Why collaboration could help the Niger Delta overcome its difficulties

Mar 30, 2017 04:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy

Nigeria is a country that has amassed major oil wealth, but also suffers from extreme poverty. The Niger Delta, the countrys main oil producing region is one of the areas experiencing chronic underdevelopment and...

Emerging Market Crisis Series

Zille, tweeting and inanity: more reasons for white South Africans to shut up

Mar 30, 2017 04:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

Its remarkable how much of a shitstorm Twitter creates when in the hands of politicians with serious costs for the rest of us. Helen Zille, premier of the Western Cape province and former leader of the opposition...

Why politicians and television still need each other

Mar 30, 2017 04:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

We are living through a period of particularly combative media-politics relations, driven largely by the Trump presidency and the ongoing fake news debate. But, as an ABC Rear View documentary reminded us recently, tension...

FxWirePro: Article 50 activation sealed and signed – Mounting GBP OTC hedging sentiments, option strips for tight hedge

Mar 29, 2017 14:35 pm UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

As widely trailed, today saw Prime Minister Theresa May announce the activation of Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union, beginning the process of the UKs departure from the EU. The letter, delivered to the office...

Briferendum Aftermath Series

Brexit Britain and trade – this is where it gets tricky

Mar 29, 2017 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

The triggering of Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union by Theresa May finally signals the end of the phoney war on Brexit. For months, members of the British government have talked up the prospects of the UK...

U.S. consumer confidence spikes to 16-year high, raises upside prospects for economic growth in the coming months

Mar 29, 2017 12:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Economy

U.S. consumer confidence defied economists expectations for a fall and unexpectedly improved in the month of March. Data showed that U.S. Conference Board consumer confidence index jumped to 125.6 in March from a revised...

FxWirePro: Gold bulls take support at 7-DMA to maintain 4-month highs, more rallies likely on bullish DMA and EMA crossover – boundary binaries to speculate

Mar 29, 2017 12:10 pm UTC| Technicals Insights & Views

In an intermediate uptrend, gold prices have almost retraced upto 61.8% from the lows of 1046.54 to the recent highs of 1263 levels in the consolidation phase, but for, this Fibonacci level has acted as a stiff resistance...