Choosing the right tactics?
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Xi Jinping is spearheading an extraordinary bid to dominate the world’s favourite sport. But will he take the Chinese people with him?
The International Monetary Fund estimates that Australia’s houses are overvalued by around 10%.
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Ballooning borrowing to invest in the housing market is impeding investment in the real economy, holding back investment in skills and jobs, and driving up inequality.
The Tata steel plant at Port Talbot.
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The UK government is considering taking a stake in a dying asset when it could have helped build a balanced economy much earlier.
About a third of property investors are positively geared.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned that Labor’s negative gearing policy would deliver “massive shocks” to the residential housing market and drive all investors away. Does that claim stack up?
The proposed changes to the Corporations Act might protect investors in crowd funding but it limits the types of businesses that can use these platforms.
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The Italian government tried to limit the type of companies that could use crowd-sourced funding with poor results, Australia can learn from this.
Treasurer Scott Morrison says the changes to foreign investment scrutiny will give the ATO greater powers to crack down on tax avoidance.
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International investors will have to comply with new rules designed to stop tax avoidance by multinational companies.
The public are increasingly keen to trespass on corporate land.
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The UK spent much of the late 20th century voting to sell off public services – but now support is growing for a renationalisation programme.
Crowded market.
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The democratisation of finance isn’t going quite to plan.
What can a trader learn from a tweet?
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Real-time analysis of Twitter data has been successfully used to predict elections, flu outbreaks and box-office results. So could it also be used on the stock market?
Loosening their grip. Will markets exit oil like they edged away from tobacco?
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Efforts to break our financial addiction to the energy sector might find useful lessons in the slow decline of tobacco.
Muhammadu Buhari has finally put in place a cabinet that can get on with the job of running the country.
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President Buhari’s cabinet selection brings hope. The major challenge now is to deliver on his promise to fight corruption, restructure Nigeria’s economy and reduce poverty.
There’s nothing a couple beers can’t fix.
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October was a strong month for jobs gains, but the president and Congress need to stop waiting for the numbers to improve and begin to act more proactively.
Got milk? China joins the lactose lovers.
Gwendolyn Stansbury
Ignore the gloom around prospects for emerging markets. There are diamonds in the rough.
Background briefing. How China has been given access to UK energy.
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The Chancellor has to face some hard scrutiny of a deal which would look like a communist coup under a Labour PM.
Bridging the gap. How to keep up with Dublin.
Alessandro Grussu
Dublin has managed to keep the money rolling in while others struggle, so what are the lessons to learn for its neighbours and rivals?
While the Newcastle council decision may not trigger divestment from fossil fuels, it is a chance for the port to consider its future direction.
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Amid jeers of hypocrisy and cheers of climate leadership, what can we really say about this policy move in one of New South Wales’ historic coal towns?
Questions are being asked whether the new funding formula will affect output in science journals.
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The future is not bleak as long as the government recognises the importance of and continues investing in science.
Humans are irrational. Superheroes also.
Santi Molina
Let’s face facts. Behavioural finance shows you are not to be trusted with your retirement planning.
Are savers and pensioners in the chancellor’s sights?
Badly Drawn Dad
A “triple lock” election commitment to keep taxes down is just pushing the pursuit of revenue into other areas – with the threat of more to come.
Obama and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
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Concerns have been raised that the mammoth infrastructure projects taking place across Africa provide only a short-term jobs boost.