Dispute over iconic Milan building worries investors
A high stakes battle between the head of the world’s largest private equity firm and an Italian media tycoon is raising questions among investors about the ease of doing business in Italy. Josh Noble ...
10 Feb 20198min
Tortoise provides inspiration for diabetes pill
A new high-tech pill that could give people with diabetes an alternative to injecting themselves with insulin has been developed by researchers. Naomi Rovnick spoke to Clive Cookson and James Pickford...
8 Feb 201912min
Can the US soyabean market stage a recovery this year?
One Chicago-based grain processor Archer Daniels Midland expects the US-China trade war to be resolved, easing the pressure on US soyabean farmers, who have suffered under tariffs imposed on exports t...
7 Feb 20197min
UK outsourcing sector proves a hard sell
Britain’s outsourcing sector is in trouble, with Interserve just the latest in a string of companies seeking financial restructuring to avert bankruptcy. Josh Noble discusses what’s behind the problem...
6 Feb 20199min
Nissan reverses out of UK X-Trail decision
Nissan’s decision to reverse a promise to build its latest sport utility vehicle, the X-Trail, at its Sunderland plant in the UK has sent shock waves through the industry. Matthew Vincent discusses wh...
5 Feb 201911min
VW takes on Tesla
Volkswagen has been working on its 'Tesla killer' since late 2015 but this is not not an electric car. It is the underlying chassis and the building block for 50 different models of electric car that ...
4 Feb 201914min
Brazil disaster puts spotlight on industry failings
The collapse of a dam owned by the Brazilian company Vale ranks among the worst mining disasters in decades, with more than 300 people feared dead. Andres Schipani reports on the aftermath in Brazil a...
31 Jan 20199min
Tech that can read our minds takes a step closer
Researchers in the US have for the first time constructed intelligible synthetic speech using the computer processing of human brain activity, in a significant step towards creating technology that ca...
30 Jan 20199min
