Features

  • Outsider pips top editors at the Post

    A bold choice by the august newspaper's new publisher is seen as part of a welcome shake-up, writes Richard Perez-Pena. Marcus Brauchli,

  • Beware, unsafe buildings

    The UK economy looks exposed to problems generated by the struggling housing market.

  • A high price for tooling around

    The once-great US machine tool industry is coming to terms with its failure to reinvent itself fast enough for the 21st century, writes Tony Walker in Springfield, Vermont, in the second part of an occasional series on global business challenges.

  • Japan set for big drive into India

    Developing markets like Indiaare now at the centre of planning for Japan's car manufacturers, writes Martin Fackler in India.

  • Down, but a very long way from out

    The real challenge is to find a future that actually works for us.

  • Industry on the road to nowhere

    Enter the Sloan automotive museum in Flint, Michigan, and your eye is caught by a notice on the wall that is both defensive and somewhat defiant.

  • From Pol Pot to a potential pot

    Australian mining companies are taking a high-risk gamble searching for resource riches in Cambodia, writes Anne Hyland in Bangkok.

  • Emerging markets move into the driver's seat

    Morgan Stanley emerging markets guru Jonathan Garner says the days of a US-centric world are fading fast, reports Howard Winn.

  • Inflation hits home in Europe

    Much of Europe seemed to dodge the worst of the credit crunch but its longer-term effects are becoming apparent just as another problem emerges - euro zone inflation is at its highest since the bloc's formation in 1999 and the European Central Bank is widely tipped to lift its key interest rate later this week

  • Dollar's gain a local pain

    A row has broken out in the car industry over whether importers are pocketing gains from the appreciation of the Australian dollar rather than passing them on to consumers in lower prices.

  • How to sate world hunger

    At least 29 countries have sharply curbed food exports in recent months to ensure their own residents have enough to eat, at affordable prices

  • Oil's hidden blessing for US jobs

    Christina Lampe-Onnerud has a long-lasting, fast-charging battery for notebook computers that she believes will revolutionise the industry

  • Bitter firefight on Wall Street

    Financial shares make up a large portion of the US sharemarket, and investors are nervous about where the bottom lies and when to hop back into the market, writes Ben Steverman.

  • Waves of panic as oceans empty

    The vast oceanic region known as the western and central Pacific is the last area on the globe where fish stocks have not been plundered beyond the point of no return

  • Short-sellers deserve a higher standing

    Despite the clamour, research indicates that short-selling is broadly a force for good.

  • How a sale went off the rails

    Arthur Boyd's The Little Train was lot 85 in Deutscher-Menzies June 2004 auction

  • All we need is a vision

    Although every level of government understands that the wealth being generated from the Pilbara creates significant growing pains for the region, attempts to address the problem lack co-ordination.

  • Jobs, jobs, everywhere but not a place to live

    Mark Blayney wants to expand his Karratha contracting business, but to do so he must spend $2.5 million on workers' quarters to provide accommodation for his employees.

  • Oil leaders play the blame game

    The Jeddah oil talks mainly show just how far apart the parties are, writes Stanley Reed.

  • Why Saudis are nervous about rising price

    The kingdom has good reasons to keep the oil price down, not least of which is rivalry with Iran.

  • Catering for expensive tastes

    It's Saturday morning at jones the grocer in Singapore's Dempsey Hill and business is brisk

  • Emission worries: a lot of hot air

    Those countries prepared to regulate greenhouse gases claim they are exposing their industries to unfair competition.

  • How to take a big byte from energy use

    How much computing can mankind afford? That's a question the computer and telecommunications industries hate to hear

  • Levees no match for mighty Mississippi

    The embankment system along the Mississippi River is a mess in need of attention, writes Monica Davey in Canton, Missouri.

  • The quake begins in California

    When Vallejo, a blue-collar dormitory town north of San Francisco, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the event sent fiscal shudders across a country in which state and local government finances have hardly been as precarious since the Great Depression.

  • Global business pays the price of Asia's growth

    Canon is no longer building or expanding factories in China, but the company is doubling its workforce at a printer factory outside Hanoi to 8000

  • Smoking out China opportunities

    Like many Australian business executives, Mark Rutherford earned his battle scars in China.

  • Place your trust in listed and unlisted vehicles

    Investors wanting to get into the property sector can do so either directly or indirectly through a range of funds and markets, writes Tracey Joynson.

  • Sydney rents soar as gen Y queues to sign leases

    The ratio of renters to owners in Sydney is on the rise, as high prices deter buyers, writes Helene Zampetakis.

  • Not what it was, but ACT market still offers good yield potential

    The Canberra residential market may have cooled, but there are still good opportunities to be had, writes Helene Zampetakis.

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