The man who gave us the Reformation – and it wasn't Martin Luther
Oct 24, 2017 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views
When Martin Luther published his 95 theses 500 years ago this month, so the story goes, his general target was the corruption of the church. But he also had a very particular organisation in his sights. By October 1517,...
How companies can learn to root out sexual harassment
Oct 24, 2017 13:08 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
Fox News renewed its contract with former host Bill OReilly earlier this year despite knowing that he had just settled an expensive sexual harassment case, according to recent revelations. Given this and other tales of...
FxWirePro: EUR/GBP uptrend stuck between ECB and BoE, call spreads to rescue
Oct 24, 2017 13:05 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Central Banks Insights & Views
EURGBP has upturned an early dip to sub-0.8900 level and recovered around 25-30 pips from session lows. In addition to upbeat EZ PMIs and awaited UK GDP data, were trying to figure out if this weeks ECB QE tapering...
Brazil nuts are rocketing in price – here's why
Oct 24, 2017 13:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Sometimes the price of certain foods rise suddenly and exponentially. For example, earlier this year it was iceberg lettuce, broccoli and courgettes in the UK, while in the US and Canada it was cauliflowers and lettuce,...
Representations of women and brand positioning at Christian Dior
Oct 24, 2017 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Christian Diors first fragrance for women. It thus seems a suitable moment to examine the representations of women conveyed by Dior perfumes. We performed a semiotic analysis of the...
India outlawed commercial surrogacy – clinics are finding loopholes
Oct 24, 2017 12:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Would you pay someone US$150,000 to have your baby? The high cost of surrogacy in the U.S. has pushed many potential parents to seek cheaper options elsewhere. Countries like India and Thailand have attracted surrogacy...
FxWirePro: Probable scenarios of ECB QE extension and its impact on IRS
Oct 24, 2017 11:03 am UTC| Central Banks Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Assuming that we will not trade off US reflation and rising US bond yields, which we recently have, trying to figure out if this weeks ECB QE tapering decision is bullish or bearish for the EURUSD and the yield curve is...
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