Is Belgium's nuclear security up to scratch?
Mar 30, 2016 12:48 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Belgiums counter-terrorism efforts are once again being called into question following the recent tragedies in Brussels. The attacks were carried out against soft targets the public check-in area of Brussels Airport and...
Mar 30, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The public park targeted in the recent suicide bombing in Lahore was popular with families. It is one of the largest green spaces in the city; a place where middle- and working-class Pakistanis go to picnic, exercise, and...
Why being bold all comes down to evolution
Mar 30, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science
Chevalier Blondin was 35 years old when in 1859, with no safety harness and no net beneath him, he first tightrope-walked nearly half a kilometre across the Niagara Gorge. At different times over the coming years, he would...
Why New York rent controls won't work in London
Mar 30, 2016 12:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate
Unaffordable rents have put New York Citys fabled diversity and creativity at risk. They have forced artists, small businesses and lower-income households out of the central areas, leaving them a monocultural wasteland of...
EM Asian financial assets likely to remain supported post Yellen’s dovish commentary
Mar 30, 2016 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Potential for a Fed rate rise in April appears to have been put to rest after Yellens speech at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday. Taking a different approach from other Fed officials, who had earlier suggested hike...
FxWirePro: Hedge WTI crude with backspreads ahead of inventory check
Mar 29, 2016 14:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views
On the verge of US crude inventory level checks, WTI crude futures (CL1!) today has continued yesterdays dips from $39.39 to the current $38.30 levels, down about 2.76% ahead of tomorrows US inventory checks, while...
FxWirePro: Trading Sterling on UK referendum and FOMC's deferred monetary policy cycle
Mar 29, 2016 13:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Fed maintains deferred plans: The FOMC has engraved its rate projections largely again last meeting, again undermining the dollar versus every currency. However, it hasnt negated its tightening cycle, it has behaved...
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