Tim Treadgold

Forget the budget. Watch the dollar.

Two recent reports have suggested the southern states may have to learn to cope with uneven economic growth.

Interest rates down today. Taxes up tomorrow.

Alternative and renewable energy companies have been a good way to lose money for the past 20 years.

If Peter Slipper was “an accident waiting to happen”, as some people are saying after the event, why can’t it be said that the Western Australian property market is “a boom waiting to happen”?

A tighter lending market, dominated by the big banks, may open the door for a return of smaller, more friendly lenders.

If a country has one world-class industry in a sea of international trouble why would you want to hobble it or, at worst, close it?

The shale-gas boom in the US has slashed power prices and a new report explores the next energy game-changers.

Comrade Colin has a pleasing sound to it, but it is unlikely that the Western Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, really has developed communist tendencies despite his curious threat to stage a rare

WA’s minerals industry faces profound change as BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto opt for ‘bulks’.

If you are serious about driving a company out of business there is a guaranteed way to succeed; charge more for your services than competitors.

The backers of the iron ore facility at Cape Preston have some tough decisions ahead.

If the Queensland election was not an event unique to that State, as seems likely, then it might be time for investors to adjust their portfolios ahead of the inevitable change in Canberra, such as

Troy Buswell’s kidding if he thinks stamp duty has nothing to do with people’s reluctance to buy a house.

If the global economy is really improving after five years in the sin bin, why are the central banks of the world buying gold?That is a question which can only have a disturbing answer.

Australia is likely to benefit from any constriction in the world’s supply of raw materials.

There are some first-rate local stocks out there if you look beyond the headlines.

The price of iron ore in China, not the antics of the iron ore rich Rinehart family, is what Australia should be watching because signs continue to emerge of a big future price fall.

The longevity of Lego provides a lesson in retail survival and adaptation.

It’s not easy to get inside the mind of a High Court judge, but when Justice Gummow used the word “Orwellian” last week in the latest instalment of ASIC v Andrew Forrest a bell tinkled in my mind.

Driverless trains proposed by Rio Tinto are the thin edge of the wedge and not in Australia’s long-term interests.

A quick way to ruin a business is to penalise successful employees and reward failures, which is what seems to be happening in Australia with the unbalanced re-distribution of the goods and service

Some US brokers are betting on sub-prime bonds again, which should sound a warning to investors everywhere.

Energy costs to business will cause headaches for the federal government as the carbon tax approaches.

There is no law against providing lousy financial advice, but there ought to be, and the first person investigated should be the man in charge of Australia’s finances, Wayne Swan.

The emerging pattern of parsimony should, over time, filter down through all levels of the corporate world.

It’s a long walk from Perth to Paris, but Australia took two more steps on the road to Europe last week thanks to politicians playing personal popularity games.

Making the right call on the world economy could make, or lose, businesses a lot of money.

Recent warning about slowed global growth should be heeded, and risk avoided in 2012.

Everyone loves a bargain. But, there comes a time when cheap is too cheap, as the world is discovering with falling prices destabilising industries, and entire economies.

Perth’s quest to be considered a serious international city has been boosted by a recent report.

New Year is always a good time for starting a diet, and while WA has been expanding rapidly thanks to the resources boom it seems likely that the feast is over, for now.