Massive storms are pumping pollution into our oceans: time to clean up our cities
Jun 07, 2016 08:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The massive storms that have lashed Australias east coast over the past few days are not just a threat to lives and property, but also to our marine wildlife. The increasing urbanisation of our coastlines, and...
Computing helps with the complex design of modern architecture
Jun 07, 2016 08:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
In 1960, when the America computer scientist Ivan Sutherland developed Sketchpad, described as the first computer graphical user interface, it changed the course of architecture. It was the first recorded tool enabling...
Sydney's wild weather shows home-owners are increasingly at risk
Jun 07, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Eastern Australias wild weather has left coastal homes teetering on the brink of collapse, and has eroded beaches by up to 50m in parts of Sydney. Now the attention turns to the clean-up. There are several legal issues...
FxWirePro: AUD's more scope for bounces as RBA and Fed defer rate decision
Jun 07, 2016 06:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
We reckon that the AUD gains should not be surprised ever since the positive GDP flashes in last week, speculators began being concerned about a low probability to the Reserve Bank of Australia cutting its 2% official cash...
FxWirePro: USD/INR put spreads back in action on dovish RBI, USD/CNY stalls bull rout eyeing Fed
Jun 06, 2016 12:55 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
USDCNY has been trimming gains from last four days, drop from the highs of 6.5934 to the current 6.5650 (0.43%). China May activity and loan data should be a mixture of less impressive recovery in sales, continued YoY...
FxWirePro: Adjustments in KRW derivatives portfolio on dovish BoK
Jun 06, 2016 12:52 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views
The KRW rates market has re-priced significantly higher its expectation for BoK easing, now pricing in a 66% chance of a cut in the next three months versus only around 35% before the May MPC minutes. But in this meeting...
June hike off the table, Fed to seek more evidence before pushing rates higher
Jun 06, 2016 10:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Non-farm payrolls report for May released last Friday showed US employment growth slowed sharply to 38k jobs in May which was weak even after adding back the 35k striking Verizon workers. Revisions to previous payroll data...
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