Is the government pushing for private health insurance over comprehensive care in the NHS?
Oct 19, 2016 17:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Health
Theresa May has little time for those arguing for NHS funding increases. After all, unlike most government departments, NHS funding has increased over recent years, offering protection against inflation at least. Other...
Why do wind farms drag down house prices in some places but not others?
Oct 19, 2016 17:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Two years ago, the London School of Economics delivered bad news to the renewables industry. It published a research paper that showed that house price appreciation was significantly reduced by being near wind farms in...
ECB likely on hold with a very dovish tone
Oct 19, 2016 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
At the European Central Banks (ECB) Governing Council meeting on Thursday, 20th October, no changes in policy rates are expected. However, an announcement of QE beyond March 2017 cannot be ruled out. A decision regarding...
Oct 19, 2016 11:16 am UTC| Commentary Insights & Views
The crude oil market has been steady from thelast couple of weeks, WTI futures for November delivery on the NYME rose 1.03% to $50.81 a barrel, with front-month Brent futures almost unchanged from last Friday at $52/bbl....
Young people don't expect to rely on the 'bank of mum and dad': study
Oct 19, 2016 10:52 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Despite the stereotypes of young people as a generation focused on spending with no consequences, young people actually see their money decisions (as well as their mistakes) as their responsibility, our research shows....
What went wrong with Pokémon Go? Three lessons from its plummeting player numbers
Oct 19, 2016 10:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Pokémon Go is in rapid decline. Since launching in July and soaring in popularity, it had lost at least a third of its daily users by the middle of August. By mid-September, daily revenues had fallen from US$16m per...
America's Nobel success is the story of immigrants
Oct 19, 2016 10:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
If it were not for Bob Dylan the singer, songwriter and now Nobel laureate 2016 would have become the first year since 1999 without a Nobel winner born in the United States. Since World War II, the U.S. has dominated...
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