Binance Teeters as Regulators Close-in on Troubled Exchange

Crypto is having another ‘moment’. Wim Romeijn takes a look for CFI.co... Binance, the largest exchange for trading digital currency…

7 months ago

Coal, Ja Bitte, Nuke, Nein Danke: Germany’s Other Sort of Nuclear ‘Disaster’ is Unfolding

Coal is a dirty source of fuel, and brown coal is the worst of the lot — yet, as Wim…

7 months ago

Behind Schedule and Running Out of Ideas: Germany is On-Track for a Homegrown Infrastructure Crisis

A once-immaculate transport system is now underfunded and overstretched, reports Wim Romeijn. The trains in Germany no longer run on…

7 months ago

The Week That Was… 39

Wim Romeijn looks at the financial talking and turning points of the world over the past seven days. Carbon Emission…

8 months ago

Accenture on Generative AI: Surfing the Next Wave of Digital Transformation

Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and, with suitable caution that should be a good thing, argues Bashar Kilani. Generative…

8 months ago

The Week That Was… 38

Argentina: The $50-bn-Man Axel Kicillof, 51, is justifiably proud of his reign as finance tsar in the two successive administrations…

8 months ago

A Coup Remembered: 50 Years Later, Chile Still Split Over Pinochet Legacy

On this day fifty years ago, a pleasant pre-spring Tuesday, democracy fell to armed force in Chile. Absconded in La…

8 months ago

The American Economy is Holding Strong — and Getting Greater Still

Wim Romeijn's recent analysis indicates that shopping addiction is a primary driver of the American economy. However, other factors contribute…

8 months ago

On Freeters and Other Exotic Creatures in a Land of Plenty

The sustainability of Japan’s society is in doubt for various reasons, writes Wim Romeijn. China, Europe, and even the United…

8 months ago

China Syndrome: A Wilting Economy, Financial ‘Long-Covid’, a Collapsing Property Sector — and the Spectre of Deflation Hovering Nearby

The global economy is supported by four pillars; two are wobbly, reports Wim Romeijn, and one is being rebuilt. The…

8 months ago