Price controls are back. To battle an inflationary surge after 2021, countries like France capped citizens' energy costs, while Hungary constrained food retailer margins. In 2025, Mayor-elect Zohran ...

Sanae Takaichi reckons a $135 bln stimulus will slow inflation by easing energy charges. Instead, extra spending will likely weaken the yen, push up import costs and lift prices, pressuring the ...

When investors lost money in the past they shied away from speculation. Today, animal spirits keep roaring back, even with ...

The medical-device giant's $21 bln acquisition of Exact Sciences will generate few synergies and only a 2% shorter-term ...

Financial data manager OneStream, worth some $5 bln, is mulling a sale 18 months after its IPO. It’s not alone enduring a ...

The French bank upped its equity ratio target to 13%, in line with European peers, just as US regulators are easing requirements. The BNP move smacks of panic a few weeks after posting results. But ...

European policymakers are promoting individual savings pots to defuse a demographic fiscal bomb. The underlying issue, though ...

Meesho boasts India's biggest active shopper base. Its mooted $8 bln IPO valuation isn't excessive, but the 10-year-old company still prioritises scale over profit, much like Amazon and Walmart's ...

The $4.5 trln AI chip titan’s astonishing quarter saw revenue up 62%. Yet as telecom companies in 2000 proved, suppliers to the boom can be mistaken about how long it will last. Rising investments in ...

The backstage suppliers to the data center boom are reaping the benefits of an over-$400 bln spending spree. Wild demand and tight supply richly benefit the likes of Micron or Vertiv. Yet growing ...

Gloo, whose Salesforce-like software caters to churches, secured a disappointing $600 mln valuation in its market debut. Fast ...