LONDON — In April, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai predicted that artificial intelligence would have an impact “more profound” than any other human innovation, from fire to electricity.

 LONDON  —  The escalating Sino-American rivalry and the broader concerns about China’s economy have caused Western firms to reevaluate their operations there, and rightly so.

NEW YORK  —  It is now widely accepted that de-globalisation, the retrenchment of global trade, unwinding of capital flows, new barriers to migration, and declining influence of multilateral institutions, is well underway.

NEW YORK  —  US inflation remained stubbornly high in August, with prices increasing at an annual rate of 8.3 per cent.

LONDON — Sceptics have long argued that the United Kingdom is past its peak and trading largely on former glories.

NEW YORK  —  It is no secret that rapid digitisation is upending firms’ operations, systems, and entire business models.

According to an unpublished “kitchen table survey”, conducted before last November’s presidential election in the United States, approximately 95 per cent of the predominantly Hispanic members of one of America’s largest domestic unions preferred the Democratic candidate Hillary

Global business leaders and investors are largely transfixed by two kinds of risk: macroeconomic and geopolitical.In the near term, this means a focus on the US Federal Reserve’s impending rate hikes and the upcoming elections in France and Germany.Over the longer term, it means