Opinion

• Badenoch’s UK Conservatives are a work in progress [Wed, 07 Oct 13:00]
  Burnham’s leftward shift opens space in the centre. The Tories should occupy it
• The important judgments for Healey in the coming Budget [Wed, 07 Oct 11:06]
  No fancy equations or AI models will illuminate the right path for the chancellor
• Sleepy European telcos turn to data centre craze [Wed, 07 Oct 10:28]
  With data centres, companies in the sector may finally be on to happier hunting grounds
• We need a US debt conversation — will the Republicans have one? [Wed, 07 Oct 09:00]
  Borrowing heavily to finance tax cuts for the wealthy leaves us less prepared for emergencies when they come
• Italy’s wine harvest is creeping ever earlier [Wed, 07 Oct 08:34]
  Extreme heatwaves are burning grapes, accelerating the annual vendemmia
• Kemi Badenoch’s European nightmare [Wed, 07 Oct 07:14]
  The biggest threat to this potential prime minister is that she defends an unpopular hard Brexit
• AI agents could cost banks $500bn — by winning savers better rates [Wed, 07 Oct 04:51]
  But banks will gain from AI as well as lose
• Five things Badenoch must do to win [Wed, 07 Oct 04:38]
  While Tory leader’s popularity is clear, she must still neutralise areas of weakness and move closer to the Labour government
• Neat tricks to help French bonds [Wed, 07 Oct 01:30]
  And why they won’t work
• Why you should care about friction [Wed, 07 Oct 00:00]
  The science of friction and wear plays a central role in making industry run more smoothly
• If supermarket M&A is back, Sainsbury’s is in a sweet spot [Wed, 07 Oct 00:00]
  Consolidation makes sense because there are too many stores chasing a market where demand is not growing
• Bank mergers arrive in Europe with a whimper rather than a bang [Wed, 07 Oct 00:00]
  More banking consolidation requires things that don’t yet exist, such as harmonised regulation and acquiescent local politicians
• How AI tempts the lazy mind [Wed, 07 Oct 00:00]
  The real risk of generative artificial intelligence is not that we will trust it completely, but that we will stop caring enough to check
• Can I appoint a guardian to look after my children if I die? [Wed, 07 Oct 00:00]
  I do not believe it would be in their best interests to be cared for by their father
• How much longer can the world absorb the Iran shock? [Wed, 07 Oct 00:00]
  The disruption to oil supply, oil prices and the world economy has been surprisingly manageable so far
• The tide of bank branch closures is starting to reverse [Wed, 07 Oct 00:00]
  The business virtues of having a network are being rediscovered in the US and UK
• Pedro Sánchez’s big electoral gamble [Tue, 06 Oct 12:47]
  Opinion polls suggest it may be the last for the Spanish prime minister