Eric Johnston

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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Tim Milne, station manager of Labelle downs and Donald McGauchie chairman of AACo. Photo: Peter Eve

Big data a challenge for farmers

AACo chairman Donald McGauchie says the farming sector will confront difficult questions surrounding big data.

Damon Kitney

M&A

CEO, Downer EDI Ltd Grant Fenn inside their office in North Ryde.

Spotless’s Takeovers Panel pitch

Spotless has sought to fend off a $1.26 billion hostile takeover bid from engineering-services company Downer EDI.

David Rogers

Business

30/03/17 Daigou entrepreneur Johnny Liu outside the Chang Jiang International Express in Melbourne which is used to send products back to China. Aaron Francis/The Australian

How daigous became a retail flood

A new breed of shopper is putting producers on notice.

Damon Kitney and Chris Kohler

Economics

Sugercane farmer Eddie Fabbro (R) inspects his crop outside the Queensland town of Ayr on March 30, 2017, after the area was hit by Cyclone Debbie. Torrential rain hampered relief efforts on March 30 after a powerful cyclone wreaked havoc in northeast Australia, with floods sparking emergency rescues as fed-up tourists wait to be evacuated from resort islands. / AFP PHOTO / PETER PARKS

Cyclone Debbie weighs on growth

The cyclone that hit Queensland could serve as a brake on first-half economic growth and spark inflation.

Daniel Palmer

Financial Services

13/02/2016: Generic picture of Commonwealth Bank branch, Sydney. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Crackdown on interest-only loans

APRA has clamped down further on banks’ runaway growth in riskier loans and lending to property investors.

Michael Roddan

AppleNews/The Australian

Jon Sutton, Bank of Queensland CEO at the Banks Sydney Office. pic Mark Evans

BoQ earnings dip, mortgages sag

Bank of Queensland has reported a worse-than-expected 5 per cent fall in revenue for the six months to February 28.

Michael Bennet

M&A

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 04, 2016 shows A woman as she walks through the central atrium at the London Stock Exchange in central London on March 4, 2016. The EU blocked the blockbuster merger of the London Stock Exchange with Germany's Deutsche Boerse on March 29, 2017, snagged by competition concerns and the fallout from Brexit. / AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

Payday despite merger ‘bungle’

Bankers and lawyers behind the failed Deutsche Borse-LSE merger will walk away with tens of millions of dollars.

Harry Wilson

Wealth

23/09/2016 Future Fund's Chairman Peter Costello talks about Future Fund's investment in a consortium that purchased the Port of MelbourneDavid Geraghty / The Australian.

Open the Future Fund to all?

Australians could soon have their super looked after by the Future Fund: a great idea from the Productivity Commission.

James Kirby

Global Food Forum

Mining magnate and Hancock Chairman Gina Rinehart pictured at the Kidman Pastoral property, which on Friday, December 9, 2016, was approved for sale to Australia Outback Beef Ltd (AOB).AOB is a joint venture company headed and owned 67% by Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd (Hancock) and 33% by Shanghai CRED Real Estate Stock Co Ltd (Shanghai CRED).

Rinehart calls for tax cuts

Gina Rinehart says business spending in Australia is now lower than during the Whitlam government.

Damon Kitney

Global Food Forum

01/03/2017: Fonterra CEO Rene DeDoncker at the company's office in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for the Australian.

Dairy price crash ‘avoidable’

Last year’s dairy crisis was an avoidable catastrophe, two of Australia’s dairy industry leaders told The Australian’s Global Food Forum in Melbourne.

SUE NEALES

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