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GBP review: Western Union:

Feb 20, 2015 17:30 pm UTC| Commentary

Quotes from Western Union:- Sterling squandered a six-week high against the greenback, a currency that benefited from markets frayed nerves over Greece and news that U.K. consumers held tighter to their wallets than...

EUR review: Western Union:

Feb 20, 2015 17:29 pm UTC| Commentary

Quotes from Western Union:- Growing unease about Greeces future in the euro zone weighed on the single currency which fell to its lowest in more than a week and closer to recent 11- year lows. The euro looked poised to...

Real consumer spending in Canada expected to moderate over the course of 2015: TD Economics

Feb 20, 2015 15:38 pm UTC| Commentary

Quotes from TD Economics:- The impact from the plunge in oil prices over the second half of 2014 is clearly on display in todays retail sales report. Oil-producing regions are recording signs of weakness. That said, we...

Mexican economy should continue to perform well in Q1 15: Barclays

Feb 20, 2015 15:10 pm UTC| Commentary

Quotes from Barclays Capital:- The Mexican economy grew 0.7% q/q sa in Q4 14, pushed by the services and industrial sectors, which expanded 0.9 and 0.6%, respectively, partially offset by a contraction in primary...

Eurozone economy is benefiting from substantially lower oil price and EUR depreciation: UniCredit

Feb 20, 2015 11:35 am UTC| Commentary

Quotes from UniCredit Research: -The preliminary estimate for Februarys PMIs shows that the eurozone recovery is gaining momentum. Despite an unimpressive performance of the manufacturing sector, the acceleration in the...

Economy in eurozone will grow in Q1 at a rate of 0.3%: Commerzbank

Feb 20, 2015 11:23 am UTC| Commentary

Quotes from Commerzbank Corporates Markets: -We still assume that the economy in the euro zone will grow in Q1 at a rate of 0.3% on the final quarter of 2014, which would be similar to the growth rate in Q4 2014. And the...

Euro-zone PMI points to further slow recovery for now: Capital Economics

Feb 20, 2015 11:19 am UTC| Commentary

Quotes from Capital Economics: -Februarys small rise in the euro-zone composite PMI provides some reassurance that the regions recovery may have continued in the first quarter of 2015 despite the ongoing crisis in Greece....

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

OpenAI Founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman Defend After Safety Researchers Quit

OpenAI founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman are defending their safety measures after top researchers Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike resigned, highlighting internal disagreements on AI priorities. Key OpenAI Safety...

Analyst Predicts Ethereum ETF to Trigger Major ETH Market Moves Soon

Cryptocurrency analyst Michael van de Poppe forecasts that the upcoming Ethereum ETF announcement will cause significant market moves, despite a recent decline in trading volume. Ethereums ETF Announcement Expected to...

Venezuela Acts Tough on Crypto Mining Amid Energy Squeeze, Disconnects Bitcoin Farms

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AI 'Godfather' Warns of Job Displacement, Advocates for Universal Basic Income

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Shiba Inu: Top Analyst Identifies Coin as 'Potential Gold Mine'; Price Analysis Suggests 35% Upside

Top analyst Davie Satoshi sees Shiba Inu (SHIB) as a potential gold mine; price analysis predicts a 35% upside. Key Pattern in SHIBs Price Chart The Shiba Inu (SHIB) memecoin has caught the eye of many analysts....