Japan Inc. is getting its groove back. An overlooked policy change could be a driver. In recent months, Japanese companies have been posting a wave of positive data. Machinery orders — a key indicator of companies’ capital spending in the future — rose 12.6 percent on the year in August to the highest level in a decade, data showed, much ...

As Britain’s negotiations to leave the European Union (EU) enter their crunch moment, let’s be clear on one thing: The EU doesn’t need to punish Britain for leaving; the referendum did that just fine. Latest figures show the warnings of economic self-harm Brexiters like Boris Johnson derided as Project Fear are fast becoming real, while the promises of a Brexit ...

Bloomberg The airline and automotive industries are abuzz with talk of driver-less travel and electric propulsion, so much so that they might seem to be the pacesetters in transport technology. Yet train manufacturers around the world are introducing innovations that may be years away for cars and planes. Rail chiefs met recently at the biennial Innotrans trade fair in Berlin ...