Protest has helped define the first two decades of the 21st century – here's what's next

Jan 01, 2020 11:34 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics

The first two decades of the 21st century saw the return of mass movements to streets around the world. Partly a product of sinking confidence in mainstream politics, mass mobilisation has had a huge impact on both...

How putting purpose into your New Year’s resolutions can bring meaning and results

Jan 01, 2020 11:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Life

People worldwide make New Years resolutions every year in an attempt to improve their lives. Common resolutions are to exercise more, eat healthier, save money, lose weight and reduce stress. Yet, 80% of people agree...

If you think the millennium bug was a hoax, here comes a history lesson

Jan 01, 2020 09:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Its not hard to find echoes of the late 1990s in the zeitgeist. Now as then, impeachment is on many peoples minds, and films such as The Matrix and The Sixth Sense continue to influence culture. Another feature of the same...

'Helicopter parenting' and 'tiger mothers'? Relax, Australian kids are alright

Jan 01, 2020 09:32 am UTC| Insights & Views

It would be easy to believe, if you pay attention to the media, that Australian children are in poor shape. Kids, we are told, have too much screen time, too little exercise, too many scheduled activities and not enough...

The hangover in literature, from Shakespeare and Burns to Bridget Jones

Jan 01, 2020 09:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

What a subject! And, in very truth, for once, a strangely neglected one. So Kingsley Amis began his famous 1971 essay on the hangover How different is our present moment, when it would be hard to find a media outlet...

What is public space and why does it need protecting?

Jan 01, 2020 08:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Public space is all around us, from bustling town and city squares to the iconic beaches and wide-open national parks on our doorsteps. In its more mundane forms such as roads, footpaths, or cycle ways its critical in...

FxWirePro: Touch Yen With Pinch of Salt, Bid EUR/JPY 1m/1w OTC Combinations And Hedge Via ITM Options

Dec 31, 2019 10:47 am UTC| Research & Analysis Insights & Views

If 2020 is a year in which the reflation trade becomes as dominant as in 2017, NEER depreciation could be large. The decline could be even larger than in 2017, given that in that year, the JGB 10-year yield was positive,...