Woodford debacle reverberates across UK investment industry
Britain’s best known fund manager Neil Woodford is struggling to save his business after he was forced to freeze his flagship fund because it could not meet withdrawal demands from investors. Patrick ...
6 Juni 201912min
The return of Peronist politics in Argentina
Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is back. The former populist president left office in 2015 with the country on the brink of economic collapse. But if polls are to be believed, she has a goo...
4 Juni 20199min
Brazil's Natura cosmetics takes on the world
Natura, the Brazilian cosmetics company that owns The Body Shop, has agreed to acquire Avon Products in an all-stock deal that values the US-listed group at more than $2bn. Vanessa Houlder talks to An...
2 Juni 20196min
The return of race science
The scientific study of different forms of the human race has a bad history, culminating in the atrocities of Nazi Germany. But despite its discredited record, race science is enjoying something of a...
31 Maj 201917min
Is Apple's app store anti-competitive?
Apple has faced a barrage of criticism about how it runs its App Store as regulatory scrutiny of the iPhone’s software and services marketplace mounts on both sides of the Atlantic. Madhumita Murgia t...
30 Maj 201911min
Sky high expectations for Modi's second term
India's Narendra Modi begins his second term in office this week after a landslide election win. Jyotsna Singh discusses what he must do to live up to the high hopes of the armies of young people who ...
29 Maj 201911min
Renault FCA merger set to reshape global car industry
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has unveiled a proposed €32.6bn all-share merger with Renault that would reshape the global automotive industry. David Oakley discusses how the deal came about and how it wil...
28 Maj 201911min
Why Russia's homegrown industries strategy is flawed
Vladimir Putin hoped western sanctions would provide the impetus for Russia to create “national champions” in industries ranging from food and software to heavy machinery. But the fate of its first co...
24 Maj 201910min
