The year is winding down, but markets aren't. This week we put some of the market’s biggest names under the microscope.

Australia’s economy grew by a softer-than-expected 0.4% in the September quarter, slowing from 0.6% growth in the June quarter. It confirms the recovery is tracking forward but without strong momentum. It does mean, however, that rate cuts are off the table.

With many Australians seeing age as nothing more than a number, fitter and more adventurous older Aussies are redefining their retirement.

Apple CEO Tim Cook might start to notice a few empty chairs around his boardroom table shortly, as executives drop like flies from the world's richest tech company.

Australia is heading into a hotter and in many areas wetter summer, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of an elevated risk of flooding and fire as temperatures climb.

While full details are yet to be announced, we know there will be three main elements: a mandatory reservation volume, a gas security incentive, and competitive domestic pricing.

So-called "subscription traps” aren't currently illegal. But now the federal government has announced a plan to ban subscription traps and other hidden fees.

As a technology entrepreneur, I applaud Google’s ambitious plan. But as a space scientist, I predict that the company will soon have to reckon with a growing problem that all space-racers are responsible for.

With credit to Johnny Cash and his Folsom Prison Blues hit, ‘I hear a train coming – I don’t know when – but all these union issues will send this economy round the bend’.