Insights

Immigrants to the US who specialise in science, technology, education and mathematics degrees have generated large wage and productivity effects, raising important implications for policy makers.

More than five decades after its creation, the UK's Institute of Economic Affairs continues to shape intellectual debate and policy making around the world.

Local market ekes out a gain over the month despite a fall in the iron ore price putting miners under pressure.

The modest holding, if it were anyone but Lew, would be meaningless. But the presence of the billionaire will unsettle South African suitor Woolworths -- and were he to keep buying it would be game on.

Our conference in Sydney this week raised some interesting views on tax and the yield boom.

Waiting for a market correction? You could be waiting a while.

This downtrodden sector of the market is rebuilding from the GFC, and there's good upside potential.

While investor credit growth continues to push closer toward pre-crisis levels, the overall response to record-low interest rates remains relatively subdued. This will have profound implications for the government.

Australia continues to be beleaguered by high labour costs and poor productivity, but a new report warns that job-shedding and mine closures won't be enough to provide miners with a route to long-term prosperity.

Spending $3bn to leverage Beats' brand cachet has to be one of Tim Cook's biggest bets yet, but there's no denying Apple's music platform needs a serious refresh.

The Australian Energy Market Commission, the market rule-maker, in its submission to the RET Review has proposed a policy merry-go-round based on results from economic modelling it refuses to release.

The possible upside to the recent slide in the iron ore price is that any unexpected good news would likely trigger a squeeze of short positions.

The sudden end of open source encryption tool TrueCrypt highlights there's no perfect online security solution. Your best option may depend on whom you're trying to keep out.

Company with Premier Investments boss on the board takes 0.65% interest.

Local market flat after Wall St shrugs off a greater-than-expected fall in GDP to close higher.

Next week, President Obama will finally tackle emissions at US power plants, the centrepiece of his climate policy. But while the US and others move forward, Australia retreats.