Is it time to resurrect the wartime 'Grow Your Own' campaign?

Oct 30, 2016 21:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life

During the devastating floods that hit Queensland in 2011, Brisbane and regional centres came perilously close to running out of fresh food. With the central Rocklea produce market underwater, panic-buying soon set in and...

Negative Rates Series

BoJ likely to keep negative interest rates, 10-year government bond yield target unchanged

Oct 28, 2016 10:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

At its two-day policy meeting which concludes Nov 1st, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is widely expected to keep unchanged its minus 0.1 percent short-term interest rate target. In a quarterly evaluation of its forecasts also due...

Global Geopolitics Series

Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios

Oct 28, 2016 10:32 am UTC| Insights & Views

Most military analysts believe its only a matter of time before Mosul falls. Mosul is Iraqs third largest city. The Islamic State captured it in June 2014 during a campaign that left it in control of territory the size...

Israel, where prostitution is legal, debates criminalising the men who pay for sex

Oct 28, 2016 08:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

How should the selling of sex be treated? What should law do about it, if anything? What kind of links are there between prostitution and sex trafficking? Such questions ignite vigorous controversies around the world, and...

Upbeat UK Q3 GDP data lowers chances of Bank of England's easing next week

Oct 27, 2016 11:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks

Data released by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday showed that UK Q3 GDP grew by 0.5 percent, beating forecasts for 0.3 percent growth. Growth was, however, slower than the 0.7 percent recorded in the second...

Phantom brands haunting our supermarket shelves as home brand in disguise

Oct 27, 2016 06:23 am UTC| Insights & Views Business

There was a time when shoppers could easily differentiate between supermarket private labels and proprietary branded products, however new phantom brands appearing on supermarket shelves are clouding the waters. These are...

Made in China: three ways Chinese business has evolved from imitation to innovation

Oct 27, 2016 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views

Businesses and governments around the world are watching as China grows, innovates and extends its influence. We explore how the country got to where it is and what might be in store for its future in our series...