Saudi arabia’s power pipeline

In 2005, BP was No. 2 on the Fortune Global 500 and was carving out a role as an early adapter to the green energy transition. Now there’s speculation about whether the struggling $85 billion supermajor will survive as a freestanding company.

Companies in the news and how they were assessed

Saudi Arabia have achieved the kind of influence over football that China once aspired for

In rude health: AstraZeneca, Britain’s biggest drugmaker, has “risen to the challenge” of US healthcare providers negotiating drug prices by posting “solid first-half sales growth”, says Derren Nathan

Out of puff: Second-quarter revenue at Connecticut-based Marlboro-maker Philip Morris International (PMI) rose 7.1% from a year earlier, to $10.1bn – slightly short of analysts’ expectations of $10.3b

Issue of the week: populism and central banks ...