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...
May 24, 2018 06:06 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
Chart and candlestick patterns occurred: Back-to-back shooting star patterns have occurred at 149.031 and 148.900 levels to hamper previous bullish momentum and plummet prices subsequently (refer daily chart). Bears on...
Wall Street regulations need a facelift, not a minor Dodd-Frank makeover
May 23, 2018 21:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Republicans finally managed to roll back some of the Wall Street regulations passed by Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis after years of trying. While it wasnt a full repeal as some had hoped, its the...
Why we perceive ourselves as richer than we think we are
May 23, 2018 21:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Everyday billions of people make countless decisions that have economic implications. Buying new clothes, having dinner at a Japanese restaurant, renting a house: most of our decisions determine how much money we spend or...
BTC/USD slumps to 1-1/2 month low on massive sell-off after suspension of withdrawals from OKEx
May 23, 2018 15:00 pm UTC| Commentary Digital Currency Insights & Views
The price of bitcoin, the worlds largest cryptocurrency in terms of market cap, slumped to its lowest since mid-April, as investors engaged in massive sell-off since the start of this week, following the suspension of...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects