The election wot The Sun (and the rest of the UK tabloids) never won

Jun 09, 2017 18:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Britains tabloid press is by turns rude, cruel, and funny. To politicians, it is often all three. As voters in the UK went to the polls on June 8, the newsstands offered strong support for Theresa May and a picture of...

How Orange is the New Black raised the bar behind bars

Jun 09, 2017 18:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

The new season of Netflix hit Orange is the New Black has a lot to live up to. The exhilarating mix of comedy and drama set in a womens prison was the first of Netflixs original series to exhalt diversity in its cast and...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

How Theresa May's election disaster looks from continental Europe

Jun 09, 2017 17:59 pm UTC| Insights & Views

After Theresa Mays car-crash election campaign, there is doubt among key players in the European Union about whether the UK will be in a position to resume the Brexit talks on time. That leaves both Britain and other...

How did the VW camper turn into a £90,000 icon?

Jun 09, 2017 17:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Only a handful of cars have ever managed to be considered both cute and cool at the same time. Fewer still acquire the kind of status that makes them sought-after collectors pieces in old age. Volkswagens original camper...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

How a hung parliament totally changes the game for Brexit

Jun 09, 2017 17:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Theresa Mays election gamble has failed but could this lead to a change in the politics of Brexit? Perhaps, but it would take political will. When Theresa May called the election, she calculated that the result would...

Why a Tory-DUP deal could bring even stormier waters to Northern Ireland

Jun 09, 2017 17:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The website of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) crashed the morning after a surge of interest in the Northern Irish party. DUP was also one of the most searched terms on Google as the party emerged as kingmakers whose...

FxWirePro: Fed to hike but how many in 2017 - Buy 3Mx10Y 1x2 payer spreads

Jun 09, 2017 13:41 pm UTC| Central Banks Insights & Views

Markets have mostly converged on a June hike, but the medium-term path remains discounted relative to our and the Feds expectations. We recommend adding conditional exposure to mean reversion via 3Mx10Y 1x2 payer...