Insights

In his State of the Union address, President Obama offered a a vision of post-recession liberalism that was at once hopeful and limited.

Time-of-use tariffs are being touted as the way forward for Australia's electricity market yet families struggle to shift energy use - options like 'peak demand alerts' could be more effective.

The chief scientist at the number-one producer of solar panels says we can't expect past price plunges to continue, but that doesn't mean the cost of power from solar won't continue its downward trend.

Malcolm Turnbull's determination to push ahead with his pre-election commitment to e-government will have the effect of fast-forwarding changes at Australia Post.

BHP has revised its drilling program in order to conserve cash amid plunging commodity prices, but it remains committed to demerging its non-core assets.

The big Australian has responded to falling oil prices by dialing back its US shale oil operations. Is this a sign of more pain to come for the petroleum industry?

Subdued inflation, led by falling oil prices, will keep interest rates on hold for now but the country is still well placed for growth in 2015.

The original Moto X was one of the best Android smartphones around and now Motorola is back with a bigger and more powerful successor.

Changes to China's financial system are picking up the pace.

The world's 2.8 billion wood-fuel users are using the resource in an almost sustainable way, suggesting carbon offset markets are paying too much to provide the world's poor with fuel-burning alternatives.

Aldi's standardised low-cost model is bringing much needed competition to a market dominated by two players.

We demand the impossible from our gadgets but with laptops we're actually getting close to having it all.

The week in clean energy saw significant large-scale renewables project deals and progressions (mostly wind) while tidal and wave power looked to a decisive 2015.

The ideological battle being fought in India is coming at the expense of economic development. The country needs a dose of East Asian ruthlessness to lift hundreds of millions out of poverty.

The world is slowly waking up to the problem of inequality but our policymakers have yet to take any notice.

Wall Street recovered from a weak start as investors digested the latest IMF growth forecasts and Chinese data, while oil prices slid further and gold hit a five-month high.