Insights

European markets slipped as weak German sentiment weighed on the region, while the Brent oil price fell to a 13-month low amid rising production levels.

Several East Asian nations have surpassed the middle-income barrier, but China's weak institutions and reliance on fixed investment mean that slower growth is a structural inevitability.

Beyond China's hunger for our resources, which trading partners contribute most to Australia's output? Once you take supply chains into account, the results may surprise.

China's middle classes will fuel the 'dining boom', but attempts to become the country's food bowl by selling cheap, average products won't get us far. Australia's strength is in niche, high-quality items, which we can export at a premium.

Now that Telstra is flush with cash, it has the ability to be more aggressive and acquisitive in its attempt to find new revenue and profit streams, most likely in the digital media and app space.

A rising unemployment rate, subdued wage growth, and already high levels of indebtedness mean the property market is becoming less appealing for investors and home buyers alike.

The reality is that many purchasers of solar systems have little idea of what they're buying. Readily avoidable quality and performance problems are the end result. A better alternative for selling solar electricity is available though.

Paul Zahra's resignation from David Jones makes a lot of sense from Woolworths' point of view. The group can now focus on seamlessly executing its overhaul of the retailer's strategy, with all senior executives on the same page.

Stephen Bartholomeusz explains how Woolworths got so much wrong in rolling out its Masters hardware stores.

With securing internal networks and ensuring uptime a perennial challenge for organisations and here are a few tips worth considering.

Cost blowouts at its Masters business have forced Woolworths to concede that its strategy for the hardware sector was highly flawed. Ongoing losses will only further undermine its credibility.

The fiercest battle in the tech scene may well be between two heavily financed upstarts plotting the demise of the taxi industry—and each other.

Ollo Wearables was the darling of the local start-up scene but for CEO Hugh Geiger the move to San Francisco was inevitable.

Thomas Piketty's writings on wealth inequality have been a publishing phenomenon, but his thoughts on climate change and public capital are just as useful.

In a bid to catch up with the West and become an innovation-oriented nation, China is putting its consumers at a disadvantage by discriminating against the technological excellence it continues to strive for.

To achieve rapid growth in the coming decade, China must endure a near-term slowdown as it accelerates structural economic and financial reforms. But such efforts will require political courage from Beijing.