Climate Change Series

Deforestation: an alert from the islands of São Tomé and Príncipe

Mar 17, 2016 05:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature

When visiting the volcanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe off the coast of West Africa, one is immediately struck by how unusual these tropical islands are. The steep, volcanic mountains seem to be...

Computer's Go victory reminds us that we need to question our reliance on AI

Mar 17, 2016 00:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

The victory of a computer over one of the worlds strongest players of the game Go has been hailed by many as a landmark event in artificial intelligence. But why? After all, computers have beaten us at games before, most...

Fiery budget response from Corbyn – but what's his alternative?

Mar 17, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

It is a difficult job for any opposition leader to respond to the governments budget statement. Because of secrecy rules, the opposition is never entirely sure what will be in the budget. As the chancellor delivers his...

China Crisis Series

Chinese economy still struggles with mixed bag of economic data in Q1

Mar 16, 2016 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Activity indicators in Q1 so far evidenced that public investment strengthened, partly offsetting weakness in the private sector. Industrial production grew 5.4% YoY in Q1 so far, down from previous 5.9%...

Should more of us be building our own homes?

Mar 16, 2016 14:12 pm UTC| Insights & Views

More and more people of all ages are unable to buy their own home in Britain, and there is no denying the country is in the grip of a nationwide housing crisis. The main solutions put forward by the government so far...

Which UK fundamentals to weigh long term hedging risks ahead of BoE in conjunction with Brexit

Mar 16, 2016 13:18 pm UTC| Insights & Views

Although sterling attempted jump above 1.4385 during earlier this month, but off-late surrendered those highs against the dollar as Brexit uncertainty returned to the fore. A poll showed the out side with a lead ahead...

China Crisis Series

NPC meetings suggests China's monetary and fiscal policy will be more pro-active in 2016

Mar 16, 2016 12:32 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Chinas parliament today approved a new five-year plan, setting out an ambitious target of an average economic growth of 6.5-7 per cent a year by 2020. The size of Chinas economy is expected to exceed 90 trillion yuan (USD...