Wall Street's bumper earnings season will shine on the ASX
The better-than-expected earnings season across the US market is a strong pointer to our own market in weeks to come.
Ridley rides the agri boom
As a market leader in animal nutrition solutions, this company is well placed to capitalise on rising demand for agriculture products from Asia.
Capitol Health on the prowl
Further share price growth depends on the diagnostic imaging company making an accretive acquisition interstate … at least for the short term.
CSL grabs a second lucky prize
Few companies get to buy assets that put them on a global footing, at depressed prices. CSL has now done it twice.
The cloud over this year's bank profits
Investors have become used to stellar profits from Australian banks. However, this year's headline figures, even if good, will need to be read more carefully.
EU goes large on climate, with a 27% super-RET
The EU has signed off on a renewables target that goes beyond just electricity while, crucially, also approving a 40% emissions reduction target which will bolster its ETS.
Is Abbott slashing or 'recalibrating' the renewables target? Ask a laid-off Keppel Prince employee
The Coalition is claiming they aren't cutting the RET merely 'recalibrating' it because the target has always been 20%. The public's inability to understand a gigawatt-hour from a gigahertz means they could get away with it, but the public do understand 100 people losing their jobs.
State premiers must save the federation
The federation is not broken, but it requires radical change. This will only happen if the political will is generated by the states themselves.
With Xi's new power is collective leadership over?
Xi Jinping appears to be centralising power around himself, but is it just a naked power grab or something more?
Digital Dividend: The advantage of moving first
Australian consumers are voracious adopters of new technologies but our businesses have been less enthusiastic. So what' s the problem?
We should welcome China's infrastructure bank
China remains locked out of major global institutions, but plans to change that through the Asian Infrastructure Bank. Australia should join in.
Doctors in the cloud
The Royal Flying Doctor Service is showing Australia's businesses how creatively using data can improve marketing and cut costs.
The Ticker: Modern business life
Founder's delight: Companies are on the prowl for start-ups, investors agree: The best smartphone is NoPhone and an end to the never-ending TPP negotiations?
How low oil prices may impact GHG emissions
Low oil prices that remain stable are what drive increased demand for oil - and which in turn could then have a bigger role in emissions. But what would happen if the US lifted crude oil export restrictions?
Can an economy develop without coal?
Few countries have developed without an accessible resource base, like coal - and newly developing nations will need more incentive it they're to leapfrog the coal era.
Finding a smart use for 'dumb money'
What will it take to get Australians to take a punt on start-ups rather than horses?