Author : The Conversation

News that the People’s Bank of China, the country’s central bank, changed its formula for calculating the reference rate of the yuan (RMB) prompted the currency to fall to...

The United States Geological Survey has estimated that the Arctic regions contain around 130 billion barrels of liquids and 47 trillion cubic metres of gas, equivalent to 22% of...

The value and planned release of Iran’s frozen foreign assets have become hot political topics in both Tehran and Western capitals.  Yet few observers, it seems, have a clear...

The main drivers of demand for agricultural products are population growth, urbanisation, economic growth and changing diets. Population growth brings greater demand, urbanisation leads to more people buying food...

Black Forest ham, Asiago, Gorgonzola, Gouda, and many other European geographical indications for foodstuffs are at the centre of a TTIP food fight. They are all protected from imitation...

At the height of the financial crisis, in February 2009, US authorities announced an innovative policy designed to restore confidence in the financial system: the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program,...

General Electric is retreating from the financial sector and returning to its industrial roots seven years after its finance unit nearly brought down the company. After Lehman Brothers' collapse...

Business reporting has always been one of the most global forms of journalism, with economic and business news leaping continents in a globalised economy dominated by multinational countries. However,...

There are strong hints that the South Africa government will raise the value-added tax (VAT) rate rather than increase income tax rates following the release of an interim report...

The new Conservative government is letting slip its commitments to renewable energy and climate change mitigation. The bad decisions keep coming, and do not add up to a policy...