The stockholders have contributed a combined $39bn in paid-in capital, on which they expect and so far do receive dividends; they might be surprised to find out that their capital is “irrelevant”. In ...

Canada need not sacrifice its independence or contribute to this unnecessary arms race, leaving Washington free to fund this dubious initiative unilaterally.

From Jonatan Kleimark, Head of corporate sustainability, ChemSec (International Chemical Secretariat), Gothenburg, Sweden ...

Second, such extra US taxation could encourage European investors to put Europe’s big savings surplus into ventures at home rather than in the US, as so many have been doing. If, of course, the EU ...

Making the Fed responsible for tax rates, as well as interest rates, would provide professional judgment to co-ordinate monetary and fiscal policy not currently available.

Donald Trump’s gyrations on trade policy have not broken global financial markets just yet — but what is happening in Hong Kong shows they are feeling the strain. The reason zero interest rates in ...

The UK is poised to lead a new industrial revolution at the intersection of artificial intelligence and biology. Techbio is transforming drug discovery and redefining human health, with London’s ...

Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning digital ID project is rolling out in the UK, giving Brits access to verification services the ...

Also in today’s newsletter, India’s coal champion reopens dozens of mines, and Apple’s struggle to update Siri ...

Disney-owned ABC News suspended a senior journalist on Sunday after he called Donald Trump and a key adviser “world-class ...

Republicans in Congress have searched for ways to keep the cost of Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax bill down; Section 899 would ...

State-owned Coal India chair says company is also preparing greenfield projects as renewables struggle to meet energy demand ...