BUSINESS
Big Oil’s transatlantic strategy gulf has never been wider — and that is OK
Mega-deals in the US make sense, but it’s not obvious why European groups should scale up too
BUSINESS
Inflation eats away at wealth
The real value of fortunes has been eroding during the past two years at its fastest rate in more than four decades
BUSINESS
Simplicity is key to avoiding a gap in investment returns
Exotic strategies . . . in real life confound investors into costly mistakes
BUSINESS
Corporate bonds: record yields are putting the juice back into junk
The advice last year to jump into fixed income was bad and it still makes little sense
BUSINESS
Politics poses the biggest threat to economic growth in China
Abroad Beijing must manage rising hostility, while at home it wrestles with the relationship between communism and capitalism
BUSINESS
Ten years of China’s Belt and Road: what has $1tn achieved?
The massive infrastructure initiative has granted Beijing additional influence, but critics question whether the cost has been worth it
BUSINESS
Why are some jobs so ‘greedy’?
Economist Claudia Goldin has helped narrow the gender pay gap. But working practices are still an obstacle to progress
BUSINESS
The VC industry needs to rip up the playbook and start again
The boom is over but Silicon Valley’s optimism is masking problems with investor capital and returns
BUSINESS
Mustafa Suleyman and Eric Schmidt: We need an AI equivalent of the IPCC
An International Panel on AI Safety could offer an objective body to help shape protocols and norms
BUSINESS
Goldman Sachs: Retrofit bank must deal with pay and capital costs ahead
US lender can only hope to position itself for a rebound in IPOs and merger activity
BUSINESS
Slowing Chinese EV demand drives down battery metal prices
Lithium, cobalt and nickel prices tumble as ‘irrational exuberance’ wears off and surge in supply hits markets
BUSINESS
Positive real yields sting safe stocks
And how tight policy constrains supply
BUSINESS
Tim Harford: Why we can’t quit email, even though we all hate it
Our inboxes contain news that ranges from the trivial to the life-changing, which is why they’re so addictive
BUSINESS
Copy trading: a road to riches or risk?
Following the portfolio choices of online ‘experts’ can lead to considerable losses
BUSINESS
How rising conflict is reshuffling global supply chains
Research by the Bank for International Settlements shows goods are subject to increasingly complex delivery routes
BUSINESS
Biden, Netanyahu and America’s choice
The temptation is to offer Israel’s leader unconditional support but it would be wiser to try to break the cycle of violence
BUSINESS
The global economy is resilient but limping
Convergence between rich and poor countries is stalling and more challenges lie ahead
TRENDS
The news is depressing — but data can help us
COVID, the Ukraine war and climate chaos make for anxious reading, so maybe it’s time to go back to numbers
BUSINESS
A bitter blame game will follow Israel’s wartime unity
The inquest into what went wrong ahead of Hamas’s attack could lead down a dangerous path
BUSINESS
Bond market gyrations are yanking us into uncharted territory
Nobody ever said that exiting quantitative easing would be easy; the real challenge has barely even begun
BUSINESS
The bond vigilantes are back
Markets are challenging Janet Yellen’s policies by raising bond yields to levels that threaten to create a debt crunch
BUSINESS
The US may no longer avoid a recession
The economy is likely to weaken as markets internalise the significant likelihood that rates will stay higher for longer
BUSINESS
Chief executives really need to lengthen their attention spans
Their horizons are now often shorter than those of the shareholders they work for
BUSINESS
ESG Ratings: whose interests do they serve?
Regulators and politicians are focusing on the accuracy, transparency and potential for conflicts of interest with sustainability scores
