Michael West

Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.

Too late, the trolley has bolted

In 1975 Woolies had 17.7 per cent of the branded grocery market, Coles spoke for 17.5 per cent, Franklins 4.8 per ...

Look out. It’s behind you, Billy

The US bond market is the biggest in the world. At roughly $32 trillion, it dwarfs the sharemarket. It is the ...

There’s still a lot of bears about in this bull market

Wall Street was rattled on Monday night. It was as though, amid the sharemarket's supreme short-termism, that ...

Plastic’s fantastic – for a bank

Tired of queuing at the petrol station while the customer in front of you is tinkering with the eftpos ...

Hard to tell if we’re in a bubble or not

WALL Street was rattled on Monday night. It was as though, amid the sharemarket's supreme short-termism, someone ...

Carsales hawked around

Update Stockbrokers were looking to place Nine Entertainment's stake in Carsales.com in a $570 million block trade ...

More of a tickle than a tussle

"Murdoch called up the Mirror photographers and his sports correspondent rounded up a group of toughs. At one ...

Hong Kong hedge funds raid ING before sale

A CABAL of Hong Kong hedge funds has raided the share register of ING Industrial Fund, in a bid to build a ...

Let the buyer beware

A classic case of profiteering from retail shareholders is the saga of Alinta Energy. The drama is still being ...

Dirty deals, and done dirt cheap

THIS year marks the 10-year anniversary of the dotcom crash. It was also, unlikely as it seems, 10 years ago that ...

Chemists fall foul of Allco virus

THANKS to a flashy financial structure conjured up in the halcyon days of the Allco Finance boys, some 600 ...

Time for a sovereign wealth fund

TEN YEARS ago the likes of Rio Tinto and MIM - since snapped up by Xstrata - could hardly make a buck mining ...
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