Almost three decades ago, the Texan oilman T. Boone Pickens attempted to charge into a Japanese boardroom. He had accumulated around one-third of the company – worth almost $1 billion at the time – yet a seat at the table eluded him. There was nothing to force the directors to accept him. Japan Inc has come a long way since ...

Tesla Inc announced its second-quarter results. Those results, along with Elon Musk’s apologies to analysts for his rudeness three months earlier, pushed its stock price up and 2025 bond yields down. During the earnings call, Musk and his colleagues said “improve” or “improvements” 14 times in describing everything from Tesla’s production lines to its in-car computing to its gross margins. ...

Bloomberg British Airways owner IAG SA’s peak summer season is being spoiled by a combination of air traffic control strikes, exchange-rate swings and a dip in fares on key US routes. IAG shares fell the most in five months on August 3 after walkouts by French controllers pushed its Vueling arm to a wider second-quarter loss following a spate of ...