Chinese industrial borrowers are strapped for cash, as billions of dollars of debt come due this year. The ones that benefited from Beijing’s largess should be most worried. Issuers are on the hook for more than 6 trillion yuan ($890 billion) in 2019, up 15% from a year earlier. Companies in sectors including mining and materials, capital goods and real ...

India isn’t keeping the best company. When Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officials reviewed the global economy at February’s meeting, they ticked off a list of major emerging markets that had struggled: China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa all got a must-do-better grade. Disappointing numbers mean policy makers can add one closer to home: India itself. Gross domestic product rose ...

If a conventional company wants to experiment in an unfamiliar industry, it might create a small working group, make a tiny number of products, test what works and slowly expand if its approach catches on. Amazon.com Inc. is not a conventional company. After spending a decade essentially doing the slow-and-steady experimental approach in groceries with its Amazon Fresh delivery service ...