Insights

The non-mining sector continues to struggle, ensuring that prospects for employment growth will remain poor in the near term and increasing the pressure on the RBA to shift to an easing bias.

The annual assessment of the Australian solar PV sector points to a near billion dollar industry in spite of plunging costs and a significant 11,700 stakeholders. But prices need to fall a lot more before disconnecting from the grid looks likely.

The Federal Reserve is aware of the challenges it faces in ending QE without triggering another crisis, but markets have already focused their attention to the timing and magnitude of a rate rise.

Ricky Muir and the PUP have delivered ARENA a reprieve, but the government still has room to move if it wants to curtail the activities of the renewables agency.

Negative prices in Queensland recently have been attributed to solar, but the main driver for high generation levels across the market might actually be the Canberra effect.

The PUP leader has again reiterated his support for renewable energy, joining John Hewson in yet another stunning press conference featuring high rhetoric on the climate challenge facing the world.

Germany reached a new mark for renewables generation in the first half, surpassing brown coal for the first time and approaching double the rate of US green generation.

In a list of the world's 100 oldest family businesses some countries feature heavily while others hardly register. This community of ancient family businesses has been around for many hundreds of years.

The inception of the NBN has thrown our telecommunications industry into a state of turmoil and there's no easy fix at hand.

Social networks that allow you to send only the message 'yo' to your contacts, food delivery services valued at $400m - the Valley appears to have given up on solving anything but its own problems.

Increased traffic on Sydney and US networks pushed final quarter revenue higher.

US stocks close higher on strong start to earnings season, Fed minutes.

Data from mobile phone towers can give accurate and valuable information about an individual's whereabouts - and police don't even need a warrant.

Company executives have as much explaining to do as the union heavyweights driving the stink in construction. The royal commission's scrutiny must apply across the board.

The redistributive state in Europe is creating a big wedge between gross and net incomes. It's unpleasant for taxpayers and highlights the enormous challenge facing policymakers in ageing societies.

After years of disgraceful cartel-style agreements between Australia's major builders and unions, suddenly there has been a dramatic breakthrough that could change everything.