Insights

Vladimir Putin's aggressiveness on Ukraine shows more clearly than ever how the EU is made for fair weather circumstances and unable to withstand the slightest breeze.

Business leaders will press for further reform of global trade at OECD forum.

Report calls for asset test for the age pension as well as radical reforms to health and education.

US private equity giant Blackstone has staked its claim as a major force in the Australian property market.

Two major brokers throw weight behind planned $754m Genworth Australia IPO.

Stockland ramps up rhetoric against uncooperative $2.4bn takeover target Australand.

Shares of Roc Oil and Horizon Oil climb as investors welcome merger plans.

German suitor has just one week to boost Leighton stake beyond 70 per cent.

Norton Gold Fields' $24m takeover bid for Bullabulling Gold faces shareholder backlash.

US EPA has gained an important legal precedent to support its push to regulate carbon emissions from power stations with the Supreme Court ruling 6 to 2 in its favour on emissions trading regulations it introduced to control smog-related pollution.

The device maker has good upside, but delays are constraining price growth.

Stockmarket growth has been weak so far, but there are profit opportunities.

We outline three potential bid scenarios for the healthcare technology company.

This week we look at Oil Search, Newcrest, ResMed, JB Hi-Fi and Atlas Iron.

The startling $1.75bn price tag for the Port of Newcastle underscores the scale of the funds floating around the globe looking to invest in infrastructure assets.

Local market little changed as investors wait for tomorrow's US Fed statement.