Why algorithms won't necessarily lead to utopian workplaces
Feb 25, 2017 12:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Using computer algorithms to make decisions about employees might seem like an objective management strategy, but it could actually give an inaccurate picture of productivity and compromise employees rights in the...
Steering the budget between excess patronage and prudence
Feb 25, 2017 12:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy
After investigating the massacre (as termed by both the opposition Democratic Alliance and African National Congress Youth League) of more than 100 mental health patients under the guise of cutting costs, South Africas...
Norse gods make a comeback thanks to Neil Gaiman – here's why their appeal endures
Feb 25, 2017 12:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
The Norse gods are back and ready for a new generation in acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaimans newly published book Norse Mythology. Yet the truth is the immortality of the gods was never in doubt. These all too human...
No animal required, but would people eat artificial meat?
Feb 25, 2017 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Futurists tell us that we will be eating in vitro meat (IVM) meat grown in a laboratory rather than on a farm within five to ten years. IVM was first investigated in the early years of this century and since then...
Feb 24, 2017 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Minutes of the Federal Reserves Jan. 31-Feb monetary policy meeting published earlier this week on Wednesday showed that many policymakers believed another interest rate hike might be appropriate fairly soon if labor...
Feb 24, 2017 11:25 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
EUR risk short-lived: The recent tightening of the spread is essentially due to the political risk premium in Europe, which is currently supporting EUR vols. Our central scenario sees Marine Le Pen failing to win the...
FxWirePro: Mitigating asymmetric risk in EUR/AUD - Zero-cost call ladder to sell excess convexity
Feb 24, 2017 10:02 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views
EURAUD has lost about nine figures since the start of the year on the back of political fears pressuring the EUR and the risk-friendly mood supporting the AUD via metals. But the pair is now testing the 1.37 support. A...
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