Author: Robertson
Your gas and electricity bills are about to rocket thanks to politics
The UK relies on gas for 37% of all energy consumption – with gas fueling homes directly and being used in power stations …
Rachel Reeves’ great escape — how Labour Chancellor could blunder way to Budget win
The Chancellor has been widely pilloried for her doom and gloom, but external factors could actually see her get away with her Budget. …
Donald Trump’s populism is turning off corporate donors
Republican fundraisers are in for a tough year …
Donald Trump’s tax cuts would add to American growth—and debt
He has unfinished businesses in making his tax reforms of 2017 permanent …
Why BlackRock is betting billions on infrastructure
Demand for investment is soaring thanks to decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation …
A $35bn mega-merger strengthens a quiet chip duopoly
The purchase of Ansys by Synopsys is a bet on the ubiquity of semiconductors …
Can Arc’teryx’s owner revive Chinese IPOs in America
Amer and its Chinese parent, Anta, eye a $1bn New York listing …
Companies run to their own annual rhythms
Seasonality in firms, from budgeting cycles to bonus rounds …
Why America’s controls on sales of AI tech to China are so leaky
For increasingly hawkish lawmakers, that’s a problem …
India’s businessmen like Narendra Modi. They also fear him
Company bosses are grateful for a strong economy, but worried about retribution …
