Is this AGL and Origin's dark and difficult future?
One of the world's largest power utilities, E.ON, has announced it will be offloading its conventional energy business to focus on renewables and distributed energy solutions. It carries ominous signs for Australia's power companies about how technology and policy are transforming energy markets.
A reality check for the current construction 'boom'
There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the outlook for Melbourne apartment prices following a big jump in Victorian building approvals.
China business news digest
Establishment of national property registry on track and new coal tax takes effect.
Tourism Australia's plan to whet China's appetite
Tourism Australia is betting on China's enduring love affair with food and wine as a way to entice more Chinese tourists to travel down under.
Studies show 2-degree goal is daunting, but not impossible
Three recent reports - from the UN, World Bank and two national US lab groups - provide the latest evidence that the barriers to reducing emissions are daunting, but not insurmountable.
Emissions continue to rise, demand decline slows
Carbon emissions in Australia's electricity sector continued their post-carbon tax repeal climb, despite weaker demand, with hydro falling and wind generation stagnant.
The deeper reasons for the great commodities sell-off
Supply and demand are key factors in the current commodities slump, but so are fundamental shifts in financial markets and global trading strategies.
Tech Talk: Internet Society of Australia CEO Laurie Patton
2015 is shaping up to be a crucial year for the internet and Internet Society of Australia's brand new CEO wants the government to do its homework.
November enviro markets update - STCs and LGCs
The small-scale spot market continued to soften in the month while trade activity in the scheme's large-scale sibling saw volatility and a downward trend.
How clean energy played out in the Victorian election
It may not have been front and centre in the Victorian election, but voters' concern for climate change and cleaning up our energy supply played an important role in seeing the Coalition voted out after just one term, and could also cost Labor its prize seat of Melbourne.
Deconstructing yesterday's market meltdown
Markets yesterday slumped 2 per cent with the miners hardest hit. What drove the downturn, and what can retail shareholders do to avoid getting burnt?
Privacy, compliance and the SME: A risk no one needs to take
2014 has been the perfect storm of increased regulation and increased customer awareness for organisations and that has turned data into a bigger business risk than ever before.
Smartphones to get excited about in 2015
Chinese smartphones are turning up the heat on Apple and Samsung and these four names should definitely be on your radar.
A deflationary trigger for the ECB
Markets expect the ECB to implement further quantitative easing amid deflation concerns, while the Aussie dollar plumbs new lows as the economy rebalances.
The Ticker: Modern business life
Confused about oil prices? This simple graphic explains the global price cycle; Is this the source of Ten's turnaround confidence? And this year's biggest anti-climax: the RBA's rate decisions
The ECB rises from its slumber
Eurozone policymakers are likely to unveil an expansive QE policy to accelerate asset velocity and reflate the equity market, and investors should be ready to pounce.