Hassan Rouhani's economic legacy may be his key to winning a second term
May 19, 2017 05:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Politics
Todays presidential election in Iran had turned into a vote of confidence for President Hassan Rouhanis four years in office. Irans economic recovery and reintegration into the global economy have become key electoral...
The road to the great regression
May 19, 2017 05:45 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
In 1980, the novelist Martin Amis attended a meeting in Texas with Ronald Reagan, then in the midst of the campaign that would put him in the White House. Reagan liked to end his electoral activities with some audience...
Explainer: why we should be turning waste into fuel
May 19, 2017 05:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
The federal government recently announced that it is giving recycling company ResourceCo a loan of A$30 million to build two waste-to-fuel plants producing solid waste fuel. Waste-to-energy is an important part of the...
The BHP rebrand might be a success even if it doesn't drive sales
May 19, 2017 05:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Mining giant BHP Billiton has finally launched its rebrand - dropping Billiton, removing the four-blobs from its logo; leaving only an upper-case BHP behind. Research shows that rebrands rarely improve...
Expert culture has killed the innovator in workplaces
May 19, 2017 05:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Over the last few decades, the Western world has had an increasingly specialised workforce, with workers trained in narrow skills, for increasingly narrow positions. However, the more narrow our jobs have become, the less...
Ratings agency S&P keeps Australia's AAA rating but doubtful about government's surplus timetable
May 19, 2017 04:59 am UTC| Insights & Views
Standard and Poors Global reaffirmed a negative outlook and is questioning the governments projection about when the budget will return to surplus, but has still maintained Australias AAA credit rating. The agencys...
Our 24/7 economy and the wealth of nations
May 19, 2017 04:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
This article is the third in our new series, Globalisation Under Pressure. We now live in a world where thanks to information and communication technologies we are able to produce and distribute goods, services and...
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