
The problems with AT&T's bid for Time Warner
Oct 27, 2016 05:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Those who dont learn from history are doomed to repeat it. So it is with a sense of familiarity that we greet ATTs proposed acquisition of Time Warner. In early 2000, AOL acquired Time Warner for US$164 billion....

Who are the Walloons – and why are they blocking Europe's free trade deal with Canada?
Oct 27, 2016 05:16 am UTC| Insights & Views
Europe, it seems, has been looking in the wrong place to understand its malaise. At different points in the past couple of years, the Poles, the Hungarians and, of course, the British have been singled out as the principal...
Latin American women's problem: we keep getting murdered
Oct 26, 2016 14:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Its not been a particularly uplifting month to be a woman in Latin America, especially if you read the news. On October 8 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, 16-year-old Lucía Pérezwas abducted outside her...
Three reasons the US doesn't have universal health coverage
Oct 26, 2016 14:36 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Amidst the partisan rancor and the unusual tilt toward questions on civility during the second and third presidential debates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump drew the attention of health experts when they articulated...

Australia Q3 inflation data mixed, makes RBA's rate decision next week a close call
Oct 26, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
Australias September quarter consumer price inflation (CPI) data released earlier on Wednesday showed that headline CPI rose by 0.7 percent for the third quarter, beating expectations for an increase of 0.5 percent and was...
FxWirePro: BoC’s dovish tone add stimulus to oil driven currency portfolios
Oct 26, 2016 12:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The Bank of Canada stays on hold but retains dovish tone. The Bank of Canada left its benchmark overnight rate unchanged at 0.5 pct at its October 2016 meeting as widely expected. The policymakers said the growth outlook...

Here's why our next president should block AT&T's Time Warner tie-up
Oct 26, 2016 10:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
ATTs plan to buy Time Warner for US$85.4 billion is only the latest of a string of mega corporate mergers that have been announced in recent years. That deal would combine the second-largest U.S. cellphone carrier with...