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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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Technology

13/08/2010 NEWS: Generic image of keys on a laptop computer.

E-pay firm gears up for growth

Online payments platform Bigcommerce has recruited ex-PayPal Europe chief Brent Bellm to head the technology venture.

Aviation

QANTAS Chairman Alan Joyce after listening to Catherine Livingstone, President of the Business Council of Australia address the National Press Club in Canberra. Picture: Ray Strange

Qantas to invest for growth

CEO Alan Joyce says reacquiring an investment grade credit rating won’t force Qantas to delay buying fuel-efficient planes.

Steven Creedy

Markets

ASX, Australian Stock Exchange electronic stock board.

Investors count losses amid IPO action

Investors that have sunk tens of billions into new listings over the past 18 months are sitting on lacklustre returns.

Prashant Mehra

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Share market investors at the Australian Stock Exchange. Sharemarket.

Investors count losses as IPOs boom

Investors that have sunk tens of billions of dollars into new listings over the past 18 months are sitting on lacklustre returns.

Prashant Mehra

Markets

Dollar’s climb cold comfort for RBA

The Australian dollar has continued its march higher, fuelled by surprisingly strong economic growth.

David Rogers

Companies

Premier Investments annual meeting. Chairman Solomon Lew addresses share holders. Picture: David Caird.

Lew looks to offload stake in API

Stockbrokers were last night working to secure a deal to offload Solomon Lew’s 12 per cent stake in API.

Gretchen Friemann

Financial Services

Round table discussion on the Australian and Global economies hosted by Credit Suisse. Robert Parker from Credit Suisse's UK office and David Murray of Murray Review head the discussion. Pic - Britta Campion

Threat of vanishing liquidity

The Australian sat down with top Credit Suisse advisers to discuss the global investment landscape.

Andrew Main

Financial Services

Shew to step up at Rothschild

Rothschild has appointed its director Paul Shew as head of debt advisory and restructuring for Australia and NZ.

Prashant Mehra

Aviation

A Qantas plane struggles to stay level as it comes in to land at Sydney Airport. Wet weather in Sydney today.

China pushes for Qantas tie-up

The Chinese government has thrown its weight behind the alliance between Qantas and China Eastern.

Steve Creedy

Financial Services

NAB indigenous employee Kieran Cain-Hall at NAB HQ in Melbourne.

NAB acts to close indigenous gap

National Australia Bank is working on a three-year reconciliation action plan to address indigenous disadvantage.

RICHARD GLUYAS

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