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Santos had no choice but to slash costs to ensure its near-term financial stability. Its priority will to be avoid a punitively dilutive equity before its LNG plants begin gushing cash.

Corrupt official who embezzled RMB 360 million sentenced to death and Chinese regulator approves 12 new IPOs.

Tony Abbott is of the view that China will be fully democratic by 2050. But he doesn't seem to understand what that democracy will look like.

The latest data from Green Energy Markets shows solar PV installations powering on at 75MW for November but with QLD in decline. Meanwhile large scale renewable generation market share has been steadily declining thanks to seasonal factors and little new capacity due to RET uncertainty.

One would hardly describe the foreign minister as an enthusiastic backer of action on climate change, but from her international vantage point she must realise Abbott's ideological blindness must give way to pragmatic reality.

The labour market figures haven't budged, but the potential for downside risks suggests the Reserve Bank might need to do more to support the rebalancing process.

China is not doing itself any favours by clamping down on freedom of digital information.

At the climate summit in Lima, China is resisting calls for details to be attached to pre-Paris targets while Australia's change on the Green Climate Fund has highlighted the power of political 'pincers'.

The severity of the sell-off in commodities suggests that markets vastly underestimated the impact of the unwinding of carry trades alongside spluttering growth in China and weakness elsewhere.

Negotiating teams are huddling behind closed doors in an effort to slim down ballooning texts. The hope is that posturing will soon give way to an agreed middle ground.

New Zealand's economy is set to grow strongly over the coming year, but there is one potential challenge that could cause problems for the Reserve Bank.

David Murray's Financial System Inquiry report has echoed some of the recommendations made by the 1997 Wallis inquiry. Will the government listen this time?

Shopping for a smartphone, tablet, notebook or desktop is never easy. Take the guesswork out of the equation with our list of the tech that warrants attention this holiday shopping season.

High-net-worth individuals have a lot to offer family businesses, but there must be a meeting of minds and aims.

Almost everyone in the know thinks the RBA will cut rates next year; Does piracy actually benefit Hollywood? Also, don't forget about youth unemployment.

IT leaders must hold the cloud to the same standards of continuity, compliance, and security as they would their on-premises infrastructure.