Jun 15, 2016 09:41 am UTC| Insights & Views
The implied volatility of ATM contracts for 1M-3M tenors of EURUSD is flashing at around 12.45%. Not only should the risk premium in the FX market fall, but the environment will not support the emergence of new trends....
How elites and corruption have played havoc with Nairobi's housing
Jun 15, 2016 08:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Following a heavy downpour and severe flooding, a building collapsed in the crowded Huruma neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, killing at least 52 tenants. Sixteen months earlier, a building in the very same neighbourhood...
Social Media Revolution Series
Why has Microsoft paid US$26 billion for business networking platform LinkedIn?
Jun 15, 2016 07:56 am UTC| Insights & Views
Many people will have heard of LinkedIn: the social networking site aimed at professionals looking for a platform for business networking. Many more will have found it irritating jokes abound on the subject of how hard it...
Poll of polls: how worried should Remain be as voters come off fence?
Jun 15, 2016 07:47 am UTC| Insights & Views
The campaign to keep Britain in the EU has suffered a significant blow at a crucial point in the EU referendum battle with an ICM poll putting Leave further ahead than ever before. The poll, published by The Guardian,...
Jun 15, 2016 07:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
We see their spokespeople quoted in the papers and their ads on TV, but beyond that we know very little about how Australias lobby groups get what they want. This series shines a light on the strategies, political...
India is hedging its bets on coal to bring power to the people
Jun 15, 2016 07:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Nature
As the world moves to combat climate change, its increasingly doubtful that coal will continue to be a viable energy source, because of its high greenhouse gas emissions. But coal played a vital role in the Industrial...
Did we used to have two sleeps rather than one? Should we again?
Jun 15, 2016 07:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Around a third of the population have trouble sleeping, including difficulties maintaining sleep throughout the night. While night time awakenings are distressing for most sufferers, there is some evidence from our recent...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects