Why China's "national team" buys up stocks

The market bailout is a reminder that China remains dependent on exports for growth.

Japan’s cup noodle pioneer gives cold shoulder to boiling water

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Oil rises past $95 after Trump threatens further Iran escalation

Goldman Sachs warns Brent crude price could jump to $120 if Strait of Hormuz remains ‘disrupted’

UK inflation falls more than expected to 2.6% in June

Figure comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham seeks to cut cost of living

Who will win the war of neo-mercantilists?

China's high degree of self-sufficiency also reduces its vulnerability to coercion by others

The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?

Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going

How a billionaire’s dream for a Florida railway went south

Brightline East, the brainchild of Wes Edens, is mired in complex debt negotiations

Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

National Grid taps into US AI power boom

The UK utility company is investing $1.75bn in a developer focused on supplying power to data centres

Why South Korea's stock market is driving wild Wall Street swings

Once dismissed as a market trading at a discount to its global peers, South Korea has become a focal point for investors.

The Fall of America’s Farm Superpower

The US is on the verge of losing its status as the world’s leading agricultural exporter

Gary Stevenson may have been Citi’s most profitable trader… in developed market foreign exchange

My testy exchange outside a London pub with a self-proclaimed currency trading legend