Insights

Persistent declines in commodity prices will see a global reversal of fortunes, and the consequences for Australia will be profound and far-reaching.

Glencore might make a play for some of BHP's non-core assets, while APA Group is the frontrunner in the race to purchase BG Group's gas pipeline assets in Queensland.

OPEC's decision to leave production quotas unchanged caused oil prices to plummet, while Germany's inflation rate sinks to new lows.

Falling US bond yields have sparked talk of a slowdown in US growth, but there are several reasons why this view is misguided.

While surveys suggest that a majority of analysts anticipated that the OPEC meeting would not reduce its production quota, today's market action indicates that traders and investors went in to the meeting attaching a reasonable probability to OPEC cutting production.

The telco's bold plan to build a national Wi-Fi network may seem innocent enough but it raises some vexing issues for its rivals and regulators.

Oil's boom and bust in the '70s and '80s had enormous consequences for financial markets. Today, hints of similar troubles have begun to surface.

The retailer's board and management believe the company is on track, despite recent poor results. For investors, the proof will be in the pudding.

China's actions in the last couple of weeks signal a more mature Chinese diplomacy.

A modest rise in capital expenditure has surprised the market, but declines in mining and manufacturing will continue to weigh on the Reserve Bank's outlook.

NSW residential and small business power consumers expected to see 10% drop in bills as regulator unwinds the huge blow-out in power network revenues of prior five years.

A new benchmarking study finds that the Victorian and South Australian power distribution networks are the most efficient.

Trina tipped to take No.1 position with expected 300MW win as JA Solar soars five spots and Sharp slips four.

The institutions who bid to be in the Medibank float made their bed, and now they must lie in it.

Canberra's bureaucrats as well as politicians predict it's onward and upwards for fossil fuels - but China surprised them last month, and may do so again, with drastic budgetary ramifications.

Government and the public overlook the poor performance of gas as a household energy source - with heat equating to $720 lost to the atmosphere each year.