International

  • Jan 31, 2022
  • 7 min read

Metaverse holds unknowable societal risks

Corporates are investing billions of dollars in developing technology, products and services for the metaverse

International
  • Jan 28, 2022
  • 7 min read

Monitoring US workers, and pushback against, will grow

Employer monitoring of employees is growing, as are the concerns about the extent to which this invades workers’ privacy

United States
  • Jan 26, 2022
  • 6 min read

Fed’s hawkish pivot divides opinion in world markets

The Federal Reserve shifted to a more hawkish stance last month and is likely to reinforce this at its meeting today

International
  • Jan 25, 2022
  • 5 min read

Freight rates will normalise higher than pre-pandemic

Container shipping congestion is worse than ever and it will take well over a year to return to operational normality

International
  • Jan 24, 2022
  • 7 min read

Remote working fuels crime in stolen data

The sharp and somewhat haphazard rise in remote working has left vast quantities of sensitive data on insecure servers

International
  • Jan 21, 2022
  • 6 min read

Global quantum technology competition will heat up

Quantum technologies are becoming an area of competition among the world’s technologically advanced nations

China
  • Jan 20, 2022
  • 7 min read

Improved EM currency practices make Turkey an outlier

Turkey’s travails, with the lira losing 45% against the dollar in 2021, raise questions over EM currency practices

International
  • Jan 14, 2022
  • 7 min read

Copper volatility to persist amid market surplus

Copper is in demand for use in new electrification initiatives but this is unlikely to offset market volatility

International