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The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at its meeting. Markets were more interested in its latest projections…
Business | Mar 1st 2025 Edition
BP’s chief executive, Murray Auchincloss, unveiled a new strategy that he said would “fundamentally reset” the company’s direction…
The business of secondhand clothing is booming
Secondhand fashion, once relegated to charity shops, is now in style. Vestiaire Collective, a luxury resale site, featured…
The smiling new face of German big business
GERMANS ARE a brooding bunch. After all, their language gave the world “angst”. After five years of trouble…
Business | Feb 22nd 2025 Edition
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, held a rare public meeting with the country’s leading tech entrepreneurs, underscoring the government’s…
Javier Milei’s crypto misadventure
Feb 20th 2025Javier Milei is facing his presidency’s first big scandal. On February 14th he posted on X,…
Business | Feb 15th 2025 Edition
Emmanuel Macron hosted a summit on artificial intelligence in Paris that was advertised as a chance to speed…
German business is being suffocated by high costs and red tape
Feb 9th 2025|WITTENBERGON A DRIVE around the vast production site of SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz, Germany’s largest producer of…
Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster?
“Get your $TRUMP now,” came the message from America’s president-elect three days before his inauguration. The commander-in-chief’s meme…
China’s financial system is under brutal pressure
Jan 23rd 2025|Shanghai“Short essays” appear to be causing big problems in China’s bond market. Over the past year…
Astrology is booming, thanks to technology and younger enthusiasts
Jan 15th 2025|SingaporeTransiting Pluto Semisextile Natal Uranus in Capricorn. That was the response Co-Star, an astrology app, gave…
Are your new year’s resolutions backed by science?
Jan 8th 2025It wouldn’t be January without new year’s resolutions. Pledges to get in shape or cut back…
To see what European business could become, look to the Nordics
Nordic countries have long been considered exemplars of good public policy. Politicians around the world admire Denmark’s social…
Will Elon Musk dominate President Trump’s economic policy?
Jan 2nd 2025|Washington, DCTo get a full sense of the disruptive potential of Donald Trump’s economic agenda, look…
Would an artificial-intelligence bubble be so bad?
Jan 2nd 2025A little over a decade ago Seth Klarman, a hedge-fund titan, worried that an asset-price bubble…
