Insights

The Uncapped 100 is on track to close the week on a positive footing even as consumer discretionary stocks were dumped in the wake of the disappointing earnings update from Super Retail Group.

The investment cycle will see a continued rotation from yield safety to growth.

New rules will force major banks such as NAB to reintroduce discounted DRPs, which will pinch earnings per share.

The seeds of a US and global market correction may already have been set by America's 'deep freeze'.

Sometimes economic fiction has a way of becoming fact … here's some wild concepts that could become real in 2014.

Oil and gas group to assess feasibility of LNG development in British Columbia.

Losses from Australia Post's letter services will grow as consumers increasingly make use of email and text messaging. Reviewing performance standards could stem losses and shift customers towards cheaper delivery platforms.

Extreme heat in SA and Victoria pushed the electricity market to its limits, with AEMO warning it might invoke emergency powers and prices spiking and then plummeting to negative numbers.

Local market begins little changed after downbeat earnings weighed on Wall St.

Investors punish retailer after it flagged a slight increase in first-half profit, admits internal challenges weighed on H1 result.

Google Nest acquisition is the company's first step towards pioneering the connected home. Its bold plans will also likely exaggerate the same privacy questions plaguing the Internet of Things trend.

Does a 'coal frenzy' in Europe really indicate that the continent has woken up from a renewable energy delusion, with shale gas the only answer?

The innovative use of data at the Australian Open has proved lucrative for Tennis Australia and IBM, and highlights how big data could be a game-changer for major sporting events.

China's crackdown on corruption shows the ruling party is getting more serious about its anti-graft credentials. But for it to become a truly modern superpower, much more needs to be done.

From a weather perspective, it's a pretty stock-standard scenario. From a climate perspective, it is anything but.

The end of the Federal Reserve's bond-buying program could wreak havoc on the US stock market, but experts are planning ahead and say five stocks are well placed to weather the storm.