Category: Economy
China may be losing its sway over Taiwanese business
The election of a pro-independence president will intensify bullying from Beijing …
Many CEOs fear a second Trump term would be worse than the first
Though they will only say so in private …
The bosses of OpenAI and Microsoft talk to The Economist
Tech’s best bromance reflects on regulation, the future of AI and how to control superhuman intelligence …
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 …
