Insights

It's Australian developed, it runs Ubuntu Linux, and it's about to control homes worldwide.

Online retail is on the rise but so too is online fraud - so what can you do to protect your online store this silly season?

The UN Secretary-General has called on parties at Lima to begin the process of writing a new history for the planet - starting with action in five key areas.

The week in clean energy saw German utility E.ON split up with itself, Hanwha Solar One expand its capacity by 230MW with a factory in South Korea, and Lima talks drag on.

The Treasurer's tough talk on making multinationals pay their due makes for good headlines but squeezing a cent of extra tax out of Google and Apple won't be easy.

A recent US-China-Australia joint military exercise demonstrates Australia's capacity to be a a broker of friendship between the big players.

Treasurer Joe Hockey may be worried about falling iron ore prices but BHP Billiton certainly isn't.

Out of luck? This graph shows why we've had it so good for so long; Abbott's 'budget emergency' narrative has finally sunk in and why the Australian government's latest report on automation ignored the rise of self-driving cars.

The low oil price, coupled with Australia's LNG gas disaster, will have wide-ranging repercussions and potentially see some companies go broke.

Just as the Greek economy was finding its feet, political uncertainty has reared its head, with huge implications for the eurozone.

Political uncertainty in Greece led to a plunge in Greek stocks that echoed throughout European markets, while Wall Street pared early losses.

APA Group will likely tap investors to help fund its offer for BG Group's Queensland gas pipeline, while Woodside edges closer to buying a string of assets held by Apache Energy.

Tony Abbott's inability to stay on message is having a disastrous effect on his popularity, and is starting to alienate his most ardent supporters.

Economic and demographic changes mean younger Australians are facing a perfect storm of bad luck -- and there's no quick fix.

Yesterday's news on Greek politics and China's bond market came at a time when US and European stock markets have extended rallies and pushed valuations higher. This makes those markets vulnerable to downward corrections as profit takers act to avoid missing out.

A cut to the energy group's credit rating has rubbed further salt into its wounds, but a debt issue may be needed to shore up the company's balance sheet.