Insights

Administering firm-by-firm Direct Action, which Tony Abbott proposes, will be a complex and costly task, as Malcolm Turnbull once explained.

BC Iron's register change is welcome news, while a quarterly index review will announce new additions and notable exits from the ASX 200.

Negative gearing is the most sacred of cows among Australian tax concessions. But it's an immense budget drain, encourages loss-making behaviour and has failed to dent housing shortages.

The quarterly reshuffle will lift demand for new inclusions into the S&P ASX200

Leighton subsidiary to construct gas compression facilities for Surat Basin project.

Real estate group replaces James MacKenzie, who decided to stand down.

Australia has moved early on environmental issues in the past - and reaped the rewards. How quickly we rise above vested interests will determine our next bounty.

Labor scientists got more than they bargained for when they began the great Kevin Rudd experiment. Now voters will have their deciding say.

Both parties have pledged cuts to the public service but the problem is not only a rise in staff but too many in the upper ranks. Neither is up to seriously tackling that predicament.

The collaborative consumption trend is yet to go mainstream but it's getting close. However, overcoming 60 years and billions of dollars of advertising that extols ownership and brand as ultimate aspirations won't be easy.

Strong US jobs data failed to drive risk on Wall Street, while the IMF thinks the developed world is set to again lead global growth.

On paper, 49-year-old former Nokia CEO and Windows Office executive Stephen Elop fits the bill to lead Microsoft. But the jury is still out on whether he played a key role in the demise of Nokia.

Local market expected lift slightly on the back of modest Wall St gains.

Critics of internet.org claim that the "greater good" pitch is one designed to ultimately add to Facebook's coffers. But the overall pubic good just might outweigh the cynicism and financial concerns.

Local currency slips as US counterpart rallies on strong employment data.

US weekly jobless data boosts stocks as Treasury yields rise further.