Nobody reads privacy policies – here's how to fix that

Oct 10, 2017 08:55 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Have you ever actually read an apps privacy policy before clicking to accept the terms? What about reading the privacy policy for the website you visit most often? Have you ever read or even noticed the privacy policy...

The chemicals in firefighting foam aren't the new asbestos

Oct 10, 2017 08:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

This weeks ABC Four Corners episode investigated contamination at defence force sites and surrounding aquifers with chemicals called perfluoroalkyl acids or PFAAs. Around 18 sites are reported to be affected, with the...

FxWirePro: Bullish/ bearish scenarios, OTC outlook and hedging of USD/JPY for Q4

Oct 10, 2017 07:23 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

Bullish USDJPY scenarios: The pair is likely to travel towards 120 if 1) US inflation fast-tracks, which indicates hawkish Fed hikes, ensuing in broad USD strength, and 2) Japanese governments fiscal policy becomes...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY pops up back-to-back hanging man and shooting stars at peaks to hamper uptrend momentum – Tunnel spreads to speculate

Oct 10, 2017 06:18 am UTC| Technicals Insights & Views

Shooting stars patternshave occurred at 112.428, 112.717, 112.886 and 112.545 levels and hanging man patterns at 112.790, 112.785 and 112.649 levels. As a result, the momentum in the previous upswings has been hampered...

Despite the charged atmosphere, Frydenberg and Finkel have the same goal for electricity

Oct 10, 2017 05:36 am UTC| Insights & Views

Globally in the past seven years, the cost of wind-powered generation has more than halved. Domestically, solar PV costs have dropped more than 50%. By 2020, costs of battery technologies are expected to fall 40-60% and...

Global Geopolitics Series

As China prepares for its Communist Party congress, what will it mean for the rest of the world?

Oct 10, 2017 05:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Of Chinese President Xi Jinpings many achievements in his time in office about which much will be made in the official propaganda one of the most surprising was the more confident and assertive approach to foreign policy...

FxWirePro: Bullish/bearish scenarios and risk events that linger around dollar – EM gamma to spike off on USD puts offloading

Oct 09, 2017 13:26 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

The US dollar has been crawling ahead in recent days, with the market-implied probability of a December Fed hike inching to around 80%. The FOMC minutes and US CPI data this week will be in focus. Fed Chair Yellen is also...