CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Part 2 -- The UK food, fuel and Christmas shortages coming our way

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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CBS Eye in the World with John Batchelor: Part 1 -- The UK food, fuel and Christmas shortages coming our way

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Decoupling from the PRC real or hoped?

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: No petrol queues in chilly Scotland

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Leidos: Is the future of coal in super material graphene?

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Coal is mostly known as a fuel to generate power, but scientists are actively exploring its lesser-known potential. Now the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Leidos have discovered a new way to transform coal into graphene, a super material so promising it earned scientists the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics. Read more here.

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CityWire: Investing in commercial real estate may improve your portfolio performance

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

“Real estate may serve as a hedge against market risks, such as inflation,” says David Vincent, CFA, CAIA, investment Specialist at New York-based real estate financial technology company Cadre. “It tends to be less volatile than equities and holds its value over the long term.” Read more here.

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CityWire: How macro data can help identify promising commercial real estate markets

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Data scientists are upending the way investors select and buy commercial real estate. Quantitative machine learning techniques, analyzing millions of data points from thousands of variables reflect a radical change in the real estate industry. Such predictive analysis builds upon the traditional method of buying and selling properties, which once relied solely on a deep personal knowledge of local markets by individuals. Read more here.

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