May 24, 2018 08:20 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Bearish GBPJPY scenarios: 1) BoE rate hikes are delayed until much later in 2018 as core CPI continues to moderate and wages remain sticky below 3%; 2) The UK and EU fail to agree on the Irish border, leading to a...
The US overtakes Hong Kong to rank first among world's most competitive economies
May 24, 2018 08:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The US has leapfrogged Singapore and Hong Kong to top IMDs latest World Competitiveness Rankings. The top five most competitive economies in the world remain the same since 2016, but their order has changed. With the US at...
Does cannabis cure cancer? We asked an expert
May 24, 2018 07:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
For thousands of years people have used cannabis for recreational, ritualistic and medicinal purposes. In the modern era, the latter property excites a lot of people, and there is no shortage of wild claims about the...
Acquisition of ‘Paradex’ rebrands ‘GDAX’ to ‘Coinbase Pro’
May 24, 2018 07:53 am UTC| Digital Currency Fintech Insights & Views
One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the U.S., Coinbase is presenting a group of new and advanced features to their crypto empire which was a trading platform GDAX previously, now rebranding to Coinbase...
How Britain can avoid a post-Brexit race to the bottom in labour standards
May 24, 2018 07:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
There is a risk that Brexit could erode workers wages and conditions, particularly if the British government deregulates employment laws and undercuts European Union standards, as various ministers have suggested. These...
Data mining: why the EU's proposed copyright measures get it wrong
May 24, 2018 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Data that is mined with the help of machine learning techniques has been a rapid area of technological advancement with good and bad consequences for everyone. And EU copyright law is currently caught in the...
US SEC continues to direct ICOs on compliance
May 24, 2018 07:00 am UTC| Fintech Digital Currency Research & Analysis Insights & Views
More than $8.8 billion worth of capital has been raised via Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) since 2016. Fresh entrepreneurs across the globe are looking into how they can get involved in this new fundraising programme. You...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects