Aug 11, 2016 06:41 am UTC| Insights & Views
The crude oil prices tumbled again on yesterday as a build-up in EIAs crude inventory check and record Saudi Arabian production weighed on markets. Oil dropped cuttingly after data from the U.S. Energy Information...
What England's new football manager can teach business about leadership
Aug 11, 2016 02:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Sports
New England manager Sam Allardyce will take his players to Slovakia next month as they start qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and seek to wipe away the memories of a woeful performance at Euro 2016. It will...
Will Chinese investment sacrifice Ukraine's dreams of democracy to economic needs?
Aug 11, 2016 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
After years of rapid economic growth, bold policymaking and shrewd business tactics, China has become a global player. With its business interests expanding at every opportunity, Chinas power now rivals that of the US. In...
All hail the bookshop: survivor against the odds
Aug 11, 2016 01:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
This National Bookshop Day, Australias one-time Minister for Small Business, Nick Sherry, will be remembered for his words, not his deeds. A reader, bookbuyer and enthusiastic patron of terrestrial bookshops, in June 2011...
A fresh focus on new approaches to recycling tyres is needed
Aug 10, 2016 17:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Business
The number of vehicles is growing worldwide and as a result the number of tyres is increasing too. Hundreds of millions of tyres are discarded each year. Their disposal represents a major global problem. There are...
Did the Census really suffer a denial-of-service 'attack'?
Aug 10, 2016 16:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Last night, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) closed the 2016 Census website. No explanation was given at the time, except for a message on the page saying the system is very busy at the moment. This morning,...
Reserve Bank governor calls for hard talk about budget repair
Aug 10, 2016 16:07 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Outgoing Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens has delivered a strong warning about the need to face up to the issue of repairing the budget. Stevens, who leaves his post next month, said that we are kidding ourselves if...
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