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Nationalisation back on the agenda in politicians' power panic

As politicians panic about the energy crisis they themselves have created, some old ideas are suddenly fashionable again.

The day the right didn't like market forces, when coal-fired power was on the line

Let free markets and private capital operate unencumbered by regulation, the right demands. Until, um, free markets produce results they have an ideological problem with.

Dick Smith is an exemplary candidate for Arsehat of the Year

Dick Smith is a huckster with an ego issue, writes David Salter.

Company profits boom while regular Aussies suffer record-low wage growth

Clearly the rich are getting richer while workers and welfare beneficiaries are falling behind.

Mayne: CBS has Ten in the bag, now for some Lachlan Murdoch accountability?

Lachlan Murdoch is currently wearing far too many hats at Ten as a supplier, shareholder, financier, former chair, former CEO, board controller, advertising sales agent, competitor and bidder.

Board clean-out won't save Commonwealth from world of pain

The clean-out of the Commonwealth Bank board continues, but nothing will stop foreign regulators from pursuing the kinds of fines that will make local regulatory efforts look innocuous, Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane write.

News Corp's failure to buy Channel Ten is a good thing in every way

If News Corp had effectively ended up controlling Ten, it would have been run as a low-cost network, recycling programming from within the News Corp network.

Corporate tax cuts to drive CEO windfalls, not jobs

What do companies that pay less tax do with the money? The US experience is that little of it goes to investing in new jobs. Instead, CEOs benefit.

Nuclear depression: brother, can you spare US$25.7 billion?

Nuclear power is affordable, says the Minerals Council. But the market (and power companies) beg to differ.

Why are ticket scalpers so damn successful?

Crikey has a look at the scalping phenomenon and how secondary ticket markets make their money.