Coal woes push Peabody Energy to brink
Adani and Shenhua are still pursuing their spanking new coal projects, Walter-Mitty-like, while the financial position of established coal juggernaut Peabody Energy has become ever more parlous.
- by Michael West
Latest
How Adidas and its auditors managed to file their accounts late for 16 years
Adidas' revenues and gross profits have more than doubled in 17 years but they managed to pay less income tax last year than they did in 1999.
- by Michael West
The option of paying tax - or not
Google is finally doing something about its tax structure.
- by Michael West
Lawyers, travel bans and money in action over fertilizer group sale
There are no cleanskins in this showdown between ANZ and the Oswals.
- by Michael West
The not-so-cool side of Twitter
Twitter, like other multinationals, is hiding its tax affairs.
- by Michael West
Beaconsfield-style disasters should put executive bonuses at risk
Bonuses should be forteited when there are fatalities.
- by Michael West
Net closing on corporate tax dodging
They should keep this Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance rolling indefinitely.
- by Michael West
Banks hold on advice challenged
CPA Australia's push into the financial advice sector will be based on a fee-for-service model, not commissions and hidden incentives
- by Michael West
COMMENT
Opinion
Clive Palmer's antics are the very same ones multinationals use
The festival of outrage and indignation engulfing Clive Palmer and the collapse of Queensland Nickel constitutes hypocrisy of the first order.
- by Michael West
Half a dozen ways out of rehab for coal companies
A new report from environmentalist organisation looks at strategies to avoid rehabilitation costs.
- by Michael West
Is coal giant funded for its mine rehab?
Peabody is destined to become a test case for who gets left high-and-dry in the aftermath of a foreign-controlled corporate collapse.
- by Michael West
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