and Conservation(see also in Health and Science) up  down  top   back  on

Suzanne Goldenberg , President for 60 more days, Bush tearing apart protection for America's wilderness, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 20 (outgoing George Bush set to leave his mark by removing at least ten major environmental safeguards; oil shale mining in Rocky Mountains gets go-ahead)
Tuna in the Mediterranean: The European Commission, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (is accused of withholding embarrassing data)
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Expert view: Sharks are just not meant to be hunted, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 11 (extinction is a very real risk of commercially targeting certain species of shark)
Jessica Aldred and Ian Sample, Sharks and rays off UK shores critically endangered and facing extinction, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 11 (more than a quarter of sharks and rays in the north-east Atlantic face extinction through the effects of overfishing, with 7% classed as critically endangered, conservationists have warned)
Peter Ker and Adam Morton, Environment a 'priority' over economy, The Age, 2008 Nov. 1 (the environment is bigger and more important than the economy, even in the midst of the worst financial crisis the world has seen for several decades)
Conservation: Managed to death, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (if nothing is done soon, the bluefin tuna will disappear from the Mediterranean)
Fraud and Corruption(see also in Internet and Social) up  down  top   back  on

Royce Millar, Corruption in councils hard to find, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (corrupt local councils less likely to be exposed in Victoria than in NSW because of absence of independent anti-corruption body south of the Murray River)
Mark Hawthorne, Mining firm tied to Somali oil pirates, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (Australian mining company has paid millions of dollars in controversial fees to Somali rebels responsible for a surge in international piracy, including the hijacking this week of an oil supertanker)
Dominic Casciani, UK identities sold for £80 online, BBC, 2008 Nov. 17 (Internet fraudsters sell complete financial identities for just £80, according to an online safety group)
Royce Millar and Nick McKenzie, Fears raised over the lowering standards of councillors, The Age, 2008 Nov. 17 (with local elections under way, there is growing concern over corruption in the third tier of government)
Royce Millar, Council backtrack on land gift, The Age, 2008 Nov. 12 (Geelong Council forced into embarrassing backflip over a contentious $1 million gift of public property to Labor-linked job agency)
Globalism and Free Trade(see also in International) up  down  top   back  on

Pharmaceuticals: Big drugmakers' love affair with America is coming to an end, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (the industry's future now lies in the developing world)
The global economic summit: After the fall, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (on November 15th world leaders are due to sit around a table in Washington, DC, to fix finance. They have their work cut out)
Anne Davies and Michelle Grattan, Bush's plea to preserve capitalism, The Age, 2008 Nov. 14 (US President to tell meeting of world leaders, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, not to abandon principles of free-market capitalism as they seek a way out of the global financial crisis)
Robert Skidelsky and Vijay Joshi, A dangerous free-for-all, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 11 (banking reformers miss the plot; a new Bretton Woods must focus on the exchange rate fiasco)
Peter Martin and John Garnaut, The great China bailout, The Age, 2008 Nov. 10 (the ailing global economy is set to receive a shot in the arm from China, with a massive $849 billion stimulus package aimed at keeping the emerging economic superpower growing)
Ruth Williams, Global accounting accord 'on edge', The Age, 2008 Nov. 6 (international showdown looming between European Union and body charged with uniting world under one set of accounting rules)
Tania Branigan, Reverberations of world recession rock a city built on exports, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 1 (local trade association predicts that Dongguan and two neighbouring cities will lose 9,000 of their 45,000 factories)
Management(see also in Computing) up  down  top   back  on

Managing in the downturn: Desperately seeking a cash cure, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (many firms urgently need more cash to boost their liquidity and to help ward off the economic ills)
Innovation in America: A gathering storm?, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (confronted by Asia's technological rise and the financial crisis, corporate America is losing its self-confidence; it should not)
Modern management: All you need is cash, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (the increasingly desperate search for the stuff is changing modern management—not always for the better)
Corporate restructuring: Centres of attention, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (companies may still have too many heads at headquarters)
Michael West, Too often, the NEDs have fled, The Age, 2008 Nov. 13 (to be taken seriously, non-executive directors must start earning their keep and stand up to executives)
Eli Greenblat, CSR drops strong hint for break-up of sprawling 'historical' divisions, The Age, 2008 Nov. 6 (diversified CSR group gives its strongest indication yet it is considering a demerger of its corporate structure to create separate businesses in building materials, sugar and aluminium)
Chief financial officers: In the eye of the storm, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (have chief financial officers ever mattered more—or been less prepared?)
Manufacturing and Mining(see also in Science and Technology) up  down  top   back  on

Commercial aviation: Swings and roundabouts, Economist, 2008 Nov. 29 (Boeing and Airbus are well placed to weather the recession)
Mining: Kloppers clipped, Economist, 2008 Nov. 29 (BHP Billiton ends its pursuit of Rio Tinto)
Katharine Murphy, Perfect storm brews over local car industry, The Age, 2008 Nov. 22 (shock waves from the US are threatening auto workers here, as some economists suggest ours is an industry not worth saving)
Jorn Madslien, Lack of investment clue to Detroit's demise, BBC, 2008 Nov. 20 (listen to the voices from Washington and Detroit—where the Big Three carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are pleading for a $25bn government bail-out—and you would think the industry was dying on its feet)
Ben Schneiders and Jason Dowling, Mixed reaction to Brumby's bid to boost manufacturing, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (John Brumby's long-overdue manufacturing statement receives mixed response from unions and industry groups despite big boost for local suppliers)
Adam Morton, Lights out for solar panel plant, The Age, 2008 Nov. 19 (Australia's only commercial-scale solar panel plant will shut in March, axing about 200 jobs and sparking fears that skilled "green-collar" workers will be lost overseas)
American carmakers: On the edge, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (after the bank bail-out, it is now Detroit's carmakers who are pleading for help)
Philip Hopkins, Subsidy key to hybrid production, The Age, 2008 Nov. 15 (Toyota Australia's chief reaffirms that without government help the company's hybrid car would not be built in Australia)
Lori Montgomery, Push to offer car makers a lifeline, The Age, 2008 Nov. 13 (the US House of Representatives will convene next week to vote on a plan to provide emergency cash to the nation's battered automobile industry; but a federal bailout for Detroit faces an uphill battle in the Senate and an uncertain fate at the White House)
Shaun Carney, The car industry needs Canberra's help, The Age, 2008 Nov. 12 (what's more important: our car industry or Olympic gold?)
Damian Kahya, Bolivia holds key to electric car future, BBC, 2008 Nov. 9 (high in the Andes, in a remote corner of Bolivia, lies more than half the world's reserves of a mineral that could radically reduce our reliance on dwindling fossil fuels)
Philip Hopkins, Redflex wins another Chicago-based contract, The Age, 2008 Nov. 8 (takeover target Redflex Holdings, which designs and manufactures digital red-light and speed cameras, wins a new contract in the United States, this time in Chicago)
Tania Branigan, Reverberations of world recession rock a city built on exports, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 1 (local trade association predicts that Dongguan and two neighbouring cities will lose 9,000 of their 45,000 factories)
America's car industry: And then there were two, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (the combination of GM and Chrysler hinges on government support)
Philip Hopkins, Advanced Engine rumbles ahead, The Age, 2008 Nov. 1 (Advanced Engine Components, which builds engines that run on natural gas, has forged a deal with one of India's leading motor manufacturers)
Marketing(see also Competition and in Internet) up  down  top   back  on

Jill Stark, Booze ads 'misleading' youngsters, The Age, 2008 Nov. 23 (alcohol advertisements persuade young people that drinking will boost their confidence, improve their sexual success and make them more attractive—despite the industry's own code banning promotions conveying those messages)
Markets: The TARP trap, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (the painful consequences of abandoning asset auctions)
Kevin Peachey, How safe are your Christmas presents?, BBC, 2008 Nov. 20 (the shining Gibson guitar was going for a song on the internet, but any expert could hear it did not play like the real thing)
Media and Television(see also Newspapers and in Technology) up  down  top   back  on

Orietta Guerrera, Movie mischief: Tassie in grab for limelight, The Age, 2008 Nov. 22 (from December 4 until Christmas, a spoof movie trailer boasting Tasmania's natural wonders will precede Australia at selected cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne. A website will also go online from Monday)
Matt Wade, Bollywood buckling in tough economic climes, The Age, 2008 Nov. 13 (Bollywood's trademark glitz and glamour hit by a chill as global economic downturn takes its toll on Indian film industry)
Audrey Gillan, 'An Aston Martini, stirred not shaken, please Pennymoney', Guardian, 2008 Nov. 10 (website exposes continuity errors in new James Bond movie, including linguistic and factual mistakes)
James Robinson, More people watching TV despite strong competition, Observer, 2008 Nov. 9 (viewing numbers are up 5%, but advertising revenues on commercial channels fall)
Paying for the BBC: Broadcasting uncertainty, Economist, 2008 Nov. 8 (renewed questions about the future of the television licence)
Recognise these faces? If not, don't worry. No one else watches Australia's best films, either, The Age, 2008 Nov. 2 (they are the four films nominated for Australia's most important industry award, but their combined box office takings were less than one bad American comedy)
Money and Banking(see also Economics and Wealth) up  down  top   back  on

Banks and the real economy: Arm's length, Economist, 2008 Nov. 29 (how hard should the state lean on banks to lend?)
Payday lending: Cities and states are cracking down on payday lending, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (payday lenders are predatory, financially knee-capping their customers without providing a crutch)
Bank bail-outs: Leaving Las Vegas, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (no dire mistakes so far; but governments will find exiting banks far harder than entering them)
Vanessa O'shaughnessy, As bigger banks deflate, smaller cousins have cause to celebrate, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (Australia's regional banks in excellent condition, having outperformed the Big Four over an immensely difficult period)
David Hirst, The hazards of policy on the hop, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (every man and woman and their canine domestic animals are lining up to register as banks so as to share in Henry Paulson's bounty)
Charlemagne, No room in the ark: The euro, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (may not be quite as safe a haven as enthusiasts are claiming)
The world economy: Redesigning global finance, Economist, 2008 Nov. 15 (government leaders cannot rewrite the rules this weekend; but they can still do some useful things)
Judy Shelton, Stable Money Is the Key to Recovery, Wall Street Journal, 2008 Nov. 15 (how the G-20 can rebuild the 'capitalism of the future')
Steve Schifferes, How Bretton Woods reshaped the world, BBC, 2008 Nov. 14 (in the summer of 1944, delegates from 44 countries met in the midst of World War II to reshape the world's international financial system)
Joseph Stiglitz, World's old-fashioned monetary system needs a boot up the backside, The Age, 2008 Nov. 12 (the G20 summit must face reality if it wants to create a stable and equitable financial system)
Malcolm West, How to make millions out of nothing, The Age, 2008 Nov. 12 (Rubicon is the perfect example of how unscrupulous traders can exploit a bull market)
Credit derivatives: The great untangling, Economist, 2008 Nov. 8 (some of the criticism heaped on credit-default swaps is misguided; the market needs sorting out nonetheless)
Derivatives: Giving credit where it is due, Economist, 2008 Nov. 8 (the credit-default swap needs reform, not abolition)
Max Newnham, CBA throws petrol on the fire of economic meltdown, The Age, 2008 Nov. 7 (to say that the world banking system is in crisis is an understatement; at times it feels more like it is in its death throes)
David Hirst and Andrew Linden, Banks face challenge on billions of dollars of off-balance-sheet exposure, The Age, 2008 Nov. 4 (the Government has chewed off a lot in backing the banks)
Sterling's pounding: Back to earth, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (why has the pound tumbled?)
Bank regulation: Behavioural finance, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (can the government change the banks' business model?)
George Dyson, Economic Dis-Equilibrium: Can You Have Your House And Spend It Too?, Edge, 2008 Sep. 25 (aren't mortgages, whether prime or sub-prime, just a modern version of paying for houses with fraud-resistant sticks?)
Outsourcing and Consulting(see also Pay and in Computing and Social) up  down  top   back  on

Chris Tryhorn, Ninety jobs to go at Independent as owner eyes outsourcing, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 19 (the owner of the Independent titles has announced more than a fifth of their staff will be axed)
Peter Ker, Water suppliers fear more mergers as consultants arrive, The Age, 2008 Nov. 4 (spectre of mergers and rationalisation within Victorian water sector re-emerges, as private consultants conduct major management review of 19 water authorities)
Pay and Wealth(see also Outsourcing and in Computing and Social) up  down  top   back  on

Compensation in finance: Payback, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (bankers' pay is a complex subject that arouses simple emotions)
Sarah Smiles, Equal pay for migrant workers gains backing, The Age, 2008 Nov. 14 (Australian employers could be made to pay migrant workers market rates in an overhaul of the temporary visa system designed to prevent worker exploitation)
Pay deal averts strike in Germany, BBC, 2008 Nov. 12 (a major strike by Germany's largest industrial trade union is averted after a new 4.2% pay deal with employers)
Nils Pratley, The cost of concealing the bonus machine, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 4 (UK government—perfect shareholder or shareholder from hell?; it depends on who you ask)
Ari Sharp, For some, the good times never stop, The Age, 2008 Nov. 4 (three senior executive directors at Village Roadshow put their hands out for a 17% pay increase that includes cash bonuses of almost $1 million each despite a falling share price and mixed financial results)
Privatisation and Private Equity up  down  top   back  on

Private equity: Get a grip, Economist, 2008 Nov. 29 (the hollow bullishness of buy-out firms' bosses)
Michael West, Victoria's PPP that lost two of its Ps, The Age, 2008 Nov. 20 (a hospital finance deal needs intensive care)
Publishing and Newspapers(see also Media) up  down  top   back  on

Borders Inc ' no longer for sale', BBC, 2008 Nov. 26 (US-based bookseller Borders says it is no longer for sale despite reporting widening third-quarter losses)
Andrew Brown, The online FT should be pink with embarrassment over its redesign, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 20 (the new Financial Times website looks as if it has been aimed at people who don't want to read)
Oliver Luft, Newspapers will survive by changing, says Murdoch, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 18 (the tycoon has dismissed suggestions that internet will kill off the press, calling industry doomsayers 'misguided cynics')
Charles Arthur, Rewriting the book on profitable publishing, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 13 (an innovative business model plus cross-platform software means that home-made books need never go out of print)
Alan Rusbridger, Local papers are vital—and must be saved, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 10 (a solution to the threats faced by local newspapers)
James Robinson, Newspapers pushed overboard in a perfect storm, Observer, 2008 Nov. 9 (economic woes and the BBC's web presence pose dire threats to print)
Jason Steger, Book industry rule faces scrutiny, The Age, 2008 Nov. 8 (the usually calm waters of book industry likely to be stirred up by news that the Government has asked the Productivity Commission to consider lifting parallel importation restrictions on books)
Leo Shanahan, New law to protect identity of sources, The Age, 2008 Nov. 3 (journalists and whistleblowers will have increased protection from prosecution under new laws to be introduced by the Federal Government)
Digital books: A new chapter, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (Google strikes a deal with publishers to make more books available online)
Recycling(see also in Climate) up   down    top   back  on

Mark Townsend, Recycled waste could be stored on MoD bases, Observer, 2008 Nov. 16 (sites are desperately being sought to house the UK's mountain of recyclable rubbish)
Adam Morton, Recycling fear on emissions trading, The Age, 2008 Nov. 14 (recycling industry warns it could become perverse victim of emissions trading)
Michael Green, Thinking outside the bin, The Age, 2008 Nov. 12 (recycling means much more than sorting papers from plastic; for National Recycling Week Green looks at new eco-friendly ways)
Mark Milner, Paper price collapse blows hole in Britain's recycling strategy, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 11 (demand from the Far East, which took three quarters of Britain's export of paper, disappears)
Adam Morton, No light at end of the tunnel for recycler of globes, The Age, 2008 Nov. 3 (Australia's only recycling plant for climate-friendly fluorescent light bulbs has said it may have to close because of a lack of business—a sign that most globes are going to landfill)
Social and Property(see also Consumerism) up   first    top   back  on

Leon Gettler, Financial meltdown puts international accounting standard setters in the gun, The Age, 2008 Nov. 27 (the uproar over fair value accounting, which some are blaming for the problems besetting the financial markets', has put international accounting standard setters in the gun)
Audits: Accounting for concern, Economist, 2008 Nov. 22 (can auditors be sure a firm will survive the next 12 months?)
Mark Lawson, Why tupping the puppet is a recipe for ruined lives, Guardian, 2008 Nov. 15 (whether through Second Life or The X Factor, the industrialisation of day dreaming seems deeply symbolic of modern life)
Julie Bindel, The vagina dialogues, The Age, 2008 Nov. 15 (a feminist academic's outrage at the globalisation of the flesh trade has poured forth in a book condemning what is now a billion-dollar industry with a place on the stock exchange)
Malcolm West, A Shakespearean tragedy: these were capable men who lost sight of reality, The Age, 2008 Nov. 6 (the human factor should never be divorced from the evaluation of economic activity)
Ruth Williams, Global accounting accord 'on edge', The Age, 2008 Nov. 6 (international showdown looming between European Union and body charged with uniting world under one set of accounting rules)
Market turmoil: Bad vibrations, Economist, 2008 Nov. 1 (violent moves in markets are forcing investors to sell assets)