Insights

Reports that Tony Abbott has urged RET Review panel head Dick Warburton to look again at abolishing the scheme may be more about political calculations than an actual intention to kill the scheme entirely.

The decline in Australia's terms of trade will bring challenges and benefits to the corporate sector. Companies with strong cost control and balance sheet management will be well-placed to withstand the macro headwinds.

New analysis shows how handsomely big power companies - and how little consumers - stand to gain from a reduced RET. Campaign groups are onto it; but can you blame business for being all about business?

National Australia Bank's UK operations continue to detract from its high-performing Australian franchise, which has seen strong growth in its residential mortgage portfolio and wealth management business.

Technology may be the backbone of her business, but Birds­nest founder Jane Cay spends more of her time focusing on service and maintaining the culture that has put a Cooma store on the map.

The establishment of Trans-Himalayan Economic Corridors could help to create a seamless Asian economy and lift growth throughout the region.

Google reckons the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live have the design and software chops, but is an Android Wear smartwatch really a must-have accessory?

A recent paper supports Joe Hockey's contention that rates of car ownership are lower for the 'poor' yet, in Melbourne at least, it shows lower income households generally have a vehicle.

In this interview with Alan Kohler, Paul Schulte of SGI Research warns that major European banks are in danger of another debt implosion.

There is a long list of qualities that you should seek when choosing a solar company - like transparency, track record and price. Thankfully, there is a shortcut to doing this, too.

Today's cyber threats are more complex and sophisticated than ever before. Businesses need an intelligent, data-driven approach to security to match them head on.

Beijing has so far resisted the temptation to expand credit creation to counteract the slowdown in the Chinese economy, but how long can it keep its finger away from the stimulus trigger?

Jacobs SKM modelling suggests reducing the renewables target would cost the federal budget $680m and bring $10bn in extra profit to coal and gas generators - with AGL Energy likely to gain the most.

It means nothing for the Coalition to say that it supports growth while failing dismally at the task of creating a coherent economic policy. Here's hoping the government injects some common sense into the budget.

China's shift in energy generation is bad news for our coal exports, but a whole new relationship is set to develop if Australia is prepared to embrace the new paradigms.

The local market is tipped to open slightly higher despite neutral overseas leads, while earnings season moves up a gear.