The US saw some poor economic data on Friday, including the ISM index hitting a two year low. Yet bond yields rose and so did equities. NAB’s Rodrigo Catril tells Phil Dobbie that it’s because the US downturn doesn’t seem to be as severe as in other parts of the world, particularly Europe. They also discuss President Trump, who gave his longest speech so far over the weekend, attacking the Fed’s rate hikes in the process. Could this influence the dollar today? Plus, how he is pushing China to respond on agricultural tariffs. And a busy week ahead for Australia.
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Small Cells and pCells – can mobile win on speed and cost?
People are deploying pCells in places where the operator plans to directly compete with cable and DSL providers for home services. Perhaps fixed to mobile substitution has begun.
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Experts are Wrong, Except by Chance
We rely on experts so much of the time, but what if they are wrong? Author and journalist David Freedman says experts, however well qualified, often don’t get things right.
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To Inform or To Persuade?
Steve Herzberg says the art of sales is to make people feel like they have decided independently to do exactly what you’d like them to do!
