Why have Australia’s big four banks been suffering over the past year? Is it the Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial sector, due to publish its final report after local markets close on Monday? Or is it the effect of a housing market entering a once-in-a-generation slump? While the real answer is probably a mixture of the two, it’s ...

As congressional negotiators attempt to reach a deal on border security to keep the US government open, Democrats would be smart to come to the table willing to match or even exceed President Trump’s demand for a $5.7 billion appropriation. They need only insist that the money be spent on measures that would effectively strengthen America’s borders. That would include ...

As another European Commission mega-fine on Alphabet Inc. nears, it prompts the question: can the Google parent ever free itself from the specter of penalties from the region’s regulators? The same goes for Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc., each of which is facing scrutiny for how they handle data. They could do a lot worse than looking to a fellow ...