Inaction Speaks Volumes at RBA

Handed a solid case for cutting interest rates—weak retail sales, falling home prices, a long slide in construction activity—Australia's central bank instead decided to hold steady and hope for the best.

With Verizon, a Coinstar Is Reborn

Monday was a telling day in home entertainment. Two ambitious players bought into the video-streaming business and one left its DVD division on the curb.

Lazard Pays for Previous Largess

Wall Street makes nothing simple. Pay is no different. Investment bank Lazard is a case in point.

Coalface Cracks Under Cheap Gas

Cheap natural gas creates winners and losers. Coal miners fall into the latter camp.

Will More QE Help the U.K.?

The Bank of England is likely to unleash a further round of quantitative easing this week. But whether this is the right monetary medicine remains an open question.

Glencore's Oppressed Minorities

Xstrata's minority shareholders have taken center stage in the debate over the merits of the miner's proposed merger with Glencore. But what of Glencore's own minorities, who own 17% of its shares?

Perpetual Motion Still Unproven

Investors cheered the ouster of Perpetual Ltd.'s chief executive Monday. They should have held their applause.

China's Export Pain May Be Mexico's Gain

Buying stuff from China isn't such a bargain anymore. One consequence of that: Companies that move freight from Mexico are getting busier.

As Studios Fight Back, Will Coinstar Box Itself Into a Corner?

The most powerful studios in Hollywood have yet a another star to schmooze: the DVD kiosk.

Playing New Zynga Game At Facebook

Since Zynga generates the vast majority of its revenue through Facebook, analysts tried to use Facebook's financial results to figure Zynga's fourth-quarter earnings. But the models have too many moving parts.

Bernanke Puts Lid on Treasury Yields

The employment report was very good. So why aren't long-term Treasury yields jumping for sorrow?

Emerging Markets' Long Road to Acceptance

Cebu Pacific Reaches for the Skies

Turning Amazon's Cash to Kindling

Anxious Refineries Need Closure

European M&A Has Yet to Take Wing