The ABC’s of money, Singapoor and the banks.

ABC Learning has been in the news lately – with the federal government having to input over $22 million into the company to keep the daycare centres open, after the company went into receivership. 
From the reports, it seems that a lot of the money that went into keeping the company afloat and indeed what underpinned the [...]

Economy XVIII

It has been a while since I put up a thread on the economy, and after the G20 summit on the weekend I thought that we should have a catchup.
Over the past week the following developments have occurred:

Pakistan has obtained $7.6 billion loan from the IMF (which is short of the $15 billion they wanted)
Seven [...]

Relentless Cross-promos for The Howard Years

What do the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and John Howard have in common?
They are relentless!
The cross-promotions for the documentary The Howard Years on ABC TV and radio are ubiqitious. Not just ads but ceaseless items on the News and other programs. Even the News-in-Brief. For a sample try the online promo which was under ‘Just In’ [...]