A year after Charlie Hebdo, France is still searching for answers
Jan 07, 2016 10:06 am UTC| Insights & Views
France has had a tumultuous time in the year since two brothers opened fire in the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 11, before going on to murder another five people in Paris. Just ten months later, the...
Jan 07, 2016 08:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Technicals
We reckon that the USDCNY exchange rate determination will indeed mirror an increasing reference to the NEER currency basket even if the PBoC has not explicitly committed to this. The central bank set the yuans official...
Jan 07, 2016 06:10 am UTC| Insights & Views
The pair took supports at channel base line at 127.020 to form a bottom on daily terms. It is breaking resistance at 129.667 levels also on weekly terms.But this should not be deemed as trend reversal, so there may be...
When the rich get richer they pay little tax on the gains
Jan 07, 2016 01:36 am UTC| Insights & Views
Should we tax the capital income people receive from their investments or property? This may seem a strange question - dont we already? But the answer is that due to exemptions, we collect virtually nothing when people...
Real or not, North Korea's 'h-bomb' is part of a well-planned agenda
Jan 07, 2016 01:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
North Koreas announcement that it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb was met with shock and surprise around the world but there have been months of indications that something in just this vein was on the way. Kim...
North Korea tests again: the ritual of Korean Peninsula nuclear politics
Jan 07, 2016 00:58 am UTC| Insights & Views
On Wednesday, January 6, the North Korean government announced it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test. This followed North Korean leader Kim Jong-uns December 2015 proclamation that the country had perfected the hydrogen...
What final exam results reveal about South Africa's school system
Jan 06, 2016 14:57 pm UTC| Insights & Views
South Africas Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced on January 5 that 70.7% of the countrys matrics learners who wrote their final Grade 12 exams in 2015 passed. Some can now apply for hotly contested...
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