Economic data was generally good. We have Employment numbers tonight. Banks were the major disappointment, the Energy sector outperformed.
June, 2010
Morning Market Report: Markets down as resources underperform
Daily Proposition: Don’t bake the 26-page Pentagon brownie recipe
Crikey was particularly taken with a leaked 26-page Pentagon recipe for baking soldiers’ brownies, so we asked Nicole Eckersley to make them and write it up. One sex shop visit later, this is her story.
This day in Crikey: Sunday, 4 June, 2000
Sunday, 4 June, 2000, “Walking For John Howard”.
Political snippets: NSW Labor mourns as “comrade” has been outed
Not only is the word “comrade” on the outer in China it has taken on the same meaning as “gay” has in Australia!
Video of the Day: Imagine if you could read newspapers … on the internet!
Is there anything funnier than seeing the future, as brought to you by the 1980s?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Greens go missing on climate change. Victorian Greens titular head Greg Barber failed to turn up at a lunchtime climate change debate at the Mill Park Secondary College on Wednesday afternoon. As the allotted hour slid by, more than 80 students from years 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 waited eagerly in the school library […]
Crikey Says: It’s complicated
Guy Rundle, with thoughts on Israel that have been brewing for days now…
Sex and the environmentally sustainable City
Yes, Sex and the City film sequel is getting god awful reviews. But, the lifestyle encouraged — not having children still makes you cool — makes it the greenest film all year.
The happy oligopoly of bankers
Last year, the six giant banks in the US — Goldman Sachs, Business of America, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and JP Morgan — made US$51 billion. The other 980 banks lost money.
New Times for US election blog darling
US political wonk website FiveThirtyEight is now being hosted by the NY Times. Its founder, statistician Nate Silver, will also lend his political calculations to NY Times stories.
interactive What if the oil spill happened in your town?
A very clever site showing the actual spread of the Gulf of Mexico on an interactive map. If the oil spill happened in the middle of Sydney, it would stretch down to the outskirts of Goulburn.
Shanahan: The five problems niggling Rudd’s election itch
Rudd has five major issues threatening his re-election chances: asylum seekers, the insulation program, wastage in the BER, the mining tax and himself, writes Dennis Shanahan.
How should BP be punished?
BP screwed up royally with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. While the government is likely either fine it or pursue criminal prosecution (or both), Slate readers have some revenge ideas of their own.
The old man loves his iPad
W H Chong’s elderly father-in-law has been waiting desperately for an iPad to arrive, to read books with adjustable font size. Did it live up to his high expectations?
Marr: Petro’s gone but Ruddock’s ghost lingers on
It was Petro Georgiou’s last hurrah in parliament and he didn’t disappoint, criticising the Liberal Party for its “dark chapter” on human rights. Phillip Ruddock watched on awkwardly, writes David Marr
Holmes: Where’s the break in the 24 hour news cycle?
Yes, perhaps the ABC doesn’t break as many stories as it should, writes Jonathan Holmes. But with journalists working 24/7 on radio, TV and online, there’s little time for independent research.
Rudd fights the mining bigwigs: who’ll win?
Daily Media Wrap: The mining tax has become a sore spot for Kevin Rudd. Should he stop the whinging and start negotiating, or stand strong against the miners?
You go girlfriend: the Sam Stosur French Open thread
“Our” Sam has made the Grand Final of the French Open at the legendary Roland Garros, where she’ll play Italian Francesca Schiavone. Neither has won a Grand Slam final. Can she win it?
Why the BP spill is a glorious thrill
The giant BP oil spill is a terrible environmental disaster and everything, but it’s also a once in a lifetime opportunity for researchers to study the effects of an oil spill for decades to come.
James Cameron’s plan to mop up the spill: actually not so crazy?
There’s been a lot of harebrained ideas suggested to clean up the horrendous Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but film director James Cameron and his band of merry ocean scientists and robots is one that might actually work.
Can the oil spill force the US into a climate policy?
America never lets a crisis go to waste and now Barack Obama is trying to use the Gulf of Mexico spill to push his case for a cap and trade scheme. Will it work?
Rundle: Israel will bugger up again soon
Guy Rundle gives his take on the changing nature of Israel. Will the Egypt-Gaza border now remain open as a result of the Gaza flottila attack? If so, then the flotilla has won.
