Insights

Wesfarmers has taken a big hit on its Target brand as online retailers and disruptive volume and price-driven models bite into its market share. Its structural issues will take years to repair.

Gas prices are on the rise again, but there are simple actions for homes and industry to reduce gas use and save on energy bills.

SMB businesses, particularly start-ups, are taking the lead in adoption over the larger enterprises.

Rising structural unemployment is an unfortunate reality of the economy's rebalancing away from mining investment, but the pain isn't just limited to the resource sector.

There are good reasons why 94 per cent of the world's top 500 supercomputers run Linux and most of are using the open source operating system everyday.

The forces that disrupted the working classes in the 1970s and 80s are now coming for the middle class. Will Australia be on the right side of the equation?

Deal would be in the best interests of Horizon Oil shareholders, Deloitte says.

The viability of a planned $1bn freight hub in southwestern Sydney called into question.

Directors unanimously back $2.6 billion offer from Singaporean-listed developer.

Writedown of Target's goodwill, Coles liquor restructure will erode profit from insurance sale.

First Pacific, Wilmar lob 67.5c per share offer, target flags $300m-$400m impairment.

Market rallies in early trade after US car sales, China data pushed Wall Street to new highs.

On the balance of risk, companies and banks are unlikely to reach easy agreement when it comes to participating in Greg Hunt's emissions reduction fund - especially for land sector abatement.

The week in clean energy saw Germany try to regulate investment flow into renewables while the Caribbean is seeking as much as $30bn to expand its sector.

For the third consecutive month, particles of carbon dioxide in the world's atmosphere have been above 400 parts per million, a level not seen for at least 800,000 years.

The Australian government hopes to finalise the Free Trade Agreement with China by the end of the year but it could be some time yet.