Insights

The latest solar sales data is in - so are customers responding to threats about the end of the rebate? And is it a fair claim, anyway, given the Senate is saying the Warburton Review is 'dead on arrival' and should 'go in the bin'?

Our first go at industrialisation saw Londoners choking on coal smoke. An extraordinary alliance of world leaders and economists has shown what commonsense already tells us - that is not the only recipe for economic success.

There's nothing wrong with targets, per se, but China's targeting framework has no memory -- it lets bygones be bygones.

The Fed's anticipated normalisation of interest rates is likely to cause some market volatility, but the knock-on effects could be helpful for the resources sector.

With youth unemployment across Europe at 25 per cent, and in Spain and Greece at over 50 per cent, the head of the International Labor Organization says a generation could face vastly lower wages and life expectancy as a result of the great recession.

Industry analyst Solarbuzz predicts India, China, and Japan will lead PV demand growth rates over the next five years, with the US outlook also strong. But the risk of market collapses persist.

Since the global financial crisis, the SEC has made a point of actively pursuing and punishing Wall Street's insider traders, but across the pond it's a different story.

China and India must conclusively resolve their long-festering Himalayan boundary dispute if they wish to serve as a model of conflict resolution for others in Asia and the world.

Moves to reform SOEs have faced push-back in the past, but Beijing's latest steps to overhaul the state sector could have more success this time.

The technology to ensure steady power amid rising renewables is mostly available - just energy storage looms as the final challenge.

Much higher than normal temperatures in northern Africa and parts of South America drove last month 0.7 degrees above average, pushing the globe to its fourth warmest winter.

The Apple Isle is forging a new future in the global digital economy, but issues with the NBN, data centres and backhaul are holding it back.

The decline in US industrial production during August is not a concern. And, with the Fed set to cut its asset purchases this month, a rate rise is getting closer.

A severely flawed assumption about national income is driving a doomsday view of the economic outlook.

No matter which way Scotland votes on independence, London's decline as a global financial centre is all but guaranteed. And that's good news for Australia.

They line up for products for days and defend attacks on Apple products with vigour. Here's three factors that reveal why Apple fans are so faithful.