Colombia's peace plebiscite: the case for Yes and the case for No
Oct 03, 2016 08:58 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On October 2, Colombians will go to the polls to answer a deceptively simple question with enormous implications for their country: Do you support the final agreement for the conclusion of the armed conflict and the...
Cuba is reheating relations with Russia and US at the same time
Oct 03, 2016 08:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
For the first time in more than two generations, the US presidential race in Florida is following a different dynamic no longer is the political debate in this key swing state dominated by Washingtons relationship with...
Why Deutsche Bank stock fell so far
Oct 03, 2016 07:49 am UTC| Insights & Views
Deutsche Bank is in the news for all the wrong reasons. Some speculators believe that it will be the 2008 Lehman Brothers collapse all over again. Shares in the bank were briefly driven down to single digits. They seem to...
Vogue's attack on style bloggers shows how much the newcomers have the fashion mags rattled
Oct 03, 2016 07:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
For years, style bibles such as Vogue and Elle have found their exclusivity undermined by bloggers, who with huge numbers of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram followers have won over the designer brands that would normally...
RBA likely to keep interest rate unchanged, wait until Q3 inflation figures
Oct 03, 2016 07:37 am UTC| Economy Central Banks Insights & Views
The Reserve Bank of Australia is due to release its monetary policy statement on Tuesday 4 October at 03:30 GMT, and it is widely expected to leave its official cash rate (OCR) at its record low of 1.50 percent, after...
Responding to student protests: should the law be a tool of justice or violence?
Sep 30, 2016 13:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
What is needed to enable South Africas universities to proceed with the academic year? The answer, according to some, is to deploy private security companies on campuses. Several of those who support such interventions...
FxWirePro: Copper shrugs off safe haven sentiment - Stay short Dec’16 LME copper
Sep 30, 2016 13:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The recent macro-driven rally in base metals has disrupted the bear market, but we still foresee downside risks to the copper prices from a fundamental perspective in the coming quarters. Cost deflation continues to...
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