Insights

Faced with an industry dominated by a few big foreign players, Beijing has decided to quietly press the scales in favour of its own smartphone makers.

The Chinese Communist Party has long espoused the idea of gender equality but women are still woefully underrepresented at all levels of the political system.

Ireland has pulled the plug on the long running tax avoidance scheme but here's why the tech giants won't be losing sleep over the move.

The ASX's managing director divulges his views on the level of high frequency trading in Australia and the potential for mergers across the Asian exchanges.

While we must be vigilant about the risks in China's real estate sector, it's not useful to draw parallels between the US housing crash and the current situation in China.

ANU's divestment decision has been politicised but mounting evidence shows the responsible investment industry - which touches $1 trillion in Australia - is delivering enhanced risk adjusted returns.

Breaking Telstra's dominance was never going to be easy and the Coalition's NBN 2.0 has inevitably compounded the problem. With its rivals up in arms how is the Telstra split going to play out?

A recent study on the power of natural carbon sinks is possible good news. But it doesn't change in any significant way how quickly we must decrease carbon emissions.

Solar PV growth rates grab attention but shipment volumes remain the ultimate goal. Here's a snapshot of global volumes, split between rooftop PV and 'big solar'.

The US military sees climate change as an immediate threat. Here's how it thinks more floods, heatwaves, and melting ice will alter the way it goes about its missions

Apple iPad leak looks like a coy attempt to steal Google's Thunder, three graphics that explain the notorious 'double Irish' tax loophole and just how big is high frequency trading in Australia?

There are fundamental differences between what is happening in the markets now and the potential crisis we should be preparing for.

A higher exchange rate could drive greater consumption in the US' struggling household sector, but it will also carry economic risks.

Markets on both sides of the Atlantic slumped on heightened global growth and deflation concerns, while gold rose on safe-haven demand.

Despite floating amid the most volatile market in three years, NAB's GWB didn't fare too badly on the first day of trade, while a couple of the big banks are mulling the future of their life insurance divisions.

A genuine emphasis on consumers is a welcome feature of the interim report from the Competition Policy Review panel.