Insights

Gaming systems company eBet has made its first acquisition in 2½ years to improve its core offering and bolster its ability to generate recurring revenue.

From Telstra and Optus to Qantas, Myer and the big banks, here's what Australia's big corporates routinely record about the personal lives of customers.

A new wood insulation method overcomes many of the drawbacks of existing timber insulation materials, and could be set to rival plastic products.

Since Twitter, South by Southwest success stories are hard to come by. But there are still ways for budding start-ups to gain value from the annual Austin swarm.

In a case of poacher turned gamekeeper, the solar industry has recruited one of the masterminds behind the anti-carbon tax campaign to help defend the Renewable Energy Target. So what's his plan to save solar?

The liberalisation of deposit rates in China will mark the end of a decades-long policy of financial repression and finally give the private sector the boost it needs.

Australia's revised privacy laws offer precious little protection given that they are essentially designed to fight yesterday's battles.

The extent to which the Privacy Act's new definition of 'personal information' covers this growing practice is unclear - and a missed opportunity.

The Democratic sleepover at the US Senate this week, designed to bring attention to climate change, saw Dr Seuss appropriately at the forefront of an environmental debate.

The week in clean energy saw the EU set itself the key task of fast-tracking a reserve mechanism for carbon permits while Japan's new wind tariff disappointed analysts.

National carrier says rival will outpace it, add 4.6% capacity domestically in H2.

US stocks retreat as dearth of major economic reports cause investors to pause.

On both sides of government, some politicians act in the best interests of the nation and the economy. Others are simply fixated with booting out the 'wrong kind' of people on the other side of the fence.

The developed world never 'decoupled' from emerging markets, and this is likely to cause new degrees of problems in the next two or three years.

The company responsible for the disaster is still going from calamity to calamity, and lamely apologising all the way. And their defenders ought join them.

If recent Senate results are any guide, the Coalition will be optimistic about retaining its Senate seats in WA and achieving its legislative agenda.