Ever since it took over from national authorities as the euro zone’s supervisor-in-chief, the European Central Bank (ECB) has prided itself on taking a tough stance when it comes to bad loans. But has the ECB neglected other risks in the financial sector? This is the thesis of a curious paper published by the Bank of Italy at the end of ...

Americans are boringly predictable when it comes to smartphone shopping. Roughly three-quarters of Americans with smartphones own either a Samsung or Apple device. Every other mobile phone maker is competing for scraps. Perhaps the company with the best shot at shaking things up, China’s Huawei Technologies Co., has suffered a big blow to its ambitions to dislodge the Coke and ...

Bloomberg China, poised to become the world’s biggest aircraft buyer, will finalize orders for 184 Airbus SE A320 family aircraft soon, French President Emmanuel Macron said after talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The previously unannounced orders are mainly for the A320neo jets, with deliveries to 13 airlines scheduled in 2019 and 2020, an aide to Macron told reporters ...