Insights

Strong second half with few natural perils spurs insurer to upwardly revise guidance.

Long before Apple's iPhone became synonymous with the mobile phone, there was Motorola. Now the pioneer is back and its Moto X could be Android's answer to the iPhone.

Oil and gas explorer sets ambitious growth agenda for year ahead after record output.

Junior miner looks to offset falling iron ore price with increased higher grade production.

Consumer watchdog declines to challenge clearance of AGL's $1.5bn MacGen buy.

Financial services group sees FY profit seen in line with FY14 despite soft first quarter.

Gold miner reviews Lihir cost assumptions, lifts FY gold and copper production.

Far from running out of land, the world still has more than enough available land to provide for the needs of those everywhere facing and living with climate displacement.

New Zealand's central bank says the level of its currency is 'unjustified and unsustainable' in light of declining commodity prices, which hints at further action on rates down the track.

Mark Zuckerberg's social network is showing no signs of slowing down as it keeps making money from mobile.

A paper published today shows how a uniquely designed layer of glass can keep solar cells cool, and improve efficiency. But critics doubt its feasibility.

BHP Billiton, Anglo-American in talks on sale of jointly owned portfolio of manganese assets.

US stocks finish mostly higher as investors cheer corporate earnings reports.

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Four generations and two wars later, the Toyoda family still presides over the largest carmaker in the world. But there is much pressure on the current heir to steer Toyota through difficult times.

Many Australian family businesses are too small to list on the ASX, but those that have done so have reaped considerable financial rewards.