Insights

Will China's new stimulus work or is it the wrong medicine for what ails its economy?

All that glitters is not gold in the technology industry and while the IoT trend is currently caught up in the hype machine, it's here to stay.

One chart on Australia's most profitable industries; the ACCC busts Australia's biggest petrol myths and this graph proves Australian retailers are still underinvesting in online

Eurozone inflation has been declining for almost a year. Is this a result of an excess demand for safe assets?

The week in clean energy saw Japan reel in China as the world's largest solar market, India expand wind and solar targets, and the US Supreme Court agree to hear EPA challenges.

The support of Universities Australia helps the government's higher education reform push, but the lack of public backing is a problem.

Facebook has been a roaring success in developed countries, but a new social media platform is about to take developing countries by storm.

European shares edged higher as energy stocks rebounded, while Wall Street was boosted by some big corporate deals.

Another billion-dollar-plus business looks likely to join ASX boards next year, while an offshore investment fund puts in an offer for cinema chain Hoyts.

There is a good fiscal case for raising GST, but Labor will ensure it doesn't happen.

Australian investors are surveying the familiar landscape of a positive lead from US equities that's offset by concerns over weak commodity prices. The net effect of these conflicting influences looks like being a relatively firm opening.

The Australian market has continued yesterday's rally with the Australia 200 Index up 25 points after the GDP results introduced a pull-back from its high.

The Reserve Bank's forecasting record is dismal, so the market is right in questioning its rates outlook.

China's SOEs are mostly fragmented, mediocre and rapidly losing ground to private business.

The UK's position on Hong Kong is much more self-interested than all the idealistic democratic rhetoric suggests.

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.