Viewsroom: Barbarians invade Rome; Biden’s Fed
The board of Italy’s phone monopoly has a golden opportunity to end to years of creeping control, poor governance and dismal performance by considering a sale following the unsolicited $12 bln bid fro...
25 Nov 202121min
Viewsroom: European bank M&A, De-Dutching Shell
Big lenders in the euro zone are doing deals, but not the kind investment bankers dream about. BNP Paribas is in U.S. retreat, BBVA bulks up in Turkey and KBC goes Bulgarian. Liam Proud explains. Geor...
18 Nov 202118min
Viewsroom: GE goes for breakup; COP not out yet
Though Larry Culp’s move to separate the U.S. industrial conglomerate into three parts marks the end of an era, the decision was inevitable, John Foley argues. And the UN climate do kicks off its seco...
11 Nov 202122min
Viewsroom: Climate and tech shindig dispatches
World and business leaders made some headway in pledges to limit planetary frying during the first week of COP26 in Glasgow, say George Hay and Rob Cox. Also, venture capitalists and startups mingled ...
5 Nov 202130min
Viewsroom: Soccer, steel and the COP; Andrea Orcel
As world leaders and corporate chieftains converge on Glasgow for the UN climate powwow, Rob Cox and George Hay talk about one European steel town’s struggle to transition from hydrocarbons to a green...
28 Okt 202121min
Viewsroom: Oz goes green-ish; “Squid Game” wins
Australian climate policy is a work in progress, and Antony Currie fears the country’s net-zero plans may yet prove to be a damp squib. On the other hand, the South Korean drama is anything but: Jenni...
21 Okt 202118min
Viewsroom: IMF’s big brouhaha, European retailing
The multilateral lender’s boss, Kristalina Georgieva, rode out data-rigging charges. Now she has got a lot to prove. Swaha Pattanaik ticks through how she can remake her legacy and reform the institut...
14 Okt 202121min
Viewsroom: Electric-car global roundup; Facebook
Rivian drops its IPO prospectus, Volvo readies its public market return, Hertz brings on a car guy and GM gets a thumbs up from Engine No. 1. Antony Currie puts it all together. And what does Facebook...
7 Okt 202122min
