Why Big Oil is resisting Trump’s call to ‘drill, baby, drill'
US President Donald Trump wants energy producers to drill for more oil. He claims it will lower prices for consumers and tackle inflation. But oil companies have a different set of priorities — and th...
5 Feb 202517min
Mexico faces a deficit – and Donald Trump
Mexico’s new president Claudia Sheinbaum is pursuing an ambitious agenda for her country. It promises a better standard of living for Mexicans. But investors in the country’s economy have their concer...
29 Jan 202521min
Inside Wall Street’s ‘SRT’ phenomenon
Every so often a cool new financial innovation springs up and gains popularity on Wall Street, promising juicy returns for investors. That’s why “synthetic risk transfers” or SRTs are in fashion. But ...
22 Jan 202519min
Not everyone will win in Trump's M&A revival
Wall Street dealmakers are itching for an M&A revival during president-elect Donald Trump’s second term. But as he prepares to move back to the White House, the picture appears more complicated. The F...
15 Jan 202520min
What crypto wants from Trump
Pro-crypto investors spent millions to re-elect Donald Trump to the US presidency, after he told voters he wanted to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”. As the second Trump administration...
8 Jan 202523min
Business Book of the Year: Author Parmy Olson on the rise and risks of AI
In early December, the Financial Times and Schroders selected the 2024 winner of the Best Business Book of the Year. That book is called Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the race that will change the world,...
1 Jan 202527min
Introducing Slate Money: The Week of Minor Apocalypses
From Slate Money: South Korea and France are the latest governments to fall apart. Felix Salmon, Emily Peck, and Elizabeth Spiers discuss the public conversation around the failures of the US healthca...
25 Des 202450min
How the AI boom is reviving Three Mile Island
Tech companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft need loads of electricity to power their artificial intelligence goals, and they are looking into all options, including nuclear power, to achieve t...
18 Des 202424min
