The end of 2%: Australia gets serious about its defence budget
Feb 26, 2016 00:12 am UTC| Insights & Views
Compared to Tony Abbott, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his defence minister, Marise Payne, see themselves as having a different emphasis in the way they view security challenges, how Australia should fund its...
End of an era in regional publishing as APN puts papers up for sale
Feb 26, 2016 00:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
This week APN News Media announced it planned to sell off its regional newspaper business. It signals the end of an era. Regional publishing has been at the heart of APN since Tony OReilly bought the Queensland...
Feb 25, 2016 11:14 am UTC| Insights & Views
South Africas core fundamental risk is governance. Investors are unsure whether President Jacob Zuma will strive to keep fiscal accounts in strong shape. On December 9, Zuma decided to replace a respected appointee,...
Market focus to shift from cyclical as Brexit highlights UK’s structural shortcomings
Feb 25, 2016 09:27 am UTC| Insights & Views
GBP selling continues despite a decline in support among UK voters to leave the EU. GBPs price action suggests that the market is already worrying about the EU referendum and the associated threat of Brexit. Markets are...
Asian cities tussle for top spot in new education ranking as London left behind
Feb 25, 2016 09:25 am UTC| Insights & Views
Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai have come top of a new ranking of how teenagers in cities and states around the world perform on global maths, reading and science tests. London, despite showing a marked improvement in...
Three ways China can tackle its currency dilemma
Feb 25, 2016 04:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
You might have noticed that the Peoples Bank of China (PBC), Chinas central bank, is in a difficult position. Stability and growth are what the PBC wants. But at least two forces are working against them - the prospect...
What can be done about badly depleted nitrogen levels in Africa's soil
Feb 25, 2016 04:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
African soils have been mined for their nutrients for far too long. Nutrients are removed in harvesting across the continent, but they arent being returned to the soil. This usually happens in the form of manures or...
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