Michael West
Journalist at Freelance
Journalist covering the rising power of corporations over democracy [email protected]
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michaelwest.com.au | Michael West
US President Donald Trump has launched a series of attacks against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, accusing the central bank chief of “playing politics” by not cutting interest rates, asserting he had the power to evict Powell from his job “real fast,” and looking forward to the day when Powell was gone. Powell’s termination as Fed chair “cannot come fast enough”, the president said in morning comments posted to social media.
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michaelwest.com.au | Michael West
Regional Australia is set to capitalise on the commercial boon expected from bumper holiday traffic, with Easter and ANZAC breaks falling on back-to-back weekends. Towns are expected win big from an extra-long Easter break with accommodation, cafes and restaurants booked out by travellers ahead of time, said NAB retail customer executive Larna Manson.
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michaelwest.com.au | Michael West
The coalition is on track to record its lowest share of votes at a federal election since the party’s inception, with Peter Dutton fast running out of time to salvage his chances of becoming prime minister. The latest YouGov poll, provided to AAP, showed the coalition tied with Labor for first preferences after its primary vote fell to 33 per cent.
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michaelwest.com.au | Michael West |Duncan Graham |Rex Patrick |Michael Pascoe
Alphabet’s Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a judge has ruled, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for US antitrust prosecutors to seek a breakup of its advertising products. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, found Google liable for “willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power” in markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers.
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michaelwest.com.au | Michael West |Duncan Graham |Rex Patrick |Michael Pascoe
European shares have fallen, while the dollar rose as traders took some heart from trade talks between the US and Japan, and gold hit a record as Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell added a note of caution about the growth outlook. With a long weekend ahead, investors were reluctant to double down too heavily on the broad-based decline in risk assets this week.
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