Bangladesh is building a dirty and expensive coal plant next to the world's largest mangrove forest
Sep 27, 2016 13:42 pm UTC| Insights & Views
A controversial new coal power plant being built in Bangladesh is already running out of friends. Environmentalists worry it will spell disaster for the worlds largest mangrove forest, while locals worry about pollution...
No wonder prisons are getting more violent, they're full to the brim
Sep 27, 2016 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Overcrowding, staff cuts and a growing drugs problem have all created a toxic mix in English and Welsh prisons. So its hardly surprising theres been a surge of violence on an unprecedented scale. In 2015, there was a...
How Kanye West and Adidas are conquering the millennial market
Sep 27, 2016 13:33 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The word drop is now firmly lodged in my vocabulary after another day spent with a millennial waiting for a brand to release (or drop) its latest product. It involved watching the clock tick down to the moment of release,...
What is the Medical Technology Association and how does it wield its power?
Sep 27, 2016 13:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
If your health practitioner has used a syringe, tongue depressor (to look at your throat), pacemaker, stethoscope, X-ray or MRI scan, blood test, dental filling or joint implant to treat you, youve encountered a product...
A deal with Mclaren would see Apple shift up a gear on car ambitions
Sep 27, 2016 13:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
British supercar maker McLaren may be denying that it is in talks with Apple about a potential tie-up, but the firm cant deny that the idea actually makes some sense. Apple has long been rumoured to be working on its...
Sep 27, 2016 11:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
The Reserve Bank of Australia is scheduled to announce its monetary policy decision on 4th October. It will be new Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowes first RBA board meeting as governor. The RBA will release its second...
FxWirePro: What drives you writing overstated NZD/JPY ATM calls?
Sep 27, 2016 07:03 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
1w ATM calls of this pair are trading 29% more than NPV. 1w ATM implied volatilities are at 12.19%. Standard deviation of this call options 1.6 Hence, we see there exist disparity between IVs and option...
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’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects