Insights

The Middle East, China and the insatiable appetite for higher dividends are all looming dangers for investors.

The Wall Street pro shares the latest views of a mentor who sees a new breed of innovators emerging.

The Australian market has surged … following the US market's rally overnight. Not surprising, and there's reasons to celebrate.

The appointment of the chief executives of Air NZ, Etihad and Singapore Airlines to the Virgin board could enforce an uneasy truce between the big shareholders, but it could also create some very messy conflict.

Yesterday PUP's Jacqui Lambie said Clive Palmer had agreed with her to exclude Tasmania from the RET - a constitutional impossibility and contrary to his Al Gore promise to leave the scheme untouched. But the party's media spokesperson tells Climate Spectator something different.

CSL's solid pipeline of R&D is in line with a sanguine growth outlook, and the successful licencing of innovative products will diversify its earnings streams and enhance its position in the biotech industry.

After years of tinkering, applied mathematicians say their weather algorithms based on historical data are now better at forecasting than traditional meteorologists, who rely more on current patterns.

Local observers will keep an eye on employment figures to assess whether a shift from part-time to full-time positions has taken place, while Chinese trade and inflation figures will also be of interest.

Moody's has painted a sobering picture for European utilities, saying they face persistently low wholesale prices, and further climate policies and reforms to come.

Credit Suisse expects $2bn buyback; Macquarie Telecom chides Telstra's rural power.

Local market rallies in early trade after upbeat jobs data pushes Wall Street to new highs.

Ignore the naysayers - increasing the NBN's fixed-wireless footprint is the best and quickest solution for continuing the rollout of a high-quality broadband network.

From evaporation of trust to 'balkanisation' and 'meme-ocalypse', experts articulate their biggest concerns for the future of the internet.

With the IPCC so clearly stating the need for action, could politicians and even scientists be charged with 'climate negligence' in the future ?

The OnePlus One is what an affordable smartphone should be, easily outpacing heavyweights like Samsung when it comes to delivering the Android experience.

The small-scale market was quiet this month, despite Clive Palmer's stunning about-face on renewables, but the scheme's large scale sibling was turned on its head by the Palmer-Gore developments.