The latest speculation economic and corporate political news from around the world, pay-walled for the rich and privileged.
Top shale boss says US oil companies will not flock back to Russia
22 February 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Harold Hamm warns executives will be wary of any peace deal between Trump and Putin
China taps tech talent to boost AI data centre boom
22 February 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Beijing is pooling resources from the private and state sectors to accelerate adoption of the fast-developing technology
US traders snap up aluminium ahead of Trump tariffs
22 February 2025 @ 1:00 pm
Imports hit highest level since mid-2022 as premium over London price surges
Hamas frees five hostages as first phase of ceasefire nears end
22 February 2025 @ 12:02 pm
Militant group due to release one more hostage on Saturday as part of exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners
Germany’s watershed election
22 February 2025 @ 11:00 am
Domestic and international tensions as well as economic stagnation hang over Sunday’s Bundestag vote
Deutschlands Entscheidungswahl
22 February 2025 @ 11:00 am
Nationale und internationale Spannungen sowie wirtschaftliche Stagnation überschatten die Bundestagswahl am Sonntag
How Washington plans to defend the dollar
22 February 2025 @ 5:00 am
Trade tariffs grab headlines but the less-visible fight around money matters deeply to the president
Britain’s new right should beware misplaced triumphalism
22 February 2025 @ 5:00 am
Hope is not built on over-reach or abandoning conservative principles
There are no shortcuts to manage the Russia challenge
22 February 2025 @ 5:00 am
Despite Trump’s diplomatic cavalry charge, the Kremlin will continue to view the west as an enemy
‘You know what? They quit!’ Resigning by proxy and the crisis of corporate Japan
22 February 2025 @ 5:00 am
Agencies that help dissatisfied employees make a clean break are putting pressure on companies and exposing a demographic problem