Insights

Auction prices for solar energy in Brazil below the cost of levelised energy, and despite high upfront costs, suggest project owners think they can drive down costs in quick time.

The current standard of Wi-Fi connectivity in Australian hotels is under-delivering. If not adapted and updated to support increasing demand the industry risks being left behind the rest of the world.

Why rising health insurance complaints won't drag down Medibank, more spending for a stable turnout: the crux of the US elections in two graphs and one more graph on why business isn't happy with the Abbott government.

With government and business now on the same team, Greg Hunt's Direct Action plan should allow Australia to play an important role in the carbon game.

South Korea's open hatred of Japan could come back to bite as the threat of a nuclear-armed North Korea grows.

The new supervisor won't mean the end of bank failures or bank crises altogether, but it can help reduce the systemic risk imposed by such incidents.

Australia is exporting more goods and services, but thanks to price fluctuations we're earning less and less national income from this trade.

European markets fell on reports of ructions at the ECB and a cut to growth forecasts, while Wall Street was mixed and oil prices continued to slide.

Local media coverage of the latest UN climate change report has focused on theatrics, glossing over the monumental scope of what is being proposed and what it will take to get there.

Spain's Ferrovial may abandon efforts to buy Transfield Services as tensions between the two parties intensify, while Leighton's sale of John Holland attracts another offer.

After turning gas into gold in the east, two of Queensland's most successful energy entrepreneurs are moving their attention to a significant tenement package in the highly prospective Perth Basin.

A range of economic challenges lie ahead, and the RBA won't be in a hurry to raise the cash rate bar.

September's retail sales figures beat market expectations, but there are signs household spending will remain subdued for the foreseeable future.

The US reaction to the Asian Investment Bank marks the latest in a series of missteps that may very well assure a loss of stature in the region.

The big banks are tipping in the lion's share of $275bn into a liquidity facility that may never be used, but it's an insurance policy we all have to have.

Well, the horses are about to bolt .. but what does the Melbourne Cup race do to electricity demand?