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The climb up the global Times Higher Education rankings will cost more than just higher course fees.

Getting data into and out of the cloud is harder than most engineers admit. Big data needs big bandwidth and the answer may lie in the devices around us.

More than a decade ago, the late Steve Jobs browbeat music label executives into selling songs on iTunes for 99 cents apiece. Now the tables have turned.

The commission's terms of reference seem to be about allocating blame, rather than learning lessons for improving public administration for the next stimulus package.

Narendra Modi's stunning electoral victory will bring much cheer to his supporters in the business community, but his party's traditional Hindu ideals may put Christians, Muslims and women offside.

This may be Australian free-to-air television's last opportunity to ride the IPTV wave, rather than be washed away by it.

Polysilicon spot prices are up 15% from the same time last year but low-cost plants - set to add 260,000 metric tonnes of capacity by 2018 - may reverse the trend.

All around the world, commercial providers are stepping in to match the rising demand for FTTP. That spells trouble for the Coalition's multi-technology NBN.

A little-noticed rule change passed last month will speed grid connection for clean energy, finally ending the three-year waits that have crippled commercial projects.

Paint and home renovation group unveils 10c interim dividend, upbeat about FY.

Bank and retail shares expected to lift, miners to fall on iron ore price weakness.

The Prime Minister must recover Andrew Robb's vision of developing Australia's north to give voters some hope amid the slash-and-burn budget, or he won't regain credibility.

Confidence may wobble this week as the budget takes a lashing, with investors likely to follow mixed leads.

Beijing, Hanoi and Tokyo are all guilty of increasingly nationalistic behaviour on their home turf. Australia's export industry is likely to suffer if tensions continue rising.

The Coalition's budget has set Australia on a course to become a less equal society. Its policies will have vast economic consequences not only for low-income earners, but for all Australians.

Rio Tinto wraps up its divestment push as its looks to get its Simandou project off the ground, while a sweetened bid wins over Goodman Fielder.