The West Fights Back!

When the Biden administration passed the Inflation Reduction Act and the Chips and Science Act for clean energy and tech last year, Americas trade allies in Europe and Asia were surprised. Now they are scrambling for ways to catch up. 

Are western economies in a war of subsidies with each other and China over technology and green infrastructure?

2023 Sets New Global Temperature Records

As local heat records are being broken across the planet, July 2023 also saw the global average temperature soar to an unprecedented 17.2°C (62.9°F).

In fact, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the four hottest days on record occurred from July 4 to July 7, 2023, breaking the previous record of 16.9°C (62.4°F) set in mid-August 2016.

The above graphic charts the average air temperature at 2 meters above the surface, since 1979, using data from Climate Reanalyzer.

Read the full article HERE.

What is end-to-end encryption and how does it work?

WhatsApp, iMessage, Android Messages and Signal all use the super-secure system called end-to-end encryption. 

The technology means only the sender, at one end, and the receiver, at the other, can read messages, see media or hear phone calls. 

Even the app makers cannot access the content. 

But how does it work?

What is Risk Management? - Risk Management process

In this video, you are going to learn " Risk management ". In the financial world, risk management is the process of identification, analysis, and acceptance or mitigation of uncertainty in investment decisions. 

Essentially, risk management occurs when an investor or fund manager analyzes and attempts to quantify the potential for losses in an investment, and then takes the appropriate action given the fund's investment targets and risk tolerance. 

Topics I have covered in this video are, 

1. What is Risk Management ?, define risk management, risk management framework or enterprise risk management, risk management examples. 

2. Risk Management process - It begins with identifying risks, evaluates risks, then the risk is prioritized, a solution is implemented, and finally, the risk is controlled. 

3. Risk management approaches- Risk avoidance, Risk reduction, Risk sharing, Risk retention. 

4. Types Of Risk Management - Business Risk, Non-Business Risk, and Financial Risk. 

5. Importance of Risk Management. 

6. Limitations of Risk Management.

Wall Street's king, Jamie Dimon, on the US presidency

CEO of America’s largest and most successful bank, JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon heads up a globe-spanning operation worth more than $400BN. 

In this film Zanny Minton Beddoes, the editor-in-chief of The Economist, probes his public-policy ideas–from US-China relations to Bidenomics–and hears his plans for the future.

Global fears over China’s struggling economy

The US and China have begun talks to try to improve relations between the world’s two biggest economies. 

Bilateral trade is worth hundreds of billions of pounds a year and China’s huge spending power is critical to global financial stability. 

But the country is experiencing signs of a new economic downturn. Youth unemployment is rising, exports have been falling and property investment is down. 

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by China correspondent Stephen McDonell.

Gautam Adani: the billionaire vs the short seller

In 2022, the Indian businessman was the third richest man in the world but a short report at the start of 2023 saw the value of his listed companies fall by over $100bn. The fallout has spread beyond the markets and into politics as the story of Adani has become inextricably linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of the new India