Insights

Both Wall Street and European markets made solid gains on the back of strong corporate earnings and consumer confidence data, while Twitter shares fell sharply.

TPG Capital hopes to auction off Alinta Energy early next year, while Harry Triguboff is in negotiations to sell Australia's largest homebuilder to Chinese buyers.

In theory, the RBA's three measures of GDP should tell the same story about the economy. That fact that they rarely do has finally been addressed.

To ensure energy security, Labor and the Coalition need to skip the politicking and work out what will supply tomorrow's power.

Why is a keyboard system created for a typewriter in 1873 still prevalent in 2014, with no sign of waning in popularity?

Is Malcolm Turnbull now in a similar position to the one Stephen Conroy found himself in back in 2009?

Freed from Australia's domestic politics, US foreign policy thinkers seem to hold Kevin Rudd in the highest regard.

China's energy infrastructure is often seen as reckless but the facts on the ground tell a different story.

Tabcorp's boss has called on the government to stop overseas operators scooping up Australian bets. So far she's not having much luck.

Reports that demand for Medibank shares is 'several times' the number on offer have fooled many, but previous floats explain why all is not as it seems.

Meet the windowless planes of the future, One graph on why we should all expect petrol prices to fall, not rise and CEO Tim Cook tackles all of those burning Apple questions at #WSJDLive.

Law firm Baker and McKenzie suggests owners of renewable energy projects will be financially ruined by the government's plan to cut the RET. But shouldn't they have seen this coming?

The entrance and potential success of Tesla's retail distribution model to Australia should put downward pressure on car prices.

Quantitative easing isn't the real force threatening the existence of the middle class worldwide.

Xi Jinping's centralisation of power may have huge advantages in dealing with big issues but it also increases the chances of failure.

Australia faces a tough choice between eroded public services or an increase in the tax base. To achieve the latter, a GST increase is the clear winner.