Insights

After another year of falling demand, the energy giant is wisely moving beyond just volume sales to cover all facets of households' power use. So why'd they buy MacGen?

Andrew Robb says the Coalition's vision for Australia has been lost amid the budget rhetoric.

Some activities aimed at tackling greenhouse emissions, such as tree-planting, can consume large amounts of water. In dry Australia, we should be focused on reducing both carbon and water footprints.

As Android and Apple carve up the smartphone market between them HTC's decision to release a Windows version of the One M8 phone is unlikely to do Microsoft any favours.

Average global temperatures were 0.67 degrees above the 20th century average last month, the US National Climatic Data Center says, while other bodies also reported record levels.

Natural gas is a growing portion of China's total energy demand but even by 2020 its overall contribution is still likely to remain relatively small.

When it comes to Australia's broadband future the opposition has seemingly lost its voice.

Despite uncertainty surrounding the impact of its new management and restructuring, Leighton is in a prime position to benefit from the expected ramp-up in infrastructure spending.

Big Data has captured our imagination but simply having access to lots of data isn't going to make an organisation more competitive, nimble and innovative.

Chinese property investors are buying up real estate in Australia in droves after Barack Obama made the US less attractive to seek residency.

When Robert Ravens bought a run-down lavender estate in Tasmania, he never imagined his farm would become a tourism mecca... until an ingenious use for old dried lavender flowers changed everything.

Family businesses can morph into something unexpected regardless of whether they stay in private hands, become a showstopper on the stock exchange or the subject of takeover after takeover.

Qantas is expected to shun a partial float of its frequent flyer business, while Glencore keeps a close eye on BHP Billiton's assets.

Wall Street lifted on news the Federal Reserve is in no rush to raise interest rates, while European markets ended slightly lower as investors poured through profit results.

Assessing the health of Australia's housing market is more complicated than it seems with valuable statistics providing an insight into the direction of the sector.

Anaemic growth rates in the eurozone are having a deleterious effect on debt levels, making it near impossible for countries to turn their finances around. There is a solution, but it's a politically messy one.