Insights

The deregulation of tertiary education fees will disadvantage lower-income earners, and the effects will flow right through the economy.

Orica seems to be favouring an IPO for its chemicals division, while two frontrunners have emerged for BHP's Nickel West unit.

Wall Street slumped as investors punished Apple, while Russian tensions flared as its high court paved the way to seize foreign assets.

Our people numbers are growing, but Australia's changing demographics are set to weigh heavily on our economic development.

It started with the carbon price billion dollar handout, then it moved onto trying to slice the RET. Now we have the Energy Green Paper entertaining the idea of assisting the exit of a power generator. Why are government officials so keen to intervene to help coal generators out of commercial difficulties?

Hong Kong's separate system holds more benefits for China than if it were to be fully integrated.

Ian Macfarlane's energy green paper scores a 'C' for electricity and an 'A-minus' for gas. But in an industry where predictability is critical to investment decisions, its silence on climate is unacceptable.

BHP's about-face on the London listing of its spin-off of second-tier assets is good news for UK investors and for all shareholders in the new entity.

There are many challenges around adoption of a hybrid cloud and those will continue to change as new technologies emerge. Making the right choice requires getting the basics right.

The new era in energy is likely to see different sorts of companies atop the electricity sector tree - as well as some surprising countries, too.

Stocks in Value's David Walker explains why the share market has fallen five per cent in a month and offers up some suggestions on where to find growth.

The smart phone pioneer's latest device has some neat tricks and longer battery life than the competition, but it's living in the past. It's not 2005 anymore.

With David Thodey saying that the Telstra-NBN Co deal still has 'long way to go' and TPG continuing on its merry way, the NBN complications are piling up for the Coalition.

Pipeline owner refinances debt facilities via medium-term notes issue.

China's plan to ditch dirty coal means Australia must clean up its carbon act or find new customers.

Representatives from more than 125 countries descended on New York yesterday in an attempt to reinvigorate efforts to tackle climate change. Here's a summary of the major announcements, and whether they are new.