Insights

InterOil ponders a return to the local market, while Crown and Echo are set to duel it out for the rights to Brisbane's second casino.

Tumbling iron ore and coal prices and a slowing Chinese construction market are threatening the future of smaller Australian miners as the resources boom enters the production phase.

The local market is tipped to start the week stronger but investors will have their eyes set on key earnings reports due later in the week, while lending finance data will be in focus.

Global cybercrime is on the rise, but this US technology company can detect and prevent attacks before they even happen.

The construction giant is well positioned for an upturn in infrastructure spending, but the company is also dealing with multiple risks.

The Reserve Bank's downgraded growth outlook could see rates cut this year if household consumption remains downbeat. But more likely, the bank is being overly pessimistic on consumers and rates will hold steady until August 2015.

New research on target-date retirement funds will have the investment world and retirees in a tizzy.

A steady stream of tourists to London have ensured West End theatre tickets remain in high demand, but for local theatre-goers the high prices are an increasing frustration.

Australia's huge unemployment problem will only be made worse by choking off skilled migrants who are just as willing to set up house in Bendigo or Mount Gambier as Melbourne or Adelaide.

Sometimes it pays not to go to university.

Two indicators on wages will dominate local data releases while earnings are expected from companies including Telstra, Goodman Fielder, Suncorp and CBA.

In this week's essential reading guide, Kohler looks at Telstra's options, Bartholomeusz appraises Jeff Kennett's role at Coles and Burgess calculates the worth of Tony Abbott's elite education.

Ian Narev has effectively pre-empted the ASIC statement with his own remediation review.

The Reserve Bank remains optimistic about prospects for the household sector, but considerable uncertainty about the collapse in mining investment continues to cloud its vision.

The big miners' strategy to offset iron ore's price decline by carving into costs while ramping up exports is paying off so far, but it will be harder to sustain in the long run.

The establishment of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank is a natural progression of Asia's role in financing global development. Australia must get on board with it early or risk being left behind.