Financial Post Big Picture

How Google created Android; Dispatches from the World Energy Congress: FP reporter Matt Hartley reveals the origins of Google’s superpowered mobile operating system Android, and why it is so critical to its goal of world smartphone domination/From Montreal, Carrie Tait reviews the latest thinktank on our global energy issues, the World Energy Congress

FP catches up with award-winning journalist and author Gillian Tett of Financial Times on the streets of Toronto to talk about the 2008 financial crisis and her involvement in “Inside Job,” a new documentary on the crisis premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. FP reporter Jonathan Ratner dishes the dirty details on how financial fraud investigator Harry Markopolos brought Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff to justice

Political fallout from Australia's dead-heat election result/The murky world of junk food advertising for kids FP’s resident Aussie Barry Critchley talks about Australia's too-close-to-call election, and how the winner could be determined./Hollie Shaw lays out the rules for junk food advertisers when targeting kids — and why they don’t really need to follow them

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan surprised many when it revealed a US$38.6-billion hostile bid from Australian BHP Billiton earlier this week. FP mining reporter Peter Koven has the latest on this developing story.

General Motors posts big profit as it prepares for IPO; Couche-Tard's hostile bid for Casey's is stuck in a rut: Scott Deveau explains how General Motors has turned itself around, and what it still needs to do/Nick Van Praet has the latest on Couche-Tard and its bid for U.S. chain Casey's General Stores

Matt Hartley reviews RIM's busy week juggling a brewing international controversy while launching a new BlackBerry/Karen Mazurkewich explains why the Ontario Teachers Pension plan bought a big stake in Transocean, the oil rig contractor involved in the Gulf of Mexico spill

Paul Vieira talks about a surprise warning of potential Japanese-style deflation in the United States/Jonathan Ratner explains why investors should look to emerging markets when buying defence stocks.

David Pett explains why analysts and investors are saying Apple shares still look dirt cheap at more than US$250 a pop/Matt Hartley talks about how online and on-demand movies are making the video rental store obsolete

Janet Whitman breaks down the US$550-million fine Goldman Sachs agreed to pay to settle fraud allegations/John Shmuel talks about Activision's next big game, Starcraft 2, and the state of the online gaming industry

Carrie Tait explains how Total SA of France finally bought Calgary's UTS Energy, and why the deal has an unusual structure. Branded entertainment — entire shows based around a brand — are becoming rather popular on the Internet. Hollie Shaw explains why viewers are tuning in.