Bloomberg Pakistan’s politicians are defecting in increasing numbers to the party of opposition leader and former cricket star Imran Khan, a shift that shows his rising influence and prompted allegations he enjoys the support of the country’s powerful military. The intensified jockeying comes ahead of a national election on July 25. So far this year 248 politicians, including dozens of ...

European leaders will meet in Brussels at the end of June to discuss how much deeper to push the euro zone’s monetary union. While there’s been plenty of hype about the summit, it risks being a disappointment. Most of it will just confirm what’s already been agreed. And, in typical European fashion, many big questions will remain unresolved – until ...

Remember how there was a glut of computer chips in 2008, and then the world stopped using computer chips? Yeah, me neither. That’s a good reason to discount your worries about the effects on solar power from recent policy blows on panel manufacturers by the US and Chinese governments. The falls in the share prices of some major producers have ...