Forever young: the firms keeping people active

Every generation gets one industrial revolution. Ours is AI – still novel, not yet fully understood, but certain to become so embedded in life that we’ll forget how we ever worked without it. The ques

Japan’s politics are unstable (see page 4), the yen is trading at multi-decade lows against most major currencies, long-term government bond yields have soared, and inflation is picking up again. Yet

It’s been a tough two decades for UK-listed firms. BP, Shell and HSBC have dropped out of the ranks of the world’s largest listed companies. Britain’s current largest firm, AstraZeneca, doesn’t even m

Inflation still too high: “Any good news on the inflation front must be seized upon, and the fact that food prices actually fell in September is likely to be a cause for celebration in struggling hous

Canada’s critical mineral drive: Canada’s energy minister Tim Hodgson (pictured) has announced 25 critical minerals investments and partnerships as it “races to develop” $4.6bn worth of projects to co

Emerging markets (EMs) are back. The MSCI Emerging Markets index delivered a 31% return over the first ten months of the year, compared with just 18% from the developed markets-focused MSCI World inde