That was the high point? We’ve probably seen the best of global growth for this cycle, but the peak wasn’t marked by the traditional catalysts for a slowdown like higher interest rates or a financial blowup. Instead it’s a different scene in each of the biggest economies — with the US powering ahead, Europe and Japan drifting after a stellar ...

You have to give one thing to Facebook Inc: Confronted by a torrent of accusations of misbehaviour over the past 12 months, the world’s largest social network has at least made the effort to be conciliatory. The same cannot be said about Alphabet Inc’s Google. The European Commission will reveal the punishment for the search giant’s practice of forcing smartphone-makers ...

Slowing car sales and tightening credit look like a toxic combination for China’s auto-financing industry, which has exploded in past few years. Concerns the sector is heading for a subprime-like meltdown may be overblown, though. Sales in the world’s largest car market rose 2.3 percent in June from a year earlier, data showed last week. While faster than several analysts ...