Insights

China has been the biggest beneficiary of the post-Saddam oil boom in Iraq, but the US' reluctance to intervene in the current crisis poses a stark dilemma for Beijing, and there is little it can can do in response.

The Climate Change Authority has suggested that if Australia were simply to match the US fuel economy standards for new cars we'd save 59m tonnes of CO2 and save consumers $8500 on fuel over the life of the average car.

Google has unveiled new software for watches, cars and living rooms at its developers' conference as it seeks to spread its influence to new screens and areas of life.

Reserve Bank board member John Edwards believes the effects of the mining boom have been overstated, and that a change in political discourse is needed to focus on perpetuating the nation's success.

While strong iron ore export volumes will underpin real GDP growth over the coming years, a decline in the commodity's value will weigh on income growth, consumption and investment.

A close look at Twitter's users presents an overall personality that's not so much Jekyll vs Hyde as it is Alan Kohler vs Miley Cyrus.

Bankers and lawyers have been busy securing mandates with private equity firms, including TPG and PEP.

In one stroke Clive Palmer has shown he can fix the carbon tax issue in a way the Greens, the ALP, and the Coalition could not. He's also just given our major politicians a much-needed lesson in marketing.

Refining and supply division set to widen loss as Kurnell refinery closes.

Australia's first foray into the early days of World Wide Web began at the University of Melbourne. The virtual community was small and idealistic, and the process was clumsy - but it worked.

Here are six companies that are winning the battle for consumers' attention in the mobile marketplace.

Telco signs agreement to connect 200,000 premises with govt's FTTN technology.

Saddling telcos with the costs of cracking down on online piracy will not only fail to work but will see internet bills rise for Australians who are already being badly ripped off for consuming digital content.

Property group will sell four aged care facilities to Opal for $26.5m under new partnership.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced for the first time this week, as investors shrugged off the sharpest US economic contraction since 2009.

Clive Palmer spoke profoundly about the urgency of climate change action in a speech that highlighted his interest in world affairs, and his little known adulation for John Fitzgerald Kennedy.