Buenos Aires / AFP Argentina opened a major investment conference, seeking to persuade executives from the world’s top multinational corporations to bet on Latin America’s third-largest economy and its new center-right government. With Argentina stuck in recession, President Mauricio Macri is keen to show foreign investors that things have changed since he took office. The former businessman took over in ...

Consider two quotations, the first engraved in modern history and the other less than a week old, and ask yourself what they have in common: “This morning I had another talk with the German Chancellor, Herr Hitler, and here is the paper which bears his name upon it as well as mine. … I believe it is peace for our ...

  With the arrival of positive manufacturing and services reports from the U.K., it seems that the British economy is doing fine. There’s dwindling talk of a recession caused by the vote the leave the European Union, and British politicians are wondering if a “hard Brexit” option –rapid withdrawal from Europe without a new trade agreement – might be feasible. ...