Michel the German, a national personification such as America’s Uncle Sam or Britain’s John Bull, is a sleepy fellow with a nightcap. He is a bit conservative and not all that keen on disruption. Mich...
What is the best piece of investment advice you could fit into a single, short sentence? “Buy stocks” wins points for brevity and high returns. “Buy American stocks”, if given at almost any point over...
Interest rates will stay higher for longer as the Federal Reserve pauses further interest rate cuts to give inflation room to drop closer to its 2% target rate. The Federal Reserve held interest rate...
Mountain-naming turned out to be a curiously high priority for Donald Trump. Mere hours after his inauguration, the president signed an executive order to change the name of America’s highest peak fro...
Jan 20th 2025 | Washington, DC SO BEGINS Donald Trump’s tariff roller-coaster, sure to be a stomach-churning ride for the global economy. He started his first day in office with an unexpected show of ...
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Jan 17th 2025 | Hong Kong The company at the heart of “Severance”, a celebrated TV show that just began its second season, features a department of “Macrodata Refinement”. Its workers must spot discon...
The California wildfires have brought widespread disaster to communities in Southern California. It’s also contributed to a serious insurance crisis happening in the state. Many insurers have pulled o...
Jan 16th 2025 THE SCENES of devastation in Los Angeles were just the latest in a recent barrage. Last year hurricanes in the Atlantic, earthquakes in Japan and flooding in Europe all carried huge fina...
Jan 16th 2025 Judged by their revealed preferences, people love cities. Metropolises such as London and New York are bursting at the seams, with house prices to match. China, meanwhile, can boast at l...
Jan 16th 2025 | Johannesburg It was a momentous occasion. But the peal of the bell did not initiate a flurry of trading at the Ethiopian Securities Exchange, which opened on January 10th. With no brok...
