Insights

The furore surrounding academic Barry Spurr's private emails is a gross invasion of privacy by the media -- and our civil discourse is much poorer for it.

Shares in clean energy firms rose 5.9 per cent in the quarter on the back of the performance of 12 companies, including battery developer RedFlow and diversified power developer and transporter Eden Energy.

Perth's Jeremy Liew has a knack for spotting the next big thing in Silicon Valley and with his punt on Snapchat paying off, the self-described 'math geek' has his eyes set on another target.

Any chance they get, and from state to state, utilities are putting up barriers to solar uptake; from delaying installers to audaciously stopping FIT payments. Sadly, policymakers seem to be in on the game, too.

A new company hopes to become a one-stop shop for retailers wishing to crack China's e-commerce market.

Four graphs on why Melbourne will bear the brunt of Grattan's gas warning, Melbourne is Australia's pay rise capital and the NT jobs market is booming.

A silo mentality has fostered inefficient work practices at some of Australia's biggest miners. A complete change in corporate culture is needed.

With margin debt reaching the levels seen before the 2000 and 2008 crashes, there's plenty to fuel a very large, and not-so-random, correction.

Strong gains are expected on the local market after solid US economic data and corporate earnings delighted investors in Europe and the US.

Speculation about a merger between Fairfax Media and Ten Network is tempered by regulatory concerns, while Macquarie Group appears to have blocked any impending sale of BrisConnections' $2bn Airport Link.

Not all deflation is bad. However, the kind spreading across Europe is deadly and will take years to address.

Low productivity remains a drag on our mining industry. As commodity prices fall, the big miners are struggling to fix the problem.

Today, Australian investors will not have to go it alone buying stocks as they did for much of last week. Bargain hunters this morning will be supported by the morale boosting encouragement of a 3% turnaround in the German Dax and a 264 point rally in the Dow Jones.

The digital space has become a crucial battleground for Hong Kong's high-tech Occupy protestors.

The spate of recent 'one-off' events have given forecasts of modest movements from central banks in 2015 and 2016 undue credit.

In this week's essential reading guide Kohler translates a scary RBA speech, Gottliebsen warns of a possible market meltdown and Pickering looks at the strengthening US dollar.