Cycling should take a lead from F1 as hidden motor scandal emerges
Feb 03, 2016 14:02 pm UTC| Insights & Views
When Canadian cyclist Ryder Hesjedal crashed on a descent in the Tour of Spain back in 2014 he sparked a fascinating sporting conspiracy theory. As he scrambled to recover, Hesjedals bike appeared to rotate away from him...
'Recycling is for drunks, addicts and babushkas' – inside Russia's mafia-dominated waste industry
Feb 03, 2016 13:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Most Europeans take pride in recycling. A good citizen separates glass from plastics, biowaste from metal cans and brags about it to their friends. Recycling helps soothe some of the anxiety driven by endless...
Feb 03, 2016 11:52 am UTC| Insights & Views
Crude for delivery in March on the NYME increased 59 cents, to reach $30.46 a barrel after falling to an intraday low of $29.40. Earlier last week the U.S. oil futures had jumped from $27 dollars a barrel soon after...
OPEC producing at multi year highs, a run through on crude ahead of inventory check
Feb 03, 2016 11:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
Crude oil prices closed the trading week on Friday with significant gains. After the contract rollover in the night, Brent was trading at USD 36 per barrel at one point, its highest level in 3½ weeks, currently,...
Can PBoC make a successful transition towards a more flexible exchange rate?
Feb 03, 2016 10:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
PBoC has shocked the markets twice in the past six months in its effort to depreciate CNY against the USD, first in August and then Dec 2015. Both the times markets evidenced intensified CNY depreciation expectations,...
Scandis currency space sensing both warmer and chilly season – SEK seems cheaper than NOK
Feb 03, 2016 10:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
Scandinavian FX experienced the impetus of central banks resolutely pointing growth in Norway and inflation in Sweden. But the policy insertion was similar despite high Norwegian inflation and high Swedish growth. The...
Feb 03, 2016 08:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
As per our observation, the US would have the adverse hit with a blatant financial jolt to derail the economic cycle impulsively. The significant impending cause has already come from PBoC, that a currency regime shifts...
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