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

Alan Moran, Small voice with big ambitions, The Age, 2008 Sep. 26 (the costs of measures to mitigate carbon dioxide emissions tend to be hidden by the nature of economic analysis and modelling)
Roger Harrabin, UK opposes green aviation target, BBC, 2008 Sep. 26 (the government wants the aviation industry to be exempt from EU targets on renewable energy)
David Gow, Carbon capture viable by 2030 but needs £8bn to begin now, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 23 (project to build plants to capture and store carbon dioxide would require EU subsidies of €10bn)
Chris Hammer, Australia poised for prime role in carbon capture, The Age, 2008 Sep. 19 (Kevin Rudd expected to outline leading role for Australia in financing and developing carbon capture and storage technology)
Ross Gittins, When economists start to cook with gas . . . , The Age, 2008 Sep. 15 (economists see the glass half empty in reducing greenhouse emissions, but the economic and social gains make it just as easy to see the glass half full)
Mathew Murphy, 'Energy nirvana' will cost $70 a tonne, The Age, 2008 Sep. 9 (Australia will have to reach a carbon price of about $70 a tonne by 2020 if "clean coal" is to be a viable option, says an international energy expert)
Geological options for storing CO2, BBC, 2008 Sep. 3 (the final stage of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) chain involves storing the CO2 deep underground in locations where it will remain locked away for thousands of years)
Roger Harrabin, Germany leads 'clean coal' pilot, BBC, 2008 Sep. 3 (beneath the gargantuan grey boiler towers of Schwarze Pumpe power station which pierce the skies of northern Germany, a Lilliputian puzzle of metal boxes and shining canisters is about to mark a moment of industrial history)
Mathew Murphy, Companies respond to energy efficiency challenge, The Age, 2008 Sep. 2 (big business has started taking steps to improve energy efficiency, with a survey showing that 20% have already gone beyond the minimum requirements set by government)
Competition(see also Marketing) up  down  top   back  on

Ken Phillips, System suffers when everyone has somewhere to hide, The Age, 2008 Sep. 30 (there is an obvious flaw in the free market that makes economic success so possible, yet economic crisis so repetitive)
Julia Finch, OFT suspects fixing of prices in grocery sector, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (big names face fine of 10% of turnover if claim proven; food suppliers and chains among companies targeted)
Globalisation: Opportunity knocks, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (as long as the protectionists don't spoil it; part of a special report)
Globalisation: The empire strikes back, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (why rich-world multinationals think they can stay ahead of the newcomers; part of a special report)
Allan Fels and Fred Brenchley, Big business led up Birdsville track, The Age, 2008 Sep. 20 (laws designed to protect small business have removed all vestiges of competition concepts)
Ross Gittins, Bail-outs clarify mythic status of the free market, The Age, 2008 Sep. 20 (in reality, we live in a &ldquo'mixed economy&rdquo', where markets operate within regulatory frameworks)
Bobbie Johnson, EU steps into row over Google ads deal with Yahoo, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 17 (European regulators are investigating an online advertising deal brokered between Google and Yahoo following news of a similar US inquiry)
Drew Cratchley, ACCC enforces quarantine on Tasmanian power station, The Age, 2008 Sep. 16 (the Tasmanian Government and its electricity retailer, Aurora Energy, have agreed to quarantine the Tamar Valley Power Station from any other dealings with the state's electricity market while the competition watchdog investigates the Government's purchase of the plant)
Jeff Jarvis, Fight Google by competing with it rather than feeding it, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 15 (it is no surprise that the US justice department appears to be looking at whether Google has grown too big and successful)
Leonie Wood, Amcor believed it was being blackmailed when cartel tapes suddenly arrived, The Age, 2008 Sep. 13 (Amcor believed it was being blackmailed when a cache of secret tapes, exposing a high-level cartel between Visy and Amcor executives, was covertly delivered to its lawyers in 2004)
Bobbie Johnson, Top US lawyer hired to prepare Google-Yahoo anti-cartel case, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 10 (US justice department has hired a top Washington lawyer to lead a possible anti-cartel investigation into Google)
Larry Elliott, Saving Fannie and Freddie was nationalisation pure and simple, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 9 (it's the free-marketeers who are to blame but, by not seizing the moment, it's the left that could well end up carrying the can)
Consumerism(see also Social and in Social) up  down  top   back  on

Julia Finch, Value is the key ingredient on shopping lists, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (consumers are changing the way they shop and how much they spend as recession looms)
Lisa Bachelor, Bread sells like hot cakes, Observer, 2008 Sep. 21 (psychologists and economists debate the cause as sales of part-baked bread rise 47 per cent)
Lucy Siegle, Is it better to lease, hire or borrow than to buy?, Observer, 2008 Sep. 7 (shared washing machines and DIY tool clubs . . . don't be a consumer when you can be a transumer)
Rational consumer: Consumer electronics, Economist, 2008 Sep. 6 (high-definition video cameras are getting cheaper, but sometimes it is better to keep things simple; part of a Technology Quarterly)
Copyright and Trademarks(see also in Internet and Technology) up  down  top   back  on

Asher Moses, Game on with partial win for Scrabulous brothers, The Age, 2008 Sep. 29 (the Indian brothers behind Scrabulous claim victory after an Indian court ruled their game did not violate copyrights related to Scrabble)
Spore copyright control relaxed, BBC, 2008 Sep. 22 (the much-derided digital rights management of the new Spore release has been loosened to allow for five installs)
Randeep Ramesh, Hollywood takes on Bollywood with lawsuit against Hari Puttar, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 16 (Indian producers are forced to postpone film premiere as legal action begins over the film's title)
Steven Poole, Review: Obsessive Branding Disorder, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 13 (Obsessive Branding Disorder, Lucas Conley; a likeably acid take on the global business of 'branding')
Bobbie Johnson, Developers face up to the pirates, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 11 (fed up with his work being ripped off, gamemaker Cliff Harris engaged directly with the pirates; he is not the only one trying to deal with the issue)
Ben Child et al., Steven Spielberg sued: Film stole Hitchcock plot, trust says, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 10 (plot for Spielberg's Disturbia stolen from film Rear Window, according to lawsuit)
Copyright row dogs Spore release, BBC, 2008 Sep. 10 (hundreds complain about the copyright protecting system on the long-awaited game Spore)
Mex Cooper, Google users hold onto their copyright, The Age, 2008 Sep. 5 (Google has backed down following revelations that it would have rights to any information entered into websites by people using its new internet browser)
Economics and Policy(see also Money) up  down  top   back  on

Charlemagne: Transatlantic model wars, Economist, 2008 Sep. 27 (what Wall Street's woes reveal about European and American views of markets)
Julia Kollewe, Ireland is first to slip into recession, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (European commission thinks Germany and Spain may be next and Britain is also on the brink)
Vanessa O'Shaughnessy and Eric Johnston, Lifelines put some buoyancy back into the markets, The Age, 2008 Sep. 23 (assault on short-selling and billion-dollar US Government plan fuels resurgence in local stocks, but leaves hedge funds and traders scrambling to understand new market landscape)
Ross Gittins, Triumph of the herd mentality puts us in another fine mess, The Age, 2008 Sep. 22 (the economists' neoclassical model mistakenly assumes that humans are rational, but the financial crisis is the product of wild emotions: greed and fear)
Economics focus: Beyond crisis management, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (bold ideas for solving America's financial mess)
Simon Bowers, Explainer: Short selling, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 18 (how powerful hedge funds take huge bets on falling share prices)
Joseph Stiglitz, The fruit of hypocrisy, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 16 (dishonesty in the finance sector dragged us here, and Washington looks ill-equipped to guide us out)
Larry Elliott, This week the crash went nuclear, and Britain will feel the worst of the fallout, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 16 (the UK is badly exposed, and the financial system is broken beyond repair)
Simon Mann and Ben Schneiders, Dark clouds ahead, The Age, 2008 Sep. 13 (if ever there was a scenario tailor-made for feeding an “I'm all right, Jack” mindset, it would seem to be Australia in 2008)
Ashley Seager and Kathryn Hopkins, Britain, Germany and Spain will be in recession this year, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 11 (Britain will join several large European economies in slipping into recession in the second half of this year because of the credit crunch, high commodity prices and collapsing housing markets, the European commission said yesterday)
Amory Lovins: The frugal cornucopian, Economist, 2008 Sep. 6 (Lovins began making the case for resource efficiency decades ago, long before it became fashionable; now things are going his way; part of a Technology Quarterly)
Peter Martin, Victoria the nation's economic engine, The Age, 2008 Sep. 4 (Victoria has emerged as a surprise engine room of the Australian economy, with new figures suggesting that it was responsible for almost half of the nation's economic growth in the June quarter)
Larry Elliott, Whatever happened to Keynes' 15-hour working week?, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 1 (the desire to keep up with our richer peers drives us to work harder)
Environment and Conservation(see also in Health and Science) up  down  top   back  on

Clare Kendall, A new law of nature, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 24 (Ecuador next week votes on giving legal rights to rivers, forests and air; is this the end of damaging development?; the world is watching)
James Randerson, Jailbirds creating eco-havens in prison, Observer, 2008 Sep. 21 (inmates become conservationists for rare species such as barn owls, kingfishers and adders)
Fishing and conservation: A rising tide, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (scientists find proof that privatising fishing stocks can avert a disaster)
Terry Macalister, Tar sands—the new toxic investment, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 17 (report warns against oil industry's equivalent of the sub-prime mortgage crisis)
Adam Morton, Fight over push to save red gums, The Age, 2008 Sep. 15 (locking up northern Victoria's stressed river red gum forests in series of national parks would be an economic winner for state, analysis shows)
Elizabeth Mitchell, Earthworms to aid soil clean-up, BBC, 2008 Sep. 12 (scientists show how metal-munching earthworms can help plants to clean up areas with contaminated soils)
John Vidal, Not guilty: the Greenpeace activists who used climate change as a legal defence, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 11 (protesters cleared of damaging Kingsnorth power station as defence sets precedent for environmental campaigners)
Fraud and Corruption(see also in Internet and Social) up  down  top   back  on

John Reynolds, Ethics will be the best long-term investment, Observer, 2008 Sep. 28 (working in 'the City', I have seen behaviour that is barely legal)
Seamus Bradley, More hens needed to foil $13m racket, The Age, 2008 Sep. 28 (more than double the number of free-range hens are needed to ensure that every egg sold as free range is genuine)
Nick McKenzie, Drugs and dirty money, The Age, 2008 Sep. 27 (Australia's illicit drug trade is generating billions of dollars and much of it is being laundered offshore)
Simon Bowers, Wall Street man, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (US treasury secretary Hank Paulson's credentials are called into question; his move into government was sweetened with a huge tax break)
Marc Moncrief, Developer's gift to Labor, The Age, 2008 Sep. 16 (donations worth $10,000 were made to Victorian Labor by the developer of Cranbourne's Brookland Greens during a dispute over permission to build near landfill)
James Meikle, Mail and phone scams catch out 3m, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 8 (fraudsters solicit £3.5bn a year from Britons but less than one in 20 victims report the cons)
Too good to be true, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 8 (scams that have caught out Britons to the tune of £3.5bn)
Michael Bachelard, The great pokies bust, The Age, 2008 Sep. 7 (in the wake of Aristocrat Leisure's $145 million class action payout, a tale of dodgy deals, cartel ties, ego and greed unfolds)
Gerard Ryle, Warship used for sponsor's function, The Age, 2008 Sep. 5 (an Australian Navy frigate was handed over at taxpayers' expense for a gala corporate function on Sydney Harbour soon after defence force chiefs became investors in the company involved)
Nick McKenzie, Government bungle jeopardises OPI cases, The Age, 2008 Sep. 4 (investigators from Victoria's corruption watchdog may be unable to testify against allegedly bent officers because of a Brumby Government bungle that has already interrupted a corruption trial; Victoria's Chief Prosecutor, Gavin Silbert, SC, warned the County Court last month that an amendment this year to laws that empower the Office of Police Integrity had left "sufficient doubt as to the ability to call the OPI witnesses as part of the prosecution case")
Nick McKenzie, Internal sacking, suspension stir police force watchdog, The Age, 2008 Sep. 3 (Victoria's powerful police corruption watchdog is facing its own integrity problems, with one officer sacked and another suspended after alleged misconduct)
Globalism and Free Trade(see also in International) up  down  top   back  on

French companies in China: Francophobia, Economist, 2008 Sep. 27 (politicians' pro-Tibet stance has harmed prospects for French firms in China)
Nick Mathiason, Mining and oil face world tax exposure, Observer, 2008 Sep. 21 (multinationals could be forced to reveal the tax they pay in each country ending widespread culture of corporate secrecy)
Richard Wachman, This transforms the financial system. Forever, Observer, 2008 Sep. 21 (US power is ebbing away and free market fundamentalism is an outdated ideology)
Matthew Bishop, Globalisation: A bigger world, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (globalisation is entering a new phase, with emerging-market companies now competing furiously against rich-country ones; what will that mean for capitalism?; introduction to a special report; other items:    The new champions: Emerging markets are producing examples of capitalism at its best;   Ins and outs: acronyms BRIC out all over;   The empire strikes back: why rich-world multinationals think they can stay ahead of the newcomers;   Oil, politics and corruption: bad capitalism carries its own risks;   The rise of state capitalism: coming to grips with sovereign-wealth funds;   Cities in the sand: a new sort of investment partnership;   Opportunity knocks: as long as the protectionists don't spoil it)
Chris Patten, Free for all, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 19 (with the world's money markets in turmoil, globalisation is a dirtier word than ever; it is blamed for destroying communities and widening the rift between rich and poor; opponents of globalisation are hypocrites—free trade is still the best option)
Max Hastings, The failed wizards of Wall Street, The Age, 2008 Sep. 18 (the arrogant financial masters take enormous risks, but only with other people's money; and the world pays the price)
Joseph Stiglitz, Crisis the fruit of dishonesty and incompetence, The Age, 2008 Sep. 18 (America's financial system failed in its two crucial responsibilities: managing risk and allocating capital; Regrettably, many of the worst elements of the US financial system—toxic mortgages and the practices that led to them—were exported to the world)
Joseph Stiglitz, The fruit of hypocrisy, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 16 (dishonesty in the finance sector dragged us here, and Washington looks ill-equipped to guide us out)
Will Hutton, Now is the time to seize power from the markets, Observer, 2008 Sep. 14 (the financial crisis presents grave dangers for the world—but a huge opportunity for the politically bold)
Brazilians in China: Footloose capitalism, Economist, 2008 Sep. 13 (China's largest Brazilian community enjoys the benefits of globalisation)
Parag Khanna, These are the new middle ages, not a new order, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 12 (in a time of empires, multinationals and mega-philanthropists, order can no longer be thought of as global)
George Monbiot, One thing is clear from the history of trade: protectionism makes you rich, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 9 (however much Peter Mandelson bullies them, poor countries know his equation of fair trade and free trade is nonsense)
Ernest Rodeck and Martin Feil, No free trade here, Kevin, The Age, 2008 Sep. 3 (an open letter to Kevin Rudd argues that the Prime Minister has ignored proof that free trade does not exist)
Management(see also in Computing) up  down  top   back  on

Kenneth Davidson, OECD against Victorian-style public transport tendering and franchising, The Age, 2008 Sep. 29 (the Victorian authorities' transport tendering process is a handbook on how not to do it)
Management consulting: Giving advice in adversity, Economist, 2008 Sep. 27 (Wall Street's woes are yet another headache for the consulting industry)
Joseph Stiglitz, Crisis the fruit of dishonesty and incompetence, The Age, 2008 Sep. 18 (America's financial system failed in its two crucial responsibilities: managing risk and allocating capital; Regrettably, many of the worst elements of the US financial system—toxic mortgages and the practices that led to them—were exported to the world)
Leon Gettler, Innovation holds key for mainstream media, The Age, 2008 Sep. 4 (a different business and management model than one based on cutting costs and people is required if companies want to increase revenue)
Manufacturing(see also in Technology) up  down  top   back  on

Marianne Barriaux, Beijing vows to restore national ‘brand’ as scandal rolls on, The Age, 2008 Sep. 29 (Chinese PM vows to ensure “Made in China” brand is safe for consumers at home and abroad even as further evidence of attempts to cover up a milk contamination scandal emerge)
David Gow, Further delays blow Airbus heavy-lifter off course, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (€20bn transporter will not have lift off until 2009 as building falls 15 months behind schedule)
Giant Manufacturing: On your bike, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (obesity and high oil prices are good news for the world's biggest bikemaker)
Philip Hopkins, Innovation wins family business manufacturing award, The Age, 2008 Sep. 19 (higher fuel prices, concerns about global warming, traffic congestion—whatever the reason, people are moving back to public transport: the largest designer and maker of transport seating in Australia)
Ashley Seager, City's pain could be industry's gain, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 16 (for a decade the financial sector has prospered as manufacturing withered on the vine)
Brazilians in China: Footloose capitalism, Economist, 2008 Sep. 13 (China's largest Brazilian community enjoys the benefits of globalisation)
Back to manufacturing: The discreet charm of the factory floor, Economist, 2008 Sep. 13 (the government has hopes of prompting a revival)
AFP, Peace deal paves way for India's cheap car, The Age, 2008 Sep. 9 (Tata Motors can go ahead with making the world's cheapest car at a factory in eastern India after talks yielded a compromise that ended violent protests against the plant)
Hydrogen cars: The car of the perpetual future, Economist, 2008 Sep. 6 (mass-produced hydrogen fuel-cell cars have been promised for a decade; where are they?; part of a Technology Quarterly)
Ari Sharp, Manufacturing on the slippery slide, The Age, 2008 Sep. 2 (while a surge in the price paid for coal and iron ore exports has reduced Australia's current account deficit, the nation's manufacturing sector has gone backwards for a third straight month)
Mark Milner, Manufacturers call for state aid to avoid job cuts, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 1 (companies urged to export to 'emerging markets' as European markets slow down)
Marketing(see also Competition and in Internet) up  down  top   back  on

Leo Shanahan, Drug firms still spending to sway doctors, The Age, 2008 Sep. 27 (drug companies have spent $32 million on so-called “educational events” for doctors in the past six months)
Dan Glaister, ‘My voice is clear as a bell in every scene!’ How big tobacco bought the big screen, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (study reveals how stars of golden age were bankrolled to wax lyrical about habit)
Globalisation: The new champions, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (emerging markets are producing examples of capitalism at its best; part of a special report)
James Meikle, Kids still exposed to bad food ads, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 19 (children are still watching TV ads for food high in fat, salt and sugar despite measures designed to prevent them doing so, says consumer watchdog Which?)
Helen Carter, Nip, tuck, hard sell: don't let ads seduce you, plastic surgeons warn, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 19 (a plastic surgeons' association has attacked the sales techniques used by some clinics, including digitally enhanced images)
Ravi Somaiya, Up close and personal, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 15 (a face recognition system that suggests what cakes you should buy and a device that recognises what you have picked off the shelf are the latest weapons in the battle for customers)
Advertising: Postmodern wriggle, Economist, 2008 Sep. 13 (to save Microsoft, Bill Gates adjusts his shorts)
Steven Poole, Review: Obsessive Branding Disorder, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 13 (Obsessive Branding Disorder, Lucas Conley; a likeably acid take on the global business of 'branding')
Jack Schofield, The circus around Seinfeld's ads won't shoo Vista away, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 11 (is Seinfeld's Vista advert a campaign about nothing?)
Kate Lahey and Jill Stark, Myer develops clothes for swollen generation, The Age, 2008 Sep. 5 (in a big, bold fashion statement, Myer has decided to cater to Australia's obesity epidemic)
George Monbiot, Yes, I'm a fructivist. My mission is to show you what you're missing, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 2 (we have lost the sweetest of our native fruit: the only way to get it back is to grow it—even if that means guerrilla grafting)
James Meikle, Credit crunch brings big rise in supermarket offers on sugary foods, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 1 (consumer watchdog highlights dramatic increase in cut-price promotions of cheap fatty foods)
Media and Television(see also Newspapers and in Technology) up  down  top   back  on

Dan Glaister, 'My voice is clear as a bell in every scene!' How big tobacco bought the big screen, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (study reveals how stars of golden age were bankrolled to wax lyrical about habit)
Owen Gibson, A global revolution, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 15 (director of BBC Global News Richard Sambrook on the challenge of transforming the archaic World Service and loss-making BBC World into a united news force)
Owen Gibson, Mainstream TV fights back against invaders, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 6 (scale of decline revealed by new figures blamed on fragmented viewing habits of the young)
Money and Banking(see also Economics and Wealth) up  down  top   back  on

David Teather, Governments of Iceland, Germany and Belgium forced to bail out banks as turmoil widens, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 30 (governments of Iceland, Germany and Belgium forced to bail out banks as turmoil widens)
Phillip Inman, Santander grew under strict reserves regime, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 30 (Spain's largest bank works under strict regulatory regime which could offer lessons for Britain's banking sector)
Max Hastings, It's not the end of the world, The Age, 2008 Sep. 30 (remember that the financial crisis is just about money; humans have survived tougher times)
Ashley Seager, Explainer: Money mayhem, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 25 (the urgency of the US bail-out is paramount as global money markets freeze)
David Teather and Andrew Clark, Banking crisis: Back to the way they were after decades of behaving brashly, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 23 (conversion of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley brings end of an era)
Sam Jones, Sound as a pound? Mint warns of 30m fake coins, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 23 (one in every 50 £1 coins not the genuine article, Royal Mint test suggests)
David Hirst, Hurricane' Paulson blows 'away 500 years of jurisprudence for bankers' club, The Age, 2008 Sep. 23 (the US Treasury's monetary revolution takes it well beyond the rule of law; it's a financial coup d'état)
William Keegan, We don't need another Greenspan masterclass in bubble-blowing, Observer, 2008 Sep. 21 (finance became ever prouder as bankers forgot or abandoned their principles)
Globalisation: The rise of state capitalism, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (coming to grips with sovereign-wealth funds; part of a special report)
Ian Jack, Confidence (and how to lose it), Guardian, 2008 Sep. 20 (why JK Galbraith's account of the 1929 Wall Street Crash can provide a lesson for these times of no confidence)
David Teather, Larry Elliott and Jill Treanor, The reckoning—domino effect that reshaped global economy, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 20 (the week started with shocking news of a Wall Street giant collapsing—and ended with euphoria and a record market surge; so have the bankers avoided financial catastrophe?)
Vanessa O'Shaughnessy, Sovereign wealth funds will continue to oil the gears of Western capitalism, The Age, 2008 Sep. 20 (the Middle East and Asia are cashed up and ready to do deals)
Barry FitzGerald, Gold sets shining example of a haven in time of crisis, The Age, 2008 Sep. 19 (gold reclaims its status as a haven during troubled times with a vengeance)
Ashley Seager and Phillip Inman, Central banks pump billions into a system desperate for cash, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 16 (Bank of England adds £5bn to its short-term lending programme in the wake of Lehman Brothers collapse)
Eric Johnston, Meltdown: new world order, The Age, 2008 Sep. 16 (global markets stunned by a Wall Street meltdown where investment bank Lehman Brothers was forced to file for bankruptcy protection and broking giant Merrill Lynch sold itself to Bank of America for about $US50 billion in a lightning transaction)
Mark Hawthorne and Eric Johnston, $100m risk system for ANZ, The Age, 2008 Sep. 12 (ANZ will spend up to $100 million installing a new risk management system throughout its troubled institutional banking arm, which has been stung with heavy losses against its corporate lending book)
Stephen Bates, Rebellious town of Tom Paine and bonfire revels prints own banknotes, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 10 (Lewes says it is not one in the eye for the chancellor, but a bid to boost local trade)
Anne Davies, Bail-out turns all eyes to US economy, The Age, 2008 Sep. 8 (the bail-out of mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which potentially exposes US taxpayers to billions of dollars of bad mortgages, has swiftly refocused attention on the fragile US economy)
Outsourcing and Consulting(see also Pay and in Computing and Social) up  down  top   back  on

Management consulting: Giving advice in adversity, Economist, 2008 Sep. 27 (Wall Street's woes are yet another headache for the consulting industry)
Ben Schneiders, Staff sought abroad as local jobs go, The Age, 2008 Sep. 23 (Defence contractor under fire for slashing a third of its shipbuilding workforce at Williamstown while applying for dozens of foreign employees on temporary 457 visas)
John Naughton, Computers are the only worthwhile asset banks have left, Observer, 2008 Sep. 21 (consolidation of the banking sector will have a major impact on industries that supply banks with IT products)
Pay and Wealth(see also Outsourcing and in Computing and Social) up  down  top   back  on

Simon Bowers, Backlash grows over bonuses for culprits of disaster, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (banks fighting huge asset write-downs and plunging share prices still plan multibillion-dollar bonuses)
——, Wall Street man, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 26 (US treasury secretary Hank Paulson's credentials are called into question; his move into government was sweetened with a huge tax break)
Linda Sandler and Tiffany Kary, Lawyers Lawyers back bid over Lehman pay, The Age, 2008 Sep. 23 (Lehman Brothers creditors had legal grounds to retrieve pay given to chief executive Richard Fuld, who took home $US34.4 million last year, bankruptcy lawyers say)
Patrick Wintour, Harman lays into excessive City bonuses, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 19 (Labour deputy leader said level of rewards 'led to mad house prices')
David Gow, European anger at 'scourge' of Anglo-American pay practices, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 13 (European political leaders have demanded a legal and fiscal clampdown on excessive boardroom pay)
Simon Bowers, Hazardous industry where wide pay gaps go with the territory, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 12 (Brad Mills, boss of platinum miner Lonmin, paid 790 times more than his workers' average salary)
Phillip Inman, A comfortable retirement awaits—pipe, slippers and a million a year, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 12 (RBS gives US boss entry into elite executives' club with annual retirement incomes in excess of £1m)
David Teather, Founders of second-tier public companies enjoy rich rewards, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 12 (£5m earnings of eight directors in FTSE demonstrate rich pay rewards not restricted to top flight of UK business)
Privatisation and Private Equity up  down  top   back  on

David Hencke, Anger at power firms' soaring profits puts renationalisation of utilities on agenda, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 23 (former minister and union chief receive cheers as they demand return of public ownership)
Barry FitzGerald, Aconex lands private equity deal, The Age, 2008 Sep. 22 (private equity funding has not dried up completely; just ask Aconex, the Australian technology company whose web-based software system is used to manage project information in the construction and engineering sector)
Fishing and conservation: A rising tide, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (scientists find proof that privatising fishing stocks can avert a disaster)
Peter Ker, Keep desalination plant state-owned, The Age, 2008 Sep. 8 (Victoria's desalination plant should be owned and operated by the State Government to protect taxpayers and water conservation efforts, a parliamentary inquiry will be told today)
Peter Ker, Corporations could control state's water capital, The Age, 2008 Sep. 5 (private companies may win control of Victoria's existing public water assets as part of the deal to build the new desalination plant at Wonthaggi)
Publishing and Newspapers(see also Media) up  down  top   back  on

Paola Totaro, Magazine tackles Oz zone, The Age, 2008 Sep. 27 (The Spectator is a 180-year-old British institution, as much part of London's political, intellectual and social life as the pedigreed Tory editors and politicians it has spawned)
Matthew Ricketson, Reports of paper's demise exaggerated, The Age, 2008 Sep. 24 (why is it that despite the proliferation of new media technologies the printed newspaper still survives?)
George Monbiot, The patron saint of charlatans is again spreading dangerous misinformation, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 23 (the Sunday Telegraph columnist Christopher Booker has published 38 articles about asbestos—and every one is wrong)
Newspapers in America: Slim hopes, Economist, 2008 Sep. 20 (a billionaire makes a surprising investment in the New York Times)
Ben Goldacre, Missing in action: the trials that did not make the news, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 20 (media ignores study examining the publication of medical data which is incomplete, arbitrary and self-serving)
Daniella Miletic, While-you-wait books make a novel first Australian appearance, The Age, 2008 Sep. 19 (it's hard to believe that a machine resembling an oversized photocopier has the ability to print a weighty novel in just a few minutes)
Catherine Bennett, The rich get all the good press. Now let's hear it for the poor, Observer, 2008 Sep. 14 (despite Tatler's best efforts, a new report says that media coverage of poverty leaves a lot to be desired)
Martin Flanagan, Quality journalism: the need only grows, The Age, 2008 Sep. 13 (newspapers can build community while the net promotes individuality)
Stephen Brook, E-squire? US men's magazine woos readers with electronic ink, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 10 (US magazine Esquire is celebrating its 75th birthday with a cover featuring an electronic panel)
Peter Walker, Slow start in the shops for Caxton's latest competitor, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 5 (Sony's electronic book, the Reader, holds 160 titles and hopes to be a hit with travellers)
Claire Armitstead, A boon for journeys, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 5 (Armitstead takes time to adjust to reading the new ebook but recommends it for travellers)
Jesse Hogan, PMP takes a bet on books, The Age, 2008 Sep. 5 (a $21 million expansion into book distribution will help cushion printing company PMP from any weakness in the magazine market, chief executive Brian Evans believes)
Leon Gettler, Innovation holds key for mainstream media, The Age, 2008 Sep. 4 (a different business and management model than one based on cutting costs and people is required if companies want to increase revenue)
Matthew Ricketson, Internet puts papers back in front line as news breakers, The Age, 2008 Sep. 3 (if you look at analysis about the future of the mainstream news media, you will find some who believe the printed newspaper is dying)
Rodney Tiffen, Gambling with the readers, The Age, 2008 Sep. 2 (the challenge for Fairfax is maintaining editorial quality in the midst of cutbacks)
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Sarah Butler, Oil price fuels expansion of plastic recycling, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 15 (UK capacity to rise by half as £12m Welsh plant funded by private equity group gets go-ahead; buyers already lined up for 60% of output)
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Will Hutton, I've watched the economy for 30 years. Now I'm truly scared, Observer, 2008 Sep. 28 (there is no chance for trust in the financial sector until the return of fairness)
Henry Porter, The City's greatest lie was to convince us we were all rich, Observer, 2008 Sep. 21 (the political system that has overseen this disaster in Britain is as culpable as any bank)
Stephen Moss and Jon Henley, Crunch time, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 17 (we've heard the bankers' stories; the economists have had their say; but what do the opponents of capitalism make of the global financial crisis?; is this the moment they have been waiting for?; high-profile leftwingers give their views on the meltdown—and whether any good can come of it)
Marcus Padley, Market wins by a good half-head; but which half?, The Age, 2008 Sep. 20 (it's a laugh, isn't it; all our chin-rubbing intellectualising about the sharemarket; what a load of tosh; we have been stupefied by volatility)
Annette Sampson, Few hit super panic button, The Age, 2008 Sep. 20 (liquidity and flexibility give superannuation funds a big advantage)
Nils Pratley, The day the ticking time bombs went off, Guardian, 2008 Sep. 16 (if this is the death of Wall Street as we know it, the tombstone will read: killed by complexity)