Insights

Gold prices have sunk to their lowest level in seven weeks.

The Australian sharemarket extended its losses at noon.

The price of iron ore recovered overnight.

Economists predict a string of interest rate increases in 2015.

The Australian dollar has jumped back towards US93c.

Capital city dwelling values rose in the month of March and in the March quarter following a flat February result.

The Lone Star state is enjoying record wind generation levels, as the leveled cost of wind and gas pull almost even in the national market.

Local market begins little changed despite strong Wall Street gains.

Shares lift as miner reports quarterly production and sales in line with guidance.

More than 75% of Prana Biotechnology stock has disintegrated this morning after the dual-listed company announced its phase 2b trial failed to reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.

If you delve a bit deeper into the IPCC's latest report on impacts of climate change (try chapter 19) you'll find stark warnings about the limits of what we might want to try to adapt to.

Persistently low inflation is creating significant problems for the eurozone, which threaten to derail the fragile region's recovery. ECB inaction will only make matters worse.

Telstra's reported fibre-to-the-node pilot is an exercise designed to conclusively display its construction prowess and engineer an outcome that sees more money flow into its coffers.

The small-scale renewable market experienced a relatively tight supply-demand balance during the month while Clive Palmer's confusing policy weighed on the scheme's large-scale sibling, the LGC.

Defaults are on the cards as razor-thin margins strike China's most heavily leveraged companies.

More can be done to alleviate peak demand via PV, efficiency and policy while, elsewhere, there are some emerging opportunities for storage from supercapacitors.