Mr Howitt said the country needed to focus on boosting productivity and reiterated his plea to the federal government to increase the cap on research and development tax concessions. “As a global ...

A major Australian medical company has suffered a $4.4b wipeout after slashing its earnings forecast, which drove its share price to a 10-year low.

If Cochlear chief executive Dig Howitt was nervous about speaking in public a mere five days after his share price dropped 41 per cent, he wasn’t showing it. In front of dozens of corporate types at ...

Cochlear chief executive Dig Howitt says tax reform and measures to boost productivity should be an election issue, as his company took a hit from cost of living pressures in the US. Mr Howitt said ...