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Eric Johnston is an associate editor of The Australian. He has more than 25 years experience as a finance journalist, including a former business editor of The Australian. He has been business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and financial services editor with The Australian Financial Review. His work has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal.

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A Chinese stock investor smiles at a brokerage in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 9, 2015. Asian stock markets continued to react on Thursday as the Chinese government took measures aimed at stabilizing the market. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beijing caught by own creation

The harder Chinese authorities try to slow the nation’s stockmarkets slide, the more it looks like they are losing control.

Shen Hong and Lingling Wei

Markets

A woman rubs her face as she stands at a computer terminal in a stock brokerage house in Nantong in eastern China's Jiangsu province Wednesday, July 8, 2015. China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 5.9 percent on Wednesday. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT

China rout adds to heat on resources

Australian officials are bracing for a further slump in commodity prices as China’s sharemarket continues to dive.

David Rogers

DataroomDataRoom

South32 on rebound

Is it time to go counter-cyclical on South32? Some of the clouds for the BHP Billiton spin-off could be parting.

Bridget Carter and Gretchen Friemann

DataroomDataRoom

Myer Autumn/Winter 2015 fashion launch rehearsal at Myer Mural Hall in Melbourne featuring Jennifer Hawkins. . Picture: Alex Coppel.

Myer to unveil strategy

The midyear clearance sales are the second most important time of the year for Myer, behind the Christmas and New Year.

Bridget Carter and Gretchen Friemann

Markets

Second-half bounce tipped for equities

Australia’s equity market could recover ground in the second half of the year, as the recent pullback had pushed down valuations.

Prashant Mehra

dataroomDataRoom

Tiger burning bright

The horror year for copper miner Tiger Resources may have finally ended, with its new debt refinancing easing some concerns.

Bridget Carter and gretchen friemann

Financial Services

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Citi gains Deutsche rainmaker

Citi has poached Hamish Whitehead, a leading member of Deutsche’s equity capital market’s team, in the latest high-profile hire.

Andrew White

Opinion

T-bar crane lifting an girder over a city skyline. crane steel girder i-beam city landscape. construction building. File stock images. Picture: ThinkStock / Getty Images

Long vision key to infrastructure

A sound strategy and clear objectives are crucial in winning over the electorate on infrastructure.

Kevin Keith

EXCLUSIVEWealth

FILE - This May 6, 2013 file photo shows a wind turbine farm near Glenrock, Wyo. The growth of renewable energy outpaced that of fossil fuels in the electricity sector last year, with a record 135 gigawatts of capacity added from wind, solar, hydropower and other natural sources, a new study shows. The annual report released early Thursday, June 18, 2015 in Europe by Paris-based REN21, a non-profit group that promotes renewable energy, underscored how China, the world’s top consumer of coal, has become a global leader in clean energy, too. (AP Photo/Matt Young, File)

IFM lifts investment in Germany

IFM Investors says it will expand its investments in Germany as the nation steps up its renewable energy strategy.

Glenda Korporaal

M&A

Kathmandu store on George St, The Rocks. The company reported a loss today.

Kiwi bid ‘undervalues’ Kathmandu

Morgan Stanley believes New Zealand retailer Briscoe’s bid for Kathmandu undervalues the adventure goods retailer.

Prashant Mehra

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