Insights

A handful of Australian small cap stocks could be affected if the West moves to further isolate Vladimir Putin's regime.

The Chinese panel maker has decided to stay in the red, risking shareholder sanction as it shoots for a bigger portion of solar's expected strong 2014.

The cloud computing alliance between Telstra and Cisco Systems highlights why scale is everything in the market. For Telstra the deal is all about freeing up capacity for software and services… and Asia.

In the aftermath of the GFC, Beijing and Washington both unveiled large stimulus packages - the results of which could not have be more different. Why was China's package so much more effective?

On five key measures - including comfort - high speed rail shines as a public transport panacea. After 30 years, it's time Australia finally got on board.

The week in clean energy saw the world's fifth biggest emitter, Russia, at the centre of renewables chatter while EU carbon dropped for a third straight week.

TPG Telecom's decision to take the infrastructure competition mantra to heart was always going to cause complications for NBN Co and its monopoly.

Singapore group to sell stake in block trade, Citigroup to handle deal: report.

US stocks buoyed by easing concerns over Crimea's secession, upbeat housing data also lifts investor sentiment.

Two dangerous flow-ons from the Chinese economy mean the saying that 'if China catches a cold we get pneumonia' applies more to 2014 than any year so far.

Despite several inflation gauges painting a confused picture of inflationary pressure in the US, the Fed will continue its taper, although it is unlikely to raise the cash rate this year.

There's little evidence Joe Hockey's 'end of entitlement' mantra applies to the boomer generation. In a sense, health card privileges reveal the confusion and timidity of that debate.

Concluding the free-trade agreement between China and Australia this year is a worthy goal, but Tony Abbott should set his sights even higher by adopting a big, forward-looking agenda.

Global markets took comfort as the Russian president downplayed the likelihood of further encroachment on Ukraine.

CapitaLand is reportedly about to offload its remaining Australand stake, while AustralianSuper may be mulling a run at Healthscope.

Loyal by nature, it's not surprising that Tony Abbott has backed Arthur Sinodinos to remain in his position through the ICAC inquiry. He should instead be more tough-minded about what needs to be done.