Mar 28, 2017 07:49 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
Data events: BoC Gov Poloz speech on 28th March. Canadian GDP on 31st March. Aussie Retail Sales on 2nd April. Aussie Trade balance on 3rd April. RBAs Monetary Policy on 4th April. Canadian Trade balance on...
Mar 28, 2017 06:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
A steady hand from the Fed in June plus an optimistic RBA should limit downside on AUD/USD during the next few months. Further out, though, the underlying AUD trend should be gently lower, as growing bulk commodity supply...
Something big exploded in a galaxy far, far away: what was it?
Mar 27, 2017 16:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
At 10:49pm Western Australian time on February 2 this year, cosmic gamma rays hit the NASA satellite, Swift, orbiting the Earth. Within seconds of the detection, an alert was automatically sent to the University of WAs...
Co-working is evolving to combine co-living
Mar 27, 2017 16:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Recent reports estimate that by 2020 1.55 billion workers will be responsible for work that does not confine them to a desk. Already, up to 80% of employees work at least one day a week out of the office. Co-working,...
Green chemistry is key to reducing waste and improving sustainablity
Mar 27, 2017 16:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
The development and evolution of the chemical industry is directly responsible for many of the technological advancements that have emerged since the late 19th century. However, it was not until the 1980s that the...
Human costs of nuclear war are driving push towards a ban treaty – finally
Mar 27, 2017 16:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Even though nuclear powers and countries that fall under their security umbrella are expected to resist efforts to ban nuclear weapons, talks begin in New York on March 27 towards an international treaty that does just...
'White monopoly capital': an excuse to avoid South Africa's real problems
Mar 27, 2017 16:09 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The call for radical economic transformation has grown louder following President Jacob Zumas 2017 State of the Nation Address. Accompanying these calls is a line of argument that says white monopoly capital is to blame...
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