Qantas should have a much stronger balance sheet than it has, writes Crikey's aviation expert writes. So why is the airline in crisis? Most of the cuts are self-inflicted.
Nathan Tinkler got his start in a "dirty, mongrelly job" in a mine, but he didn't stay long in steady employment. Despite significant financial problems at home, he always had his eye on the big picture.
There's a lot of hype around the sharemarket float of Nine Entertainment Co. You should only believe some of it. The demand for shares just isn't as strong as they want you to believe.
Tony Shepherd, charged with finding ways for the Commonwealth to pay down debt, knows plenty about debt, and not so much about paying it down, Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane write.
White Energy was swimming in money for coal technology projects that seemingly went nowhere. A Crikey investigation reveals the waste and broken promises.
The ABC and the Murdoch family are competing in a number of media, and the ABC keeps winning. That's why News Corp is attacking the ABC, Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane write.
Qantas lurches from one apparent crisis to another. But investors aren't particularly concerned. Is Alan Joyce just the CEO who keeps crying wolf? Our business editor examines the case.
The immediate damage from the Graincorp decision is already clear, but what will be the longer-term impact? And a debt guarantee for Qantas isn't as simple as it sounds, Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane write.
Travers Duncan's White Energy has promised a clean coal technology since 2006, but where is it?
Media types love Twitter, and octogenarian media mogul Rupert Murdoch is certainly no stranger to the format. Freelance writer Farz Edraki asks: how powerful is Murdoch on Twitter, really?
