Setting up an African rating agency is the easy part [Thu, 08 Oct 13:24]Governments should devote more effort to improving the investment climate itself
Boots buyout proves old age can be an asset on the UK high street [Thu, 08 Oct 13:08]A pivot to beauty products has helped. Its next opportunity may lie in offering more services, such as in-store health checks
Big Tech sets out its pitches on AI agents [Thu, 08 Oct 12:44]Race to develop new services has moved into high gear with a series of launches
Repeated US Treasury interventions risk an erosion of credibility [Thu, 08 Oct 10:30]A key policy tool to stabilise stress in markets could turn into a source of moral hazard and deeper volatility
The UK cannot afford to waste its DeepMind dividend [Thu, 08 Oct 09:00]A shortage of domestic capital and the lure of the US threaten the benefits of Britain’s biggest AI research success
Cyber war won’t be the same in the age of AI [Thu, 08 Oct 08:14]The old Russian maskirovka doctrine doesn’t apply when non-human agents create uncertainty for both attackers and defenders
Badenoch’s punchy plan to reunite the right [Thu, 08 Oct 06:27]It was just a speech, but the Tory leader’s rejection of Reform reveals a new and determined strategy
France’s far right goes woke. Or is it neoliberal? [Thu, 08 Oct 06:00]Marine Le Pen gives a cognitive dissonance-inducing economic speech
Irate farmers should not limit the EU’s geopolitical ambitions [Thu, 08 Oct 06:00]Resistance to Ukraine’s agricultural exports is undermining the bloc’s influence
Norway lays down a line for EU on AI glasses [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Proposed ban will be test case for broad restrictions on the eyewear after fierce backlash over their use
Japan was never normal — and it’s not going to be now [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]The LDP needs to rethink decades of small-business policy for an era of far bigger problems
The race for Britain’s car market is wide open — for now [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]All manner of trade barriers loom
What is the real price of oil? [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Crude futures are no longer a reliable guide to the inflationary impact of fuel prices
Real men don’t do climate change [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Research on the gender differences in how people think about global warming suggests campaigns and communications may need a rethink
Retirement flats have been a miserable investment [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]To assess value sensibly, the purchaser has to balance initial, recurring and final costs against unpredictable longevity — this is difficult to do
Japan’s small-cap cull is an opportunity for AI funds [Thu, 08 Oct 00:00]Finding needles amid haystacks is a task for AI
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