Bloomberg Achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is one of the greatest challenges of our time. But apparently not the greatest challenge. On current trends, the UK will have mostly given up fossil fuels before its North Sea oil and gas industry achieves gender parity, according to the sector’s trade body. “It will be well into the 2050s before the …

Bloomberg European stocks got a boost from upbeat corporate results that helped allay concern about the rising toll of the virus. The dollar extended a rebound. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index surged 0.7%, with energy and tech firms leading gains in almost every industry sector. S&P 500 contracts erased losses following a retreat in the US benchmark all week. Nasdaq …

Bloomberg Up four weeks and six of the last seven, US stocks are doing something they haven’t done since March: fall on consecutive days. For the first time in a long time, Wall Street pundits found themselves trying to explain a weak market. Covid-19 cases are surging around the world. Anxiety is swirling that new lockdowns could be afoot. Tension …