I am about halfway through Adele Ferguson’s excellent biography of Gina Rinehart. It’s a great read, rich with the intricate details of …

James was the editor and publisher of SmartCompany and LeadingCompany for five years. He is now the Australian Financial Review's companies & markets editor, and a former BRW editor.
I am about halfway through Adele Ferguson’s excellent biography of Gina Rinehart. It’s a great read, rich with the intricate details of …
I am about halfway through Adele Ferguson’s excellent biography of Gina Rinehart. It’s a great read, rich with the intricate details of …
Yesterday’s revelation that bakery franchise Brumby’s told franchisees to bump up prices and blame the increases on the carbon tax spark…
He might not be on Australia’s rich list yet, but Tasmanian David Walsh is surely one of Australia’s most interesting high-net worth ind…
The biggest deal in the last few days has been a non-deal – that is, of course, the failed takeover tilt for David Jones. The circumstan…
Lower interest rates helped Australia’s eight capital cities record a 1% gain in dwelling prices over June to a median of $460,000, accordin…
Welcome to the new financial year. It’s been a tough start to 2012, but I know that thousands of entrepreneurs are starting 2012-13 in a p…
In 2010, legendary Irish trainer Dermot Weld brought a horse out to Australia called Profound Beauty to try to win the Melbourne Cup for the…
James Thomson, editor of StartupSmart’s sister site SmartCompany, recently appeared on Channel Ten’s The Project to discuss the situatio…
The great tennis tradition of Wimbeldon takes place against the backdrop of Europe’s economic woe. Luckily Clarke and Dawe have spotted a ri…
Few issues get the SmartCompany community as fired up as the carbon tax, which finally starts on Sunday. In the last few days we’ve see…
We’ve been working on a research project in our business that has been dragging on for the best part of six months. Actually, when I…