Insights

After finally getting its North American business under control, the news that QBE is facing legacy issues within its Latin American business is another blow to shareholders. Prudent management, combined with a dose of luck, is desperately needed.

Junior miner expects similar performance in fiscal 2015 after posting a lift in production.

Gold miner suffers steep decline in full-year production, sets FY15 guidance even lower.

Shares slip as oil and gas company hits top end of guidance range, flags lower FY15 output.

Despite the flat market outlook, new solar companies continue to appear. And if ever there was a proof point that solar scams have ebbed to a new low, it was last week.

Shares touch 7-month low as Latin American business weighs on NPAT, cash profit.

Local market begins flat following mixed leads from Wall St on drop in pending home sales.

Ultimately it will be consumers and businesses who foot the compliance bill for any mandatory data retention scheme - and those costs will only keep rising alongside our unquenchable thirst for data.

Since 1977, the region's ice volume has shrunk 34% and those losses have been accelerating rapidly in the past 15 years, risking the future of Aotearoa's 'long white cloud'.

A presentation at Clean Energy Week succinctly showed just how unlikely it was for a customer-driven grid death spiral to occur via solar, due to the complexity of system purchases. But could leasing open the floodgates?

In the digitally-powered economy, many industries will need global scale to underpin their survival. Australia's paltry marks for innovation and export-oriented jobs should have policymakers very worried.

Texas grid figures show integration costs for conventional generation are far larger than those of wind with the former needing more reserves, and more expensive reserves, to protect against outages.

In a recent speech, Martin Ferguson argued that political complacency over energy policy is putting Australia's prosperity at risk. Current ministers would do well to heed his warning.

For decades multinational companies have poured capital into the vast Chinese market in pursuit of riches. But myriad pressures, from regulatory constraints to environmental issues, are weighing on foreign business satisfaction.

Environment Minister Greg Hunt is urging opposition parties to join him at the negotiating table to discuss Direct Action. But can Labor and co really commit to an unfinished vision?

Low prospects for growth in Australia and declining commodity prices will likely result in an exodus of mining investment and talent to emerging markets.