Why credit ratings matter and why they can't be ignored
Nov 25, 2016 21:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Two of the worlds major ratings agencies, Moodys and Standard Poors (SP), will release their credit ratings reviews of South Africa shortly. The third one, Fitch, is expected to release theirs soon, although no date has...
The real prison crisis is the damage the system does to its prisoners
Nov 25, 2016 21:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Tensions are rising in English prisons. In early November, a riot at HMP Bedford involved hundreds of prisoners, and followed a range of violent assaults and disturbances earlier this year. A couple of days later, two...
Six ways to avoid a festive financial hangover
Nov 25, 2016 21:13 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
The shopping frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the starting gun for many to the annual ritual of excessive spending over the Christmas period. The average Black Friday consumer is expected to spend 203 on the day...
Post-truth leaders are all about their followers
Nov 25, 2016 20:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
We have been told we now live in a post-truth era. The author and academic Ralph Keyes has described it as a time when we do not have just lies and truths, but also statements that may not be true but we consider too...
UK Q3 GDP shows high resilience post-Brexit, Q4 could see positive surprise
Nov 25, 2016 11:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The second reading of UK Q3 GDP matched original estimates and came in to show a growth of 0.5 percent during third quarter of 2016. It was the fifteenth consecutive quarter of positive growth since Q1 2013. On an...
Tall, pale and handsome: why more Asian men are using skin-whitening products
Nov 25, 2016 10:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Jose, 19, is a college student in Puerto Princesa City, Philippines. On a regular school day, after he wakes up, he takes a shower, scrubbing his body using soap made of papaya (Carica papaya), a fruit thats said to...
The weaker pound is a mixed bag for UK PLC as rivals move to adapt
Nov 25, 2016 09:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
The value of the pound plummeted after the Brexit referendum. From close to US$1.50 before the vote to leave the European Union, sterling has now found a new level close to US$1.20. This has been greeted as a welcome boost...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned