by Alex Black | Mar 13, 2020 | Bulletin
More pain to come before we beat the bug Hi The good news is that, according to Bloomberg… “China could be just days away from declaring it has no new cases” of coronavirus. That’s if we believe State figures, of course. Since the start of the virus story,...
by Alex Black | Mar 10, 2020 | Bulletin
In the last ten years, many in Britain have fallen foul of a dangerous new addiction: opioids. These painkillers – such as fentanyl and oxycotin – have become an increasingly important way to treat chronic pain. The Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals,...
by Robert White | Mar 4, 2020 | Bulletin
Each year the World Health Organisation updates the list of diseases that could cause pandemics. This list includes fevers like Ebola, Marburg, and Lassa; encephalitic viruses like MERS, SARS, and Nipah. It includes vector-borne diseases like Rift Valley fever, and...
by Robert White | Feb 25, 2020 | Bulletin
We are nation of carnivores. Nine out of 10 British households regularly buy red meat. And most of us eat meat at least twice a week. I like to eat meat myself, especially steak, especially if it’s rare and drowned in garlic butter. Health allowing, red meat will...
by Alex Black | Feb 21, 2020 | Bulletin
We spend a lot of time in Monkey Darts talking about why it’s wise to own gold. Why? Because there’s a worrying perception among many investors that stock markets only ever go up. Even in the face of mounting threats to world economic growth and stability. In a world...
by Alex Black | Jan 24, 2020 | Bulletin
There goes another one. Malaysia’s central bank just cut interest rates. It follows hot on the heels of Turkey and South Africa, whose banks also cut rates earlier in the month. Panic stations Bankers are panicking that economic growth is slowing. And that inflation...
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