The solution to London's airport capacity crisis? Do nothing
Dec 11, 2015 14:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Londons Heathrow airport is currently operating at 98% capacity and the rest of Londons airports are set to be full by 2040. The debate over how to address this problem has been raging for years but a workable solution...
Dec 11, 2015 09:54 am UTC| Insights & Views
A brief historical snapshot: Commodities are experiencing what has already been the second-deepest and longest bear market of the past 45 years, with a decline from their peak of over 55% over the past 4.5...
Climate and the rise and fall of civilizations: a lesson from the past
Dec 11, 2015 04:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
2015 will likely be the hottest year on record, beating the previous record set only in 2014. It is also likely to be the first year the global average temperature reaches 1℃ above pre-industrial temperatures (measured...
Why is the business world suddenly clamouring for a global carbon tax?
Dec 11, 2015 03:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature Business
Among the various interests at the Paris climate talks, it is arguably the voice of business that has emerged most clearly. Many business leaders are now saying that if the world is intent on reducing greenhouse gas...
Dec 10, 2015 15:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Gold: Yellow metal has been an exception to gain slightly by 0.3% yesterday but could not sustain and is trading at just shy of $1,080 per troy ounce this morning, finding support from the weaker US dollar. Good thing...
Dec 10, 2015 14:15 pm UTC| Insights & Views
As expected the MPC members again voted 8-1 for keeping the rates unchanged and unanimously to maintain the stock of purchased assets at the 9 December MPC meeting.This was the fifth time in row that the MPC member Ian...
Douglas Tompkins: can billionaires really save nature with cold, hard cash?
Dec 10, 2015 11:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Business Nature
Douglas Tompkins, the pioneering entrepreneur who created the outdoor company The North Face and fashion chain Esprit, and who spent his riches creating the worlds largest network of privately owned nature reserves, died...
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