NewSat slumps after talks with financiers
Satellite firm points to media comment in response to ASX price query.
The shadow of debt hangs over credit growth
Low interest rates are supporting lending activity to households and businesses, but growth has been subdued, as high levels of existing debt continue to weigh on credit expansion.
Aust stocks open 1.1% lower
Local market opens sharply lower following heavy offshore losses in the US and Europe.
How to destroy solar while increasing peak demand
Singling out solar as the basis for changing how we structure electricity prices risks Australia's power system moving towards the worst of all worlds.
Amazing things people are doing with 3D printing
From extra-light travel gear to pens that draw in the air, 3D printing is making the jump from factories to households and opening up bold new possibilities.
The dawn of a new era at NAB
It's only his first day on the job, but chief executive Andrew Thorburn is already starting to shake things up at National Australia Bank.
Why the White House is worried
Here are three charts from the new White House report showing why the world needs to take immediate action on climate change.
Playing NBN politics with the ACCC
The government must be getting desperate if its appeal to the competition watchdog about the pricing of Telstra's fixed-line services is anything to go by.
Google's $1m solar inverter challenge
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.
Predicting the use of CO2-enhanced oil recovery
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.
Coal seam gas emissions lower than US: first Australian study
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.
Wall Street in sharp 2% slump
US stocks close out worst day since February as weak earnings, Argentina default weigh.
Abenomics is not a lost cause yet
Despite a raft of poor data and Shinzo Abe's waning popularity, Japan is close to getting the reforms it so desperately needs.
Europe falls further into the deflation trap
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 US bull market has further to run
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.
DataRoom AM: Packer's next play
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.