Why the rich should do more to save the world
Jan 19, 2016 04:22 am UTC| Insights & Views
One of the remarkable outcomes of the climate change negotiations in Paris is an initiative launched by 28 billionaires on the sidelines of COP21 to push for an increase in funding for clean energy technologies. The...
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Social media response to Islamic State must be more agile: Turnbull
Jan 19, 2016 03:45 am UTC| Insights & Views
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for the campaign against Islamic State (IS) to considerably improve its use of social media, declaring the cybersphere demands reactions as rapid as the kinetic...
Jan 19, 2016 02:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
Two long-term trends in society call into question the traditional tax-and-spend welfare policies of the left. Globalisation has reduced the number of secure, well-paid jobs in manufacturing industries and helped...
The startup employment dream – the pros and cons
Jan 19, 2016 02:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
People involved in startups are sometimes treated as the rock stars by the business media. Some employees of tech startup Atlassian, for example, have been outed as newly minted millionaires as the company rises in value...
Jan 19, 2016 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
Just a day after Woolworths limped from the Do-It-Yourself battlefield, the Wesfarmers dynasty (owners of Bunnings) announced their plans to invade the United Kingdom. For Woolies, its foray into Masters was a...
Sharemarkets: a bear market, a correction or just volatility?
Jan 19, 2016 01:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
If you have just come back from a summer break, or had switched off your communication devices at home, you may have missed the fact that 2016 has opened with a run of losses on global stock markets, many now exceeding...
India’s gold imports volumes surge - Hedge dubious trend with collars
Jan 18, 2016 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Indias gold import in last month of 2015 is valued to have exceeded 100 tonnes following sharp jump indemand for the precious metal during the month when prices slid harshly all over the world. The higher imports could...
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