Insights

Local market begins little changed after Wall St closes lower ahead of jobs data.

Metcash is part-way through a costly plan to refurbish its stores and price match major supermarkets as it battles a consumer shift toward value over convenience -- but will it be enough?

Mobile broadband services are boosting Australia's productivity, and we have an opportunity to reconsider how best to manage limited spectrum resources to drive further gains.

The National Australia Bank chairman says technology will be one of Andrew Thorburn's biggest focuses, disruptors are reshaping the industry, and it'd be foolish to put a deadline on a Clydesdale sale.

A more credible emissions reduction target of 19 per cent would be a blip on Australia's economic radar, and would eventually deliver a net benefit.

Markets will home in on local employment numbers, while Ten Network and Bank of Queensland earnings reports are on tap.

Despite heatwaves, summer peak loads in every state were below the historical maximum with NEM demand and emissions continuing to fall.

After roundly criticising NBN Co's decision to pay $620m for two new satellites to provide broadband services to the bush, Malcolm Turnbull can't wait to get the 'Rolls Royce' satellites off the ground.

Western sanctions will inevitably push Moscow toward Beijing, increasing the likelihood that China and Russia will align their foreign policy toward the West.

Boral and CSR to merger brick operations.

It's possible the ARENA board could do a 'CEFC', where its board simply ignore government's cuts to its budget because their funding is defined by legislation that can only be overturned by a majority in the Senate. How do the senate numbers stack-up and does the WA senate election matter?

Despite its tough talk, the European Central Bank has failed to take enough meaningful action. Unless it changes tack, the eurozone's crisis will persist into the next decade.

Michael Lewis' latest book 'Flash Boys' sheds light on the perverse financial incentives created by high-frequency trading, with regulators pledging to investigate the practice.

The euro spiked and then slumped after the European Central Bank's rates decision, while Wall Street slipped ahead of US payrolls data.

Investors hope NAB's new CEO will quickly divest unwanted assets, while second-round bids are due for JPMorgan's Asia-based distressed debt unit.

Far from unleashing a new stimulus package, Beijing is hoping to lure the private sector into previously off-limit areas to boost investment and reboot the economy.