Trump claims the election is rigged – is it?
Oct 20, 2016 10:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump has repeatedly said the presidential election is rigged, and the only way he will lose will be if it is stolen from him. Trump is not known for his measured temperament, nor for rational thinking or...
Religious feelings could sway the vote in 2016 election
Oct 20, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Political scientists have long noted that politics is a competition between groups with diverse and competing interests. During campaigns, candidates actively attempt to sway certain groups and vilify others in order to...
We need new laws to regulate the world's newest frontier: the datasphere
Oct 20, 2016 09:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The rise of information technologies smartphones, sensors spread across public and private spaces, data analytics has led to the production of considerable amounts of data on human activity and the world around...
FxWirePro: Fundamental dynamics uphold USD/KRW longs via 3M NDFs
Oct 20, 2016 09:35 am UTC| Insights & Views
The EM strategies have turned underweight on Asia FX given a combination of higher core yields, the break out of USD/CNY to above 6.70 and multiple idiosyncratic issues. The capital outflows from China had already...
How Western companies can succeed in China
Oct 20, 2016 09:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Not too long ago, when Western CEOs pondered Chinas fast-growing market and billion-plus potential customers, their eyes would fill with dollar signs. But these days, thoughts of China are more likely to elicit serious...
How the war on drugs fuels deadly prison riots in Brazil
Oct 20, 2016 09:26 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Brazil has a prison problem. Recent crises have brought renewed attention to mass incarceration, overcrowding, and the lawlessness and inhumanity of Brazils jails issues that are often ignored, but hardly new. Two...
Something good could actually come from Samsung's battery disaster
Oct 19, 2016 18:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Most accidents caused by smartphones are caused by distracted drivers or pedestrians. But a phone that bursts into flames as Samsungs Galaxy Note 7s have been doing comes with the scariness of uncertainty, especially...
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