The Cyber Security Strategy is only a small step in the right direction
Apr 21, 2016 05:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today released the governments Cyber Security Strategy. A total of A$230 million will be spent over the next four years to enhance Australias cyber security capability and deliver new...
Trump, Clinton have emphatic wins in New York
Apr 21, 2016 00:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Yesterday, Donald Trump won over 60% of the vote in his home state of New York. John Kasich was a very distant second with 25%, and Ted Cruz third with under 15%. Trumps massive vote majority gave him all 14 statewide...
Apr 20, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Technicals Insights & Views
Breaks resistance at 1.4385 levels but sustenance is questionable, but dont jump into conclusion wait for confirmation. But for now, the bulls seem to be exhausted on minor resistance at 1.4385. Day highs were also...
Will National Bank of Poland follow Hungary into cutting interest rates?
Apr 20, 2016 12:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Disappointing macroeconomic data from Poland released in the last two days has increased concerns that the National Bank of Poland may follow Hungary into eventually cutting its interest rates. Hence the zloty has been...
What the European Union can learn from CERN about international co-operation
Apr 20, 2016 11:32 am UTC| Insights & Views
Can Europe work? This is the real question being asked of British people on June 23. Behind the details of subsidies, regulations and eurozones lies a more fundamental puzzle: can different nationalities retain their...
Queen Elizabeth II and the rise of the 90+ club
Apr 20, 2016 11:22 am UTC| Insights & Views
As far as the Queen is concerned, the most important change in her lifetime is life expectancy. When Princess Elizabeth was born in 1926, the life expectancy at birth for a girl was 61.5 years and 57.6 years for a boy. Now...
Do the Treasury's Brexit numbers add up?
Apr 20, 2016 11:08 am UTC| Insights & Views
If we take as a central assumption that the UK would seek a negotiated bilateral agreement, like Canada has, the costs to Britain are clear. Based on the Treasurys estimates, our GDP would be 6.2% lower, families would be...
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