Transcript: The geopolitics of chips — Taiwan’s ‘silicon shield’
This is an audio transcript of the Tech Tonic podcast episode: ‘The geopolitics of chips — Taiwan’s “silicon shield’’ [CLIP PLAYING] James Kynge In Taiwan next summer, ...
Economics class: German gloom deepens as Trump tariff threat rattles exporters
“In a scenario where Trump introduces the 20 per cent tariffs on non-Chinese imports … German exports to the US could tumble by 15 per cent.” Using a diagram, analyse the US’ price elasticity of ...
Number 124 Brighton: the boutique hotel bringing a breath of fresh air to the seafront
The stag and hen overindulgence of the late 1990s and early noughties has been tempered and the seafront scrubbed up. No 124 ...
Andrea Orcel resumes M&A offensive
Plus, Northvolt’s bankruptcy leads to investor losses and Blackstone teams up with energy giant in new financing deal ...
Labour has a classic first act problem
Labour’s first act problem lies in the decision the party leadership made in opposition to rule out any increase in income tax, national insurance or value added tax. Everything it has done in the ...
Kendrick Lamar raises the bar again with the dazzlingly pacy GNX — album review
Lamar’s new album GNX takes the “gotcha!” dynamics of beefs and battles to the next level. It was released without warning last Friday, a surprise for all. Drake — widely adjudicated the loser of the ...
Starmer to launch online ‘dashboard’ to let public track policy targets
Sir Keir Starmer will next month launch a public dashboard enabling voters to monitor his administration’s progress on a range of new pre-election targets. The prime minister’s upcoming intervention ...
Where I write . . . John Banville’s place of ‘happy nothingness’
The Irish author needs a blank wall, a wide desk and a menagerie of inanimate creatures — ferocious Chinese dragons and a wooden mouse in a polka-dot frock among them — to work ...
‘Punching above its weight’: Professional services drive UK economic growth
Professional services account for more than 8 per cent of the UK economy — larger than car production, construction and education and equivalent to the entire manufacturing sector.
Transcript: Kennedy injects uncertainty into big pharma
President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination for health secretary sent waves through the US biotech market. Robert F Kennedy Jr is sceptical of vaccines and wants to change what medical research the ...
Abandoned orchards and empty bars: war shatters Lebanon’s economy
Olive groves and orange orchards have been abandoned; merchandise is marooned in factories cut off by bombing; many bars and boutiques stand all but empty as depressed city dwellers avoid drinking and ...
Brussels raises stink over Dutch manure protectionism
Brussels has raised a stink over the Netherlands allegedly pursuing manure protectionism by trying to force energy suppliers to use biogas made only from domestic dung and food waste.