It’s a bit rich to attack CEOs for massaging the numbers and then get them so wrong yourself, as John Durie did today about the Alinta takeover in his analysis of the excessive payout to departing Lihir Gold CEO Arthur Hood in The Oz.
January, 2010
Morning Market Report: Market down as Wall St closes
Wall St. was closed overnight for the Martin Luther King Holiday and the Aussie market is down 34.
C’mon, Kev, show some guts: tell us where we’re weak
We need more than just idle talk from a Prime Minister and a Treasury that knows what’s needed and should have the guts to issue a report pointing out our weak areas and suggesting what needs to be done.
Rebel with a pause as private equity puts hit-and-run on hold
News that private equity has pulled another attempt to take the money and run from a poorly performing retailer again causes us to ask, just where is the added value from private equity?
News Limited overcooks Matt Preston’s arrival
MasterChef judge Matt Preston has joined News Ltd as a high profile food writer and, from the looks of it, he’s going to be a busy man, with each state’s News masthead claiming ownership of the eminent epicurean.
Well-meaning gifts no substitute for money to really help in Haiti
If people want to help in Haiti, the best thing they can do is donate money. This way the professionals on the ground can deliver exactly what the people need, writes Rohan Kent, disaster manager at Plan International Australia.
Stick that in your pie hole: ETS won’t inflate prices
In what no doubt will be a relief for pie eaters everywhere, a pie shop owner has confirmed that the ETS will likely be absorbed without any additional price rise for pies, reports Crikey intern Flint Duxfield.
Political snippets: Come in spinner! Err, Julia
Barnaby Joyce publishes a sequel to Kevin Rudd’s kids’ book, why minor parties did so well in the latest Newspoll, and is the US Senate about to see a power shift?
Melting glaciers: the canary in the mine shaft of global warming
The career-driven, social agenda-driven scaremongering frenzy of the IPCC over global warming is totally unnecessary when glaciers already tell the tale.
Polls: Rudd on a downer while Abbott enjoys the honeymoon
While Kevin Rudd’s approval rating is down six points to 52%, Tony Abbott kicked the coalition back up into positive territory.
Daily Proposition: Tonight I’m watching Come Dine with Me
In today’s Daily Proposition, Crikey reader Kirk Muddle confesses his love for Come Dine with Me, a train-wreck melding of Food TV and Reality TV starting tonight in Australia.
Video of the Day: China’s attack on Google explained
Has the whole Google-China thing left you feeling scared, confused and alone? cnet explains exactly what happened and what it all means.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Labor sniggers quietly into their lattes
Why exactly is the Labor government staying quiet while Tony Abbott blabs his mouth to the media about his plans to take full control over the Murray-Darling Basin if elected?
PHOTO GALLERY: Before and after the Haiti earthquake
From parks now full of tents and homeless people to the collapsed Port-au-prince town centre, Wired have put together a fascinating photo gallery of satellite photos taken pre and post the Haiti earthquake.
A behind-the-scenes look at NPR‘s Haiti coverage
A peak behind-the-curtains at how US public radio broadcaster (turned super-savvy online news source) NPR swings into action when a major world event like the Haiti earthquake occurs. A fascinating insight at the inner-workings of a modern newsroom.
Armstrong in Oz: mountains of money and hoardes of “yes men”
Lance Armstrong recently said that fellow cyclist Alberto Contador was surrounded by “yes-men”. Pot calling the kettle black much? asks Bob Gosford.
Essential Report: the approval ratings edition
Essential Report this week focused on political approval ratings, economic and employment expectations as well as a question on perceptions of Australia Day that doesn’t involve lamb. Possum Comitatus crunches the numbers.
Washington Post: Why we’re making more typos
Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander explains why the paper’s grammar and syntax has been getting a little sloppy of late: fewer staff and the “real-time news” demands of the internet.
We’re drunken violent yobbos, no matter the advertising
Getting wasted on Australia Day isn’t some inherent national right that the liquor industry must defend, says Jeremy Bass. The businesses serving the booze — from pubs to supermarket grog shops — need to widen their tunnel vision.
Stutchbury: Reform policies so resources can reinvigorate
Australia’s next big economic growth won’t come from Australia and our economic policies need to reflect that. Demand from India and China for minerals will drive our economy and industries like tourism and manufacturing will be left behind, writes Michael Stuchbury.
PHOTO GALLERY: The best beards of the 2010 Golden Globes
The must-have accessory at this year’s Golden Globes was a face full of fuzz. From goatees to full-blown bushes, The Envelope rounds up the best beards to grace the red carpet.
Ruth Reichl: Why I write about food
Is writing about foie gras and croquembouche a bit superficial when tens of thousands are lying dead and dying in Haiti? Not at all, says former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl: on such occasions, it’s more important than ever to celebrate life.
Why Australians are hypocrites on refugees
Last week ASIO declared several Tamil refugees from the Oceanic Viking a threat to national security. But what about the Israeli political leaders who recently came to our shore and were fawned over by our media despite their own possible war crimes? asks Greg Barns.
