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Vincent BolandThe Business Post |
The banking giant suffers constant distractions from outside events and protagonists even as it concentrates on its day job
The departure of JP Morgan’s chief strategist after a series of mistimed calls shows few can predict the current market, but that does not mean it...
The victory of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian over the hardline conservatives’ nominee has been seen as a sign of moderation in the extremely clerical...
The iconic studio was blindsided by Netflix, which has disrupted the movie business as much as Amazon disrupted the retail industry
A US ruling sounds good in principle but would be unhelpful in practice and remove the right of companies and their employees to forge their own deals
The resurgent right wing across Europe and the US have one thing in common — hostility to free markets and open economies
Proper journalism cannot survive without leaks, and leakers
A reflection from our columnist of his time stationed in London for the Financial Times and his views of the forthcoming general election
Executives at the EV firm may come to rue the day they signed off on such an extraordinary package
For the first time since 1994, the ANC lost its majority in parliament after its share of the popular vote tumbled to 40 per cent
The French president is unpopular at home despite winning impressive mandates from the electorate. Now he’s rolling the dice once more
If Europe is to protect its sovereignty and way of life, it must build a defence industry with the capacity to offer security in all its dimensions
AI has come to dominate investor sentiment towards the stock market to the extent that the movement of interest rates no longer does
From South Africa to Taiwan, citizens have queued up to elect, re-elect, throw out and usher in new leaders, governments and times
Oil giants seems to have decided only way to keep investors from creating a fuss over climate change is to sue them into silence
I have defended Israel’s right to defend itself, but toll of Palestinian dead is monstrous
As liberal democracy faces threats from the extremes of right and left, what we need is more global commerce, not less
True courage can be seen on the streets of Tbilisi in the face of domestic instability and outside interference, not least from Moscow
Carlos Torres Vila has taken an unusual and risky step in his attempt to buy Banco Sabadell, a smaller domestic rival – he has gone hostile
The Oracle of Omaha has been a once-in-a-generation investor but as his time at the helm nears its end shareholders are asking what comes next
Implosion of the Scottish National Party after nearly two decades in power suggests an exhausted party, out of ideas and struggling to connect,...
A takeover bid for the country’s one-time mining giant is a sign of how the optimism of three decades ago has disintegrated
Single market on which its economy is built needs a complete rethink if it is to compete with a booming US and a surging Asia
India is changing at extraordinary speed and has more billionaires than anywhere except the US and China
Demand for interest cuts in election year likely to see economy take centre stage in UK and US races
With the possible exception of inflation, AI is the number one factor driving investor sentiment in the stock market but regulatory demands are...
The revolution might not be going to plan, with a drop in EV sales worldwide raising questions about the shift to greener travel
Israel is quickly losing any international sympathy and support it had after the Hamas terror attack on October 7
New regulatory probes have raised the prospect that the best of times may be over for Big Tech
Public service broadcasting is in financial crisis. Now is the time to consider what it is actually for
Bankers are fighting back against the latest efforts to regulate them, but their special pleadings are becoming tiresome
The former – and possibly future – US president is attracting support from the monied classes
The market shrinkage is mostly a western, mainly European phenomenon, while markets in Asia continue to grow
The US and the UK have over-reacted with these displays of performative pandering to political lobbies and snubbing of allies
Crypto universe is shrouded in mystification, boosterism and investor credulousness
Its economy recently kept the world ticking over but it has faced a series of downturns that mean a new path must be found
From being the jewel of Asia, these days Hong Kong’s status as a world-leading financial centre is diminishing at an alarming rate
The tech company at the centre of the artificial intelligence revolution, has seen its value soar seven-fold to its level today of $2 trillion
The wait is over for investors as stock market finally surpasses high last achieved in December 1989
Tide has turned in Russia’s favour on second anniversary of Ukraine invasion, Europe must now respond to help Ukraine prevail
The world has gotten used to the deadbeat developer-turned-politician talking trash, but his comments last week still shocked
As climate change accelerates and the green transition becomes more urgent and costly – farmers are at the coalface, whether they like it or not
The Meta founder has matured as a businessman and grown as an adult, but what investors love is the dividend
He gets away with it because he is surrounded by acolytes and a supine board but that will not last forever
There are enough reasons for angst in Europe’s largest country but growing support for the AfD is the gravest threat facing it
The country’s rise to be one of the two superpowers is the most important development of the 21st century
Whatever the eventual outcome, though, the affair of the UK Post Office and the Dodgy Computer System is a salutary, heartrending and profoundly...
One of Boeing’s problems in the past two decades was that its engineers were no longer in charge
Apple’s shares tumbled 4 per cent after analysts at Barclays, an investment bank, took a look at the company and went ‘meh’
There will be lots of drama and psychodrama in those contests from the US to Europe and here at home