Apr 13, 2016 08:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Commentary
While CNY has generally stabilized against USD at end-2015 levels, Chinas official RMB index declined by 3.6% during the same period. To a large extent, this is something the PBoC would like to observe a stable USDCNY...
On the Iraq War, Trump has started to sound like Obama circa 2008
Apr 12, 2016 14:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views
To the horror of almost everyone in mainstream US politics, it seem increasingly likely that by the close of the Republican National Convention in July, Donald Trump will have snatched the prize he has long coveted: the...
Was Scotland's Darien disaster the first great Panama financial scandal?
Apr 12, 2016 13:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The leak of the Panama Papers has brought to light elite tax avoidance and evasion on an unprecedented scale and has had important political ramifications. But this is not the first time that Panama has been at the heart...
TV-watching couch potatoes have outsized energy footprint
Apr 12, 2016 13:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
It is alluringly easy to use averages, but when most of a group is far from average, they can lead us astray. This is no less true in the area of energy consumption. Consider for example the ubiquitous yellow labels in...
Nine ways steel could build a greener economy
Apr 12, 2016 13:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Steel might be the largest industrial carbon dioxide emitter, but Britains troubled industry could be a big part of a cleaner, greener future. By using steel to build new infrastructure for renewable energy, the UK...
Panama Papers: media attacks on Cameron may have more to do with Brexit than banking
Apr 12, 2016 12:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
In an era in which public trust of traditional media is slowly rising from the low point of the phone-hacking scandals and the Leveson inquiry, the Panama Papers has brought us evidence of just how potent sustained,...
U.S. companies may need to beef up data privacy – but only for Europeans
Apr 12, 2016 12:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
Though the recent Apple versus FBI case garnered greater media attention, a privacy discussion with more economic significance to the tune of US$260 billion is moving toward fruition with less public attention: the...
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