Insights

Although the boom in housing construction appears to have legs, it won't be enough to carry the rest of the economy.

China buys up half the world's luxury goods and details of new free-trade zones could be released soon.

There's compelling strategic and financial logic to the merger between retail property players Novion and Federation Centres.

Open-source activists are correct to question tech giant's interest in Cyanogenmod.

The Prime Minister's concerns over the outlook for future Australians don't add up.

The local streaming contest is heating up as Foxtel prepares to take on fresh faces like Netflix and Stan. Here's how the competition stacks up.

Free software package aims to take the pain out of organising your downloaded movies and TV series.

FIRB is under-resourced and ill-equipped to deal with foreign investment in real estate.

Business Spectator's guide to the full-year results of Australia's publicly-listed companies.

New research has quantified the extent to which oceans have continued to warm, with scientists saying global waters are holding over 90% of global warming.

The Australian dollar has lost 30 per cent of its value in the past six months but even if the RBA doesn't cut today, the outlook for the currency remains bearish.

Policymakers appear to be in a blind panic, desperately cutting rates in the misguided hope that it will have a positive effect. Abbott must take charge and set the country on the right course.

It was 30 years ago this year that Australia's solar industry officially got underway - the total global demand was 21MW, but these young entrepreneurs could see the future.

While Tony Abbott will struggle to reform industrial relations, BHP is showing that companies can make the existing system work to their advantage.

Tony Abbott talking about putting a stop to intergenerational theft rings pretty hollow, considering this is the government that has axed the carbon tax, tried to increase university fees and hopes to cut youth welfare.

Wall Street wavered as investors digested weak consumer spending data, corporate results and European political developments, while oil prices pushed higher.