What species would become dominant on Earth if humans died out?
Jan 26, 2016 11:16 am UTC| Insights & Views
In a world wrestling with the prospect of a human-induced post-apocalyptic future, one might naturally start to wonder what will happen to life once humans have left the scene. It is an uncomfortable fact that humans are...
FxWirePro: Derivatives perspectives for antipodean currencies
Jan 26, 2016 08:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Technicals
The risk bias to Antipodean currencies remains firmly to the downside here onwards in 2016. The prospect of lower Chinese growth and weaker commodity prices, the risk of a more aggressive tightening cycle from the Fed as...
Is Obama Dollar rally stretched – historical cycle context
Jan 26, 2016 06:11 am UTC| Insights & Views
After sharp rise during the financial crisis, introduction of monetary easing in US, led to drop of Dollar as well as interest rates. While interest rates have just started edging up from last year or so and FED only hiked...
The race to hypersonic speed: will air passengers feel the benefits?
Jan 26, 2016 01:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
When Concorde entered service 40 years ago, it more than doubled the speed of air travel at a stroke. Following Concordes retirement, airliners today fly once more at subsonic speeds, but engineers worldwide are looking to...
How McDonald's made the golden arches glisten again
Jan 26, 2016 00:11 am UTC| Insights & Views
McDonalds latest results reveal the rollercoaster ride the fast food giant has been on over the last year. Global sales grew by 5% in the past quarter after the launch of all-day breakfasts in the US, but revenue fell by...
Why so bearish? How hidden bias is sinking global stocks
Jan 26, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views
Its been a shaky start to 2016 for global stock markets, with substantial falls across all international markets, followed by some weak rallies. The overall decline has been partly blamed on the price of crude oil,...
Explainer: the ins and outs of peer review
Jan 26, 2016 00:07 am UTC| Insights & Views
If you are at all familiar with the operation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) you will know that, while the various authors are (unpaid) professionals of one sort or another with their own research...
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