Opinion

'I need more sales. I need more sales,' you say. Welcome to the club. Everyone needs more sales.

Would you prefer to deposit your money in a bakery or a bank? In Australia, the bank wins every time. In Europe, some people see their local baker as a better bet than the local bank.

It’s not only Liberal state premiers who are making Julia Gillard’s life tough when it comes to the mining tax.

Remuneration reports are deeply flawed but with some redesign could deliver much more useful information to shareholders.

The carbon cops are about to hit the streets, so businesses need to be prepared.

In today’s networked economy, having a brilliant, visionary leader alone isn’t enough to keep a company growing.

To understand the frightening dimension of the financial crisis unfolding in Europe you need to do two things. Firstly, think of Indonesia’s 2004 tsunami and how it devoured everything in its path.

Governments need to be encouraged to make decisions for the long-term good.

Facing up to shareholders at annual meetings, and the two-strikes policy on remuneration reports, are both confronting for company directors, but so far this year they have delivered benefits.