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Alcoa's prospects are starting to brighten as the fundamentals for the aluminium sector are moving towards a deficit of supply, while it also expands its exposure to high-value automotive and aerospace sectors.

Business Spectator is looking to hire an experienced sub-editor with an eye for detail and an ability to write catchy headlines and precedes.

Business Spectator is looking to hire an experienced reporter to break news on merger deals and IPOs.

The underlying market in wholesale electricity contracts has already priced-in the repeal, with power selling at some of the lowest levels since the wholesale electricity market was created.

There's about $5bn in investment dollars, mainly from China, that's waiting to be transferred into Australia but for our technology start-ups the windfall still seems illusory at best.

The media-shy co-founder of online forex broker Pepperstone has already built an empire, but with an IPO on the way Owen Kerr is just getting started.

It's time to stop blaming the carbon tax for the price hikes.

Angela Merkel has been quick to criticise Washington over NSA snooping, but the risks of Chinese cyber espionage could be just as damaging to Germany's economy.

Storage is, of course, the holy grail of renewable energy and off-river pumped hydro could be the answer for Australia, with 20-40 sites able to stabilise the whole electricity system.

Companies will compulsorily acquire Aurizon, sealing the $1.4bn takeover of junior miner.

Bouris-led group set to buy mortgage lender for $36m as it chases more market share.

Newly formed shopping mall meets strong demand for massive bond deal.

Dow closes below 17,000 points as quarterly earnings season kicks off in earnest.

Even the best designed websites throw up potentially deal-breaking obstacles for customers.

The best way forward is to push coal-fired plants towards a cleaner and more efficient future, rather than completely shutting them down.

The week in clean energy saw a report predict Europe will be 50% renewables by 2030 with solar panels as ubiquitous globally as smartphones while, elsewhere, offshore wind projects moved forward in each of the UK and US.