US Markets were closed overnight for the Thanksgiving holiday, meanwhile European markets closed down.
November, 2011
Morning Market Report: No giving thanks as markets continue to fall
Power Shots: Power Shots: GetUp boss hits pokie campaign … money movers slam EU …
GetUp! boss says pokie campaign a flop. GetUp! director Simon Sheikh says the clubs movement has run a shoddy campaign against Andrew Wilkie’s proposed poker machine reforms. ”They’ve run a pretty poor campaign so far and we’re lucky they have,” Sheikh told The Power Index. “There was all this build up about a scary campaign. I was in […]
Political snippets: Labor’s contempt for parliament shows
Perhaps Australia had it right back in the 1960s and 1970s when the maximum personal income tax rate was over 60 percent without the rich having the benefit of dividend imputation.
Video of the Day: Embarrassing! Sunrise comp winner quotes rival
An unfortunate incident on Sunrise this morning when a competition winner was called and answered the phone with the rival’s catch cry “I wake up with Today!”. Cue horror faces from Mel and Kochie …
Crikey Says: Great politics, but a poor outcome
The speaker must be respected, at least to a degree, by both sides. Peter Slipper’s ability to command respect remains in grave doubt.
Media briefs: Leveson latest … Sandilands v staff … James Murdoch to exit? …
Brilliant tabloid work by The Daily Telegraph. Plus, JK Rowling tells of press attention’s impact on children, James Murdoch departures “may herald his exit from papers” and other media news.
Diplomacy, North Korean style: expect a “sea of fire”
Following a large scale military drill in South Korea, heat has re-intensified between North and South. North Korea have threatened a “sea of fire” if provoked, reports CBS News.
aviation industry 
All eyes on Joyce, Jetstar, HNA and Cathay Pacific
There is speculation that points to an interesting situation arising in Hong Kong in which Qantas may find a way to leverage itself into a Hong Kong or lower Pearl River delta based new Jetstar franchise, reports Ben Sandilands.
Kerouac’s long lost novel found and published
The first novel of beat legend Jack Kerouac was considered lost forever. The Sea is My Brother has now been released by Penguin, but how excited should we get about a book the author made no attempt to publish? ask Claire Allfree.
My Cup Of Tea: When too much arts is a bad thing: festivals at war on dates
The Melbourne Festival has put forth a proposal to change its dates to February or March. But no one asked the rest of the arts sector. Could Melbourne and interstate festivals cannibalise audiences?
Denmore: the déjà vu of radio’s elephant men
Radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands has whipped up controversy this week but the narrative arc for how to achieve it and where it leads — greater publicity — remains ever the same, writes Bob Denmore.
Anthony Ball: the driving force against pokies reform
Anthony Ball is the driving force behind Clubs Australia’s campaign against Andrew Wilkie’s poker machine reforms. He has powerful people on his side and plenty of cash in the bank, writes Matthew Knott.
Slipper takes the money and runs … the show
Crikey media wrap: Labor stalwart Harry Jenkins resigned as speaker of the House of Representatives yesterday, sending shockwaves through the parliament.
Bode on Slipper: run free, lone wolf
Sunshine Coast Daily’s inimitable columnist Mark Bode lends his colourful prose to the story of Slippery Pete’s ascension, ruminating about his personality with “the sincerity and loyalty of a dog nuzzling its master’s crotch.”
album reviews Nickelback’s Here and Now
Nickelback have sold 50 million albums worldwide. Their latest, Here and Now, will sell a few million more, but might also make listeners want to kill all those responsible for its existence, writes Neil Walker.
ABC’s 2012 comedy line-up
What’s in store for comedy on the ABC in 2012? Gruen, Adam Hills and Laid will return, plus a number of freshies including Shaun Micallef is Mad as Hell. Comedy blogger Matt Smith previews the line-up.
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) movie review: complete arse or gross-out class?
To say Norwegian writer/director Tom Six’s The Human Centipede II is vastly better than its disgustingly gratuitous predecessor is faint praise indeed, writes Luke Buckmaster.
Translating ancient manuscripts via crowdsourcing
Since the 1990s, scientists have recruited idle home computers to help with data analysis. These days a much broader range of research questions can be tackled through crowdsourcing techniques that harness genuine human intellect, writes Piers Kelly.
Political snippets: Nationals look set for a Kiwi win
If the Crikey NZ Election Indicator is any guide it will take something more miraculous that a foot of snow to see the National government lose this weekend.
Huge win for Labor as Slipper takes the chair
In a ruthless display of political tactics, Labor has elevated Queensland Liberal MP Peter Slipper to the speakership after the shock resignation of incumbent Harry Jenkins.
Guy Rundle: Europe’s stuck, nothing changes in Italy, and the Pope must die
So Europe remains stuck in a common currency whose structural flaws it cannot resolve — and certainly cannot resolve without major reform in Italy, where the breathing space offered by the appointment of Mario Monti has been resisted.
Flames of revolution in Yemen flicker ever closer
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen yesterday signed an agreement to relinquish power to a government of national unity that will prepare for early elections, in return for which he has been promised immunity from prosecution.
