Insights

The once-dominant phone maker bets big on security to bring back the glory days.

Popular US messaging app Kik is letting users chat with corporate bots in a potentially revolutionary new form of 'chatvertising'.

The week in clean energy saw UK solar economics take a hit via approval of set renewable payments while analysis found Germany's new self-consumption tax won't slow rooftop PV.

The $100m the government has allocated to smart grid trials led by Ausgrid has come up with a counter-intuitive result that smart grid technology will be of moderate benefit in reducing peak demand and network investment, but will be very good at deterring solar installations.

Australia's largest coal mine has been decried by many but the economic boost is significant, and emissions are essentially a zero-sum game if Indian power companies simply source their coal from elsewhere.

Strong earnings fail to offset geopolitical worries as US stocks close lower.

Technologies such as 3D printing are disrupting the East Asian model of export manufacturing, which uses low-cost labour as its competitive advantage. China will have to rethink its strategy... or risk being left behind.

Scientists say the degradation of coastal vegetation could be equivalent to nearly 20 per cent of deforestation emissions, highlighting an overlooked component of the carbon equation.

The investigation of Zhou Yongkang, a senior party official and former security tsar, is a historic milestone in China's anti-graft campaign and is likely to send reverberations across the political system.

Consumer sentiment has recovered to its pre-budget levels but slow wage growth and rising unemployment mean a sustained increase in household spending is unlikely to follow.

Queensland Investment Corporation's hefty sale of a Sydney office tower is another sign of the sector gaining pace, while the race for SAI Global may be nearing the finish line.

Wall Street eased despite some upbeat data as investors wait for the Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement, while European markets were boosted by healthy earnings.

Macroprudential policies that restrict credit growth will do little to alleviate Australia's housing affordability crisis and could even act against the national interest. But there is another solution.

Australians involved in the arts often spend periods of time in unemployment but they also make significant contributions to national culture, and they pay a good deal of tax when working.

The diversified group, complete with its controversial cross-shareholding in Brickworks, is a superior stock for conservative portfolios.

The Coalition's discussion paper on curbing online piracy, which is yet to see the light of day, is the latest example of how rhetoric continues to trump common sense in the ongoing debate.