January, 2009
Video of the Day: Stephen Colbert, fifth Beatle aspirationist, interviews Paul McCartney
Dyer’s business wrap: As Kodak cuts, Amazon and Colgate thrive
A day after the US Federal Reserve suggested that the US economy had worsened since mid-December, when it last met, more figures and company reports appeared to confirm that trend.
Media briefs: Man kills Facebook… Twittering journalism layoffs…
Today’s headlines about the headline makers.
Morning Market Report
Marcus Padley reports on the highs and lows of today’s markets.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Peter Costello and Christianity … Myer … Israeli travellers … executive renumeration … and even more Wilfred Burchett!
Rundle: Europe simultaneously collapses and recomposes
British workers have not yet received the memo about One Europe, or the idea that bosses aren’t lying bastards, writes Guy Rundle.
Wankley Awards: And the Wankley goes to… heatwave hysteria
This week’s Wankley award goes to media organisations for their ridiculously over-the-top weather coverage, writes Ruth Brown.
Funny business in the lead-up to TV’s new ratings war
The contracting market for TV advertising has made this year’s ratings battle between Seven, Nine and Ten the toughest in years, writes Glenn Dyer.
Ken Henry missing while the rest of us wait for a package
The government is keeping tight lipped, but it beggars belief that it doesn’t have a stimulus package ready for the sitting week, writes Bernard Keane.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government by Richard Farmer.
This is no time for playing Senatorial politics
Voters are looking to the Government for action and the opposition had better not get in the way, writes Bernard Keane.
Tips and rumours
Australians should not get on their high horse too quickly about steel protectionism in the US stimulus package. It’s not so long since the Victorian Government unveiled an infrastructure investment package that proudly featured a “Made in Victoria” requirement. Crikey has repeatedly asked the Department of Foreign Affairs — responsible for the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement, which […]
An Antarctic bolt out of the blue
Whenever climate research organizations reported increases in Arctic Sea ice melt rates, advocates of global “cooling” were making references to the Antarctic continent as counter evidence. No longer, writes Andrew Glikson.
A personal plea for the right to a good death
In a modern, educated society there should be a system whereby the terminally ill can end their lives if they wish and with assistance when requested, writes Sally Crossing.
Now showing on the Crikey website…
The daily clickthroughs: STATE OF THE PLANET: Turning the streets green FRIDAY TRASH WRAP: Thorpey is so straight it hurts What’s new on the Crikey blogs: POLLYTICS: The Liberal party left flank THE CONTENT MAKERS: How blogging changes journalists CROAKEY: Is our health system doing a “reverse Robin Hood”? Also on the Crikey website: PODCASTS: […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says
US analysts Pali Research have downgraded News Corporation from buy to sell.
News cuts on the menu as Rupert called to account
There is a meeting at News Limited’s Australian headquarters in Holt Street today at which the company’s most senior local lieutenants will talk about the coming year, writes Margaret Simons.
Wall Street is morally and financially bankrupt
President Obama dubbed the bonus payments to Wall Street as being “shameful” and “is the height of irresponsibility”. But it isn’t only bonus payments which have infuriated Main Street and the White House, writes Adam Schwab.
Last night’s TV ratings
he Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.
Japan slumps, local investment falters, confidence crashes
The prospects for Australia avoiding a serious slump continue to shrink with news that our biggest trading partner, Japan, had a record fall in industrial output last month, wries Glenn Dyer.
Will Climate Change bring about the demise of the Great Trains?
The Great Trains are dying
Kohler: the Putin prognosis
Putin’s speech is generally being reported this morning as the Russian leader attacking capitalism, but it is far more than that, writes Alan Kohler.
High-wing ditching: your closest exit may be under water
Qantas would actually have a pretty good story to tell about high-wing ditchings, if only they’d tell it, wriutes Ben Sandilands.
Book business no place for budding Updikes
Updike’s death comes as popular literary fiction increasingly seems an endangered species, writes Jeff Sparrow.
