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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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Robert Gottliebsen

A taste of Debelle’s concern

A taste of Debelle’s concern

WE have just experienced a sneak preview of a potential catastrophic event.

Robert Gottliebsen

ASX in Sydney

Fears local optimism will be short-lived

THIS week’s optimism in the local market may prove short-lived.

Daivd Rogers

Financial Services

FSC seeks rethink on retirement

FSC seeks rethink on retirement

THE Financial Services Council plans to develop and promote a national retirement outcomes policy in the coming months.

Reject Shop AGM at Crowne Plaza Melbourne. CEO Ross Sudano,

Reject Shop feels the squeeze

THE Reject Shop’s new chief executive, Ross Sudano, just can’t catch a break.

Financial Services

Insurers face storm claims

Insurers face storm claims

INSURERS were bracing for claims yesterday after a ferocious storm swept over Sydney on Tuesday night.

The CEO of Woolworths South Africa and new David Jones owner Ian Moir in Sydney today.

$1.8m in shares for Moir after DJ deal

IAN Moir, the boss of South Africa’s Woolworths Holdings, has exercised $1.8 million worth of share options in the retail giant.

French economist and Nobel Prize laureate Jean Tirole poses for photographers outside his office at the Toulouse School of Economics in Toulouse, southern France, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Tirole won the Nobel prize for economics Monday for research on market power and regulation that has helped policy-makers understand how to deal with industries dominated by a few powerful companies. (AP Photo/Fred Scheiber)

Tirole’s reform playbook a road map

THE founder of modern economics, Adam Smith, pointed out that competitive markets lead to an efficient allocation of resources.

Richard Holden

Hand holding money - Australian dollars Donation generic Handout Bribe Political donation Picture: Supplied

Canberra goes long in $5bn bond issue

CANBERRA has moved to take advantage of cheap funding by raising billions through the issue of a new 20-year bond to global investors.

Wall Street Journal

Bank giants agree to failure deal

Bank giants agree to failure deal

THE largest lenders in the US, Europe and Japan have agreed to new procedures to help inoculate the global financial system.

ANDREW ACKERMAN

Market remains jumpy over US tapering

Market remains jumpy over US tapering

YESTERDAY’S intraday bounce in Australian shares does not mean much. What matters right now is Wall Street.

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