Last night was one of Nine’s worst nights of the year so far.
Articles by Glenn Dyer 
Rinehart will lose, and take Fairfax with her
Is Gina Rinehart a media dilettante and not the threat that many suppose her to be? Or rather, is she a cheapskate and unwilling to stump up the sort of money (more than $1.7 billion) that would guarantee control of Fairfax by buying it outright?
Plenty of light in the doom-and-gloom retail figures
The headline fall of 0.1% in the seasonally adjusted value of retail sales for December got the “rate cut looms” mob back on the hunt this morning.
Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Twenty20 hits big for Nine
The cricket pushed Nine to a win — and how about that Dave Warner switch shot?
Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: New programs weigh down Nine and Ten as ratings heats up
Excess Baggage on Nine and The Biggest Loser on Ten are too similar and viewers are becoming jaded.
Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: At the Oz Open’s end a huge win to Seven
Did anyone stay the course until 1.30am this morning? What a marathon.
Doom-laden forecasts rejected by central banking heavy hitter
The tensions continue to go out of the tight conditions in global banking, especially in the eurozone.
Flat inflation — cue the ‘rate cut looms’ headline
A flat inflation result for the December quarter opens the way for a rate cut, yes, but watch Greece …
IMF paper positive about Australian banking system
What is disappointing about the reporting of the IMF working paper is the absence of any critical view.
Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Nadal v Berdyc marathon aces night for Seven
That Rafael Nadal knows how to do the right thing by Channel Seven, doesn’t he?
Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven wins but Nine returns serve
It was tennis on Seven versus Nine’s The Big Bang Theory, and the latter won — for at least half an hour last night.
Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Tomic v Federer a boon for Seven
The Tomic v Federer match grabbed the attention of viewers.
Eurozone crisis: new bailout under half the size of Oz economy
The question for the eurozone in 2012 is the pace of panic: a slow panic still grabs you in the end. Knowing Europe and the various governments there’s something out there with the capacity to bring on that feeling.
Banks make huge savings thanks to cheaper local deposits
With the surge in domestic savings (running at 10%) and low demand for loans, banks have been able to build substantial deposit cushions, allowing further cuts in offshore borrowing.
