22 February 2010
RIO Tinto's savage cost-cutting and $US20 billion ($A22.3 billion) debt reduction program have started to win favour with credit rating agencies... read full story
11 January 2010
Are you getting harassing calls from your creditors and collection agencies? Instead of looking for ways to avoid such calls, it is better to repay your debts as fast as possible... read full story
10 December 2009
ONE refreshing, if occasionally self-sabotaging, characteristic of Tony Abbott is his frankness. This tendency was on display on Tuesday when Mr Abbott announced his notably more ideological frontbench. The Coalition, he said, would move from being "a government in exile, unsure of its role, to being a fair dinkum opposition". The line was both foolish and revealing. Foolish, because "government in exile" unwittingly reinforces the born-to-rule stereotyping of conservative parties. Revealing, because in returning three prominent Howard-era ministers to shadow cabinet, and promoting several hardliners, the dominant message is one of returning — with a vengeance — to the past... read full story
14 October 2009
A policy for huge cuts was ignored amid the Liberal leadership frenzy... read full story
11 December 2008
FAIRFAX Media has promised an assault on its $2.5 billion debt after confirming Brian McCarthy as its chief executive at a board meeting yesterday... read full story
