Insights

Target's co-founder and minority shareholder set to accept offer next month.

As an informal meeting with no enforcement power, the G20 will only be effective if countries deliver on their commitments. Getting the public involved is one way of strengthening its accountability.

Rio Tinto-commissioned analysis by a member of the government panel reviewing the Renewable Energy Target is being used to justify the Mount Thorley Warkworth mine development approval.

Bank will pay interest every 3 months, subordinated notes to have a denomination of $1,000.

Poker machine maker in advanced discussions with VGT, deal not guaranteed.

Construction group seeks investors for 50.6% holding in residential property brand.

Proposed 'merger of equals' between Roc, Horizon Oil under threat from unnamed third party.

Treasury Wine's announcement of a change to the marketing of its flagship brand Penfolds is a clever strategy that will shift the market's focus to the latent value in its luxury and masstige portfolio.

The biggest rush of companies to float on the ASX in nine years has left some fund managers unimpressed, saying it is difficult to spot good opportunities among the onslaught of offerings.

For many family businesses, philanthropy is a fundamental part of their corporate ethos, but it can also be used as a wealth management strategy or to bolster tarnished reputations.

We seem stuck in an ideological war between Andrew Bolt versus Christine Milne, yet neither extreme offers a long term sustainable response on global warming. The emergence of several prominent Republicans arguing that you can believe in small government while acting on climate science shows progress is possible.

Financial institutions should stop thinking of Bitcoin as a currency and instead view it as a stepping stone to building better payment platforms.

A bipartisan report featuring luminaries from the Republican Party, hopes to break through the political stalemate by making climate a business concern - and highlighting multi-billion dollar risks.

El Paso Electric thinks it can be coal-free by 2016 by relying on more utility-scale solar to power much of its 400,000 customers in the sun-drenched state.

The week in clean energy saw wind projects win in Brazil energy auctions, France set out its climate goals (including capping nuclear) and Spain tighten feed-in tariffs.

SMEs around the country don't quite share the nation's affinity for all things digital.