Insights

China is contributing more than any other country to a climate-change solution - but its mammoth green energy system is driven by manufacturing and energy security considerations.

Yes, Apple has finally killed off the click wheel and while its demise was inevitable, it still hurts.

Why would the Big Three power companies pass up bargain basement prices of $30 for renewable energy certificates if the price was - as the Business Council of Australia is threatening - about to skyrocket to $93 unless the RET is slashed?

There is just no escaping the fact that the labour market is doing much better than widely believed.

The ATO's latest comments on self-managed super funds will antagonise the anti-SMSF brigade even further.

And it's all happening behind closed doors.

As the rest of the world takes decisive steps towards increasing total employment through inclusive growth, Australia is clearly lagging.

European markets ended lower as the EU announced new sanctions against Russia, while the US' sustained military involvement in Iraq pushed treasury prices higher.

Woolworths and Wesfarmers will continue to deliver solid results, but there's more turbulence ahead for Qantas.

Alceon Group's bid for Noni B is challenged by an unhappy investor, while ice cream maker Wendys gets scooped up by a Singaporean group.

Fear is irresistible for politicians -- but sometimes leads to over-reach. To one group of Queenslanders, that's what's happening in the state right now.

Despite a stronger performance, investors appear disappointed with Sigma's H1 results - bringing the stock to a key chart point.

The cut-throat retail environment leaves Myer with no choice but to pursue an ambitious plan for growth.

Ian Macfarlane is trying to switch the onus of RET negotiations to Labor, and the industry, to come to him. But given it is his government that wants to change the law, shouldn't he detail what needs to change and the problem it will solve, besides improving coal generators' profits?

The wild employment ride continues, and it will be another few months before we get an accurate read on the labour market.

Apple's refusal to ditch Corning's Gorilla Glass in favour of Sapphire glass in the iPhone 6 has raised consternation in some quarters. Here are the factors that infuenced Apple's decision.