Insights

The tumbling iron ore price may signal the start of the market's structural adjustment to a massive expansion of supply, with uncertain prospects for all but the lowest-cost producers.

Despite assurances from Telstra, data security concerns will keep some customers away. Here's a look at safety on Wi-Fi networks.

The latest HP ultrabook is at the expensive end of the newer, sleeker breed of Windows notebooks, but it delivers on most fronts.

While critics say it undermines the free market, Germany's economy minister is seeking talks on a capacity market to prop up loss-making fossil fuel power plants.

The utilities are continuing their game of brinksmanship over solar standards, the RET and consumer prices. Thankfully, Australians still love solar.

Why is the federal government pouring $20bn into medical research but has slashed start-up and innovation programs in half? Perhaps the answers can be found within the sector itself.

A US trial of Chinese military personnel for stealing trade secrets is unlikely to ever take place. The whole exercise is designed to distract from the NSA's own bad press.

CEO Coleman says decision to terminate memorandum of understanding was not taken lightly.

US stocks move sharply lower as retail earnings paint mixed picture of US economy.

In the end somebody has to pay for higher education.

The week in clean energy saw France reserve the right to keep Alstom, GDF Suez bag a 1 GW wind deal and utility solar subsidies come to an early end in the UK.

The US will install solar equal to 10% of Australia's entire power capacity this year while China will add even more. Solar is surging around the world, yet slumping down under.

The immense cost of data duplication across medical providers will challenge state and federal governments, but one Victorian region has shown that huge savings can be made without a GST increase.

Wall Street finished lower following disappointing earnings reports from retailers, while selling action continued on the Australian dollar.

A likely slowdown in capital inflows following the end of the mining boom and easing demand for the currency from asset managers could provide welcome exchange rate relief for the RBA.

Australia's passivity toward disputes in East Asia is largely explained by the fact that we seem to have no skin in the game. But doing nothing is becoming less and less of an option.