Sweden’s Northvolt has filed for bankruptcy. It marks the end of Europe’s best hope for competing with car batteries from Asia. Northvolt was once considered Europe’s best funded start-up, but it’s ...

It is striking how many of the start-ups being nurtured in Europe are AI companies — or are using AI to reimagine business models for traditional industries. At the hardware and infrastructure level, ...

S&P Global Commodity Insights estimates that the average break-even price for US shale producers this year is $45 per barrel and many analysts and oil executives said too many US shale producers would ...

A former official with the government’s Pilgrim Experience Programme tells me there must also be a focus on education.

One of the biggest projects that could get approved during Trump’s term is Rio Tinto’s Resolution copper mine near Superior, Arizona, which could meet a quarter of US copper needs. Another is the Twin ...

Global asset managers that are launching new active exchange traded funds in various Asia Pacific markets will find they have “no real advantage” over domestic rivals, according to State Street.

Although Kyiv has agreed to a potential ceasefire, most people in the country expect the war to continue and retain the will to keep battling ...

The government’s explicit logic behind increasing employers’ national insurance contributions is that replacing someone who sits behind a till with an automated checkout is good for the economy as a ...

The US Federal Communications Commission is creating a national security council to bolster defences against Chinese cyber attacks and help it stay ahead of China in critical technologies, such as ...

In a time of so much market uncertainty, every big data release feels that much bigger. But today’s US CPI numbers may be the real thing. Investors are wrestling with what looks like slowing growth, ...

What makes a good self-help book? The excellent book mentioned here is Philippa Perry’s The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read. Rebecca Watson’s column also contains mention of Cate Blanchett’s ...

US inflation fell more than expected to 2.8 per cent in February, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates amid signs of slowing growth in the world’s largest economy.