The new gold rush

Barrick break-up: Barrick Gold, the $63bn Canadian gold miner, may break itself up to prevent rivals from plundering its most prized assets, according to Reuters. One half would focus on Barrick’s val

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

Budget fiasco: That the whole of Wednesday’s Budget was erroneously published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) an hour before chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) stood up to give her spee

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

How crime organizes the world

Washington DC Economist resigns: Larry Summers, the economist ...