Insights

Owner of realestate.com.au takes 17.22 per cent shareholding in Southeast Asian firm, seeks board position.

Times are tough for Chinese coal firms, the sector's peak body says, with the outlook set to be worse amid supply-demand imbalances and rising environmental restrictions.

Conventional combustion engine cars will continue to achieve improvements in fuel economy allowing them to comply with new regulatory standards - but their price will rise. Meanwhile, hybrids and full EVs will get cheaper as efficiency improves.

China's strong economic growth has masked much of the country's skyrocketing inequality, but a slowdown is likely to aggravate tensions between the urban rich and the rural poor.

Australia's athletic prowess is on show for all at the Commonwealth Games but behind the scenes our high-tech manufacturers are kicking goals in a $300bn global market.

Agile new players from start-ups to telcos are impacting the profitability of Amazon Web Services. Its dominant position in cloud computing services may no longer be assured.

Soft start tipped for local market after weak earnings reports weighed on Wall Street.

The lifting of the ban on Japan's collective self-defence has forced China to come to terms with the presence of another powerful military force in Asia, and is likely to have consequences for regional security.

With factionalism running through the blood of both the Labor and Liberal parties, democratisation is far from simple and may not elicit the boosts to membership each is hoping for.

Even the wealthiest members of American society are worried about the dangers of rising inequality and private debt.

Tightening access to unemployment benefits won't make jobseeking easier if there is no extra work to begin with. Instead it will lock young and long-term unemployed Australians out of the job market.

The local market is expected to open slightly lower as investors remain cautious ahead of earnings season, while higher iron ore, oil and gold prices should give a boost to the resources sector.

Healthscope's return to the stock exchange will be closely watched as investors attempt to gauge the appetite for IPOs, while Leighton shops around its property development arm.

Not only is the Australian sharemarket trading around a post-GFC high, the level of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is also on the rise.

With inflation stirring, the debate is beginning to move from whether the RBA will cut or hike next, to how high rates might go.

Amid a deluge of double-entendres, the Lambie controversy is really a debate about 'what kind of person' is fit to represent Australians in a democratic parliament.