BUSINESS
Amazon should not join Shein's and Temu’s race to the bottom
With the US group facing antitrust lawsuits on both sides of the Atlantic, better to let challengers flame out in a bid for market share
BUSINESS
Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks
Shifting weather patterns are reducing crop yields and squeezing supplies, creating what could become a permanent source of inflation
BUSINESS
Forget radical honesty — Big Tech revisits its corporate culture
As the sector ages, markers of traditional hierarchy are creeping in
BUSINESS
Foreign investors left stranded in Evergrande’s web of Chinese debt
Overseas bondholders have discovered to their cost that they have little recourse in the Chinese system when boom turns to bust
BUSINESS
Last remaining Wall Street bears struggle to convince optimistic clients
The few analysts still warning about US market downturn say investors have embraced ‘fanatical thinking’
BUSINESS
The economic consequences of Mr Trump
Biden has not targeted the former president’s trade policy but it would be disastrous for the US
BUSINESS
World headed for ‘food wars’ amid geopolitics, climate change, warns Olam
Protectionist policies are exacerbating inflation, according to one of the largest agricultural commodity traders
BUSINESS
An electoral battle for the supply side
As elections have neared and a second great inflation has befallen us, a tax-cutting, supply-side agenda has re-emerged on the political right
BUSINESS
The ‘one’ way for Wall Street banks
Morgan Stanley’s Ted Pick is the latest chief executive touting a unified slogan in a bid to bust staff silos
BUSINESS
How companies are starting to back away from green targets
In the past year, many have dropped or missed goals to cut emissions or to loosen ties with polluting sectors
BUSINESS
China’s shopping slump will force ecommerce laggards overseas
A sales drop has exposed the gap between rivals with a global presence and those relying on domestic customers
BUSINESS
It’s an AI market now
One semiconductor company contributing almost 20 per cent of an index’s gains over an extended period is a bit unsettling
BUSINESS
Chinese copper glut grows in sign of sluggish economy
Stocks in Shanghai warehouses reach highest level since 2020 as manufacturers rein in demand
ENVIRONMENT
Wanted: country risk officers to tackle climate threat
Insurance industry idea could help address protection gap for developing economies
BUSINESS
Fed needs to cut interest rates sooner rather than later
Delay by US central bank in easing monetary policy could jeopardise soft economic landing
BUSINESS
Is a recession worse than inflation?
Economists have been asking people what they think
BUSINESS
Hey Siri, is Apple’s AI strategy enough to sustain this rally?
The market is probably relieved that US tech giant has jumped into the artificial intelligence race
BUSINESS
Jay Powell sends mixed interest rate signal to borrowers — and Joe Biden
US Federal Reserve cooled, but did not dispel, hopes for a cut in September before November’s election
TRENDS
Women have a lot on their Petri dish
A new WHO survey suggests that they are more exposed than men to superbugs
BUSINESS
AI can pick stocks better than you can
Predicting the direction of earnings, even in a binary way, turns out not to be particularly easy, for either human or machine
BUSINESS
Political heat gives central bankers pause for thought on interest rate cuts
Federal Reserve and Bank of England weigh case for reducing borrowing costs as voters prepare to go to polls
BUSINESS
The hunt for truly alternative investments — from alligators to concrete
With regular asset classes increasingly correlated, wealthy investors look to some esoteric choices
BUSINESS
'Most exciting moment' since birth of WiFi: chipmakers hail arrival of AI PCs
Intel, AMD, Qualcomm and Nvidia battle to get their processors into next wave of artificial intelligence-enabled computers
BUSINESS
Who will prevail in ChatGPT vs the Sellside?
Generative AI is shown to outperform financial analysts but the computer’s biped peers need not give up just yet
