Insights

Google is offering $US1 million for a working power inverter for solar that is roughly the size of a laptop - but the search giant isn't flashing all its cash on the green side of the fence.

Research shows to what extent oil prices are set to drive enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide for additional crude extraction over the long term.

Fugitive emissions from drilling account for about 8 per cent of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. And while most Australian wells are leaking, the emission amounts are comparatively small.

US stocks close out worst day since February as weak earnings, Argentina default weigh.

Despite a raft of poor data and Shinzo Abe's waning popularity, Japan is close to getting the reforms it so desperately needs.

The European Central Bank is taking a wait-and-see approach to its June policy measures but continuing deflationary pressures suggest it will have more work to do to boost recovery.

The magic dust of modern business, digital technology, has flooded big US companies with excess cash and lifted sustainable price-to-earnings ratios. The S&P 500 could easily crack 2500.

Billionaire James Packer looks to be trying his luck in Las Vegas once more, while Commonwealth Bank is on the hunt for an African acquisition.

Sitting back and waiting for policy settings to 'fix' the exchange rate and high wages won't do much to resolve Australia's productivity crisis. Businesses must step up their investment or fall behind.

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic fell sharply as Argentina's default and tensions in Russia weighed on sentiment.

China has finally abolished the most discriminatory aspect of its household registration system, but rural migrants still can't move freely from the countryside to mega-cities.

Vodafone Australia has sent a timely reminder to its rivals Telstra and Optus that it's still a viable player in the evolving 4G race in Australia.

Australia's business community used to embrace bold and brash ideas, but in recent years it has been stifled by a lack of creativity and initiative, affecting our prospects for productivity and growth.

Malcolm Turnbull says he wants content owners to do their part but the government's discussion paper offers little in the way of real solutions, or hope for consumers.

The Electricity Networks Association is keen to have people focus on the fairness of how electricity costs are shared between consumers. But the bigger problem is the fairness of NSW and ACT network companies further increasing these costs on top of previous unjustified price rises.

Despite a decline in building approvals, residential investment is set to improve over the next couple of years, but it remains unlikely to aid the economy's transition away from its reliance on mining investment.