Press urges Britain to 'Keep calm and blame Europe'
Feb 07, 2016 15:25 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The latest polls are telling us that the British public are moving in droves to the Brexit camp: YouGov has found that 45% would vote to leave the EU against 36% who would vote to stay while 19% declared themselves as dont...
Proving that the Zika virus causes microcephaly
Feb 07, 2016 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
When the Zika virus was first discovered in Uganda in the 1940s, it was thought to be harmless. It caused a rash and, in some cases, a slightly elevated temperature. But in the past few months in Brazil, it has been linked...
Like AIDS before it, Zika virus exposes weakness in Catholic moral teaching
Feb 07, 2016 15:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The relationship between the Zika virus and a sharp increase in the number of children born with microcephaly in Brazil seems probable but as yet unproven. However, it has resulted in various health warnings to women in...
Super Bowl advertisers spend $5 million for 30 seconds: is there a better use for that cash?
Feb 07, 2016 15:04 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
The Super Bowl is not just the biggest and most-watched event of the year in the United States, its also one of the most important for advertisers, who shell out an estimated US$5 million for every half-minute of air...
Super Bowl 50's data deluge: How much is too much?
Feb 07, 2016 15:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports
Do you remember the Announcerless Game? On December 20, 1980, an otherwise insignificant game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, teams trudging toward the end of dreary seasons, became famous or infamous ...
First BoE rate hike expectations pushed to Q1 2017
Feb 05, 2016 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views
BoE MPC voted unanimously (9-0 vote) to hold rates steady at a record low level of 0.5 per cent at Thursdays meeting, in line with broad market expectation. The meeting echoed Carneys dovish message, Ian McCafferty the...
What is cooking in China, has the meltdown pressure still been lingering?
Feb 05, 2016 08:47 am UTC| Insights & Views
China remains to be the centre of global concerns as investors dubious the countrys core growth momentum, the pace of capital outflows and reform plans etc.The recent turmoil in equity and FX markets, coupled with...
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