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 ...

SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves speaks with Cochlear CEO Dig Howitt following the hearing implant maker's profit result on the company's future and US experience; plus Omkar Joshi from Opal ...

Cuts to Medicaid legislated by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act have crippled Cochlear’s American business by restricting coverage for hearing implants. The ASX company said it expected underlying ...

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 ...