Season three of Dark is in the early days of filming as the cast and crew shoot the final run of the critically-acclaimed German-language series. Netflix released season two recently with fans rapidly devouring all eight episodes and wanting more. Dark season two ended on a cliffhanger that left viewers perplexed and desperate to know […]
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Corporate bonds in an ageing business cycle
IN THE 1970s the junk-bond market was a dark underworld. It was the home of “fallen angels”, the bonds of investment-grade firms that had gone to seed. Most investors were too genteel to hold them. So they traded at hefty discounts to face value. Then Michael Milken, a junk-bond guru, came along with a new […]
Corporate bonds in an ageing business cycle
Scavenging in the junkyard
Apple’s colorful new iPhone XR could trigger a long-awaited upgrade cycle (AAPL)
Apple Apple’s announced a new smartphone model Wednesday, the iPhone XR. The new device shares the same basic design as the company’s flagship iPhone XS and many of the same high-end features, but is $ 250 cheaper and comes in an assortment of colors. That combination of price, design, and features could make it popular […]
Space Shooter Cycle 28 Has You Reliving The Same Day All Over Again
“Every time you drop from warp they’re there. Then you die.” Pill Bug Interactive’s Cycle 28 is a space shooter with a narrative twist. It feels a lot like Asteroids and Luftrausers had a baby: zooming around space battlefields, carried by your momentum, you shoot down everything that moves. Breaking your own high score nets […]
The Life Cycle of Planes, as Told in Stunning Aerial Photos
A 747 has about 35,000 flights in it. https://media.wired.com/photos/59f89f7282485b6f8e914a0d/master/pass/LAX%20Tom%20Bradley%20Terminal-1.jpg Feed: All Latest
It looks like the corporate credit cycle still has room to run
Thomson Reuters Where are we in the credit cycle and how long do we have before it turns? This is a question we often get asked by investors. Any serious analysis of this topic requires an understanding of the long term behaviour of interest rates, central bank policy, agency credit ratings, corporate balance sheet fundamentals […]
NASA’s CO2-Tracking Satellite Deconstructs Earth’s Carbon Cycle
Five new studies show how rising temperatures could push the planet’s carbon sinks to their limits. https://media.wired.com/photos/59de88ac9a97fd31a79013b2/master/pass/satellite-TA.jpg Feed: All Latest
‘Google and YouTube now shape the news cycle around the world’
Published time: 12 Oct, 2017 17:12 Edited time: 12 Oct, 2017 17:21 What happens in the mainstream press is echoed across news platforms like Google and Facebook. Young decision makers come out of academia, that’s been molding minds for years to think in ways that please MSM editors, political analyst Charles Ortel told RT. Potential […]
China’s longer upgrade cycle is bad news for Apple (AAPL)
BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. China’s smartphone upgrade market is waning, as the number of consumers who plan to purchase a new smartphone continues to decline, according to a new study by Penguin Intelligence, a Tencent-backed research organization in China. The lengthening […]