CSL sees new blood in Australia
CSL knocked back offers from Switzerland, Germany and the US before deciding to build its new albumin plant in Melbourne.
Will there be a China-US deal on climate change?
For many years China and the United States have faced off over climate change. Now, climate change action is one of the few things the two powers can agree on.
The hard sell on succession
Amongst Australia's baby boomers in business, a high percentage are looking to sell out.
Succession is still a taxing issue
How a family business is structured is often a key factor in whether it is passed on to the next generation or sold.
The IMF's wobbly worries
The latest global economic outlook contains both warnings of slowing growth, and an examination of the IMF's track record at predictions. So should this fresh forecast be taken with a grain of salt?
Leave NBN regulation to the ACCC
Returning to industry-focused regulation for communications would be a disaster.
Australia's dangerous dividend obsession
A new study has revealed that investors' obsession with dividends is harming the future growth prospects of Australian listed companies.
Building renewables: As green as you'd expect
A new study has found that the massive resources - and energy - expended in building towers for wind power and arrays for solar, etc, still has a lesser environmental impact than continued fossil fuel generation.
Chief Scientist CSG report leaves health concerns unanswered
The review's 'learn from mistakes' approach ignores public health experts' more circumspect assessment - which concludes concerning evidence is actually mounting about fracking chemicals.
Australia's renewables ranking falls behind Algeria, Myanmar
The week in clean energy saw China's utility-scale solar pipeline bulge, a historic but insignificant CCS development, and Australia's ranking as a large-scale renewables investor slide from 11th to 31st.
Raising the alarm on bloated dividends
Australian CEOs need to stop being so risk averse and to communicate directly with self-managed funds about the importance of positive growth strategies.
Your phone screen just won the Nobel Prize in Physics
As well as being a technological marvel, this year's prize for LED screen technology is a testament to tenacity in experimental science.
Samsung to cut costs, find new focus after downbeat profit forecast
Analysts pit Samsung's chip company as its next growth industry.
Did we learn nothing from the GFC?
A global survey of debt shows Australia in the middle of the pack overall, but with exceptionally high debt in the household sector.
September enviro markets update - VEECs and ESCs
Political uncertainty again plagued Victoria's energy efficiency market while its NSW sibling found itself in an unusual situation with both supply and prices rising.
Why every public servant now needs to be an 'IT person'
Digital government will require more substantial change than just inserting the word "digital" into existing project descriptions and job titles.