Insights

Rod Sims' stern defence of the ACCC gets the once over from jotters, with one saying the watchdog's focus is too narrow.

Faster, lighter and thinner, Apple's new iPad is its best tablet yet. But, it still won't tempt rusted on Apple fans to rush out and upgrade.

Any monkey with an excel spreadsheet can deliver a budget surplus. We must measure economic performance against GDP, inflation and unemployment - not debt, interest rates or the dollar.

How badly does Google want to keep under wraps a mysterious project taking shape on a barge in San Francisco Bay? Badly enough to require US government officials to sign confidentiality agreements.

We have capital, we have talent, and we have ambition; so why isn't Australia an innovation hub? We put the question to three of the country's leading start-ups.

The Europe and the US know their economic and geopolitical clout is fading. The only way for them to retain significance is to work together, not against each other's interests.

Key investors in Treasury Wine Estates are believed to be preparing to crank up discussions with the board to offload the global wine giant's beleaguered US division before it becomes a drag on the Australian business.

Spell cheques for Nicholls' dimes

Law firm Maurice Blackburn is considering widening a class action against construction major Leighton Holdings to take into account shareholder losses as a result of recent claims over corruption inside the company.

Ousted Treasury Wine Estates boss David Dearie has dismissed allegations by his former chairman that he lacked sufficient operational skills to lead the winemaker, openly contradicting Paul Rayner's key message to the market last month for the former chief executive's ejection from the company.

When it comes to dealing with potential misuse of market power by the big supermarkets, which is the best way forward - to prosecute, to negotiate or to legislate?

The takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter has turned into a corporate Gordian knot, but the level of complexity is different depending on who is looking at it.

Fees and charges levied by the corporate regulator have soared 7 per cent to $717 million, driven by revenue from the new National Business Names Register.

Fortescue Metals will seek to extend the maturity date on its biggest debt obligation, and request cheaper interest rates, as the iron ore miner continues to act early on its giant debt pile.

People living in areas at greater risk of natural disasters should be prepared to pay higher home insurance premiums, the head of one of the country's insurers says.

Crown's executive chairman James Packer was forced to assure investors on Wednesday that its aggressive expansion plans in Asia were affordable, at a time when its local operations continued to suffer from poor consumer sentiment.