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Cost-of-living, debt crises top immediate risk for Davos elite

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  Bloomberg The threat of recession, the cost-of-living crisis and mounting debt distress will dominate the global economy in the next two years as it struggles to move on from the pandemic and war in Ukraine, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum. Its Global Risks Report, an annual poll of 1,200 government, business and civil society professionals ...

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Barratt warns it may build fewer homes

  Bloomberg Barratt Developments Plc has seen a sharp slowdown in sales rates as high borrowing costs and the threat of a house price plunge combine to undermine the UK property market. The average number of weekly private sales at Barratt’s sites has more than halved, leading the firm to warn that it could deliver fewer homes than currently expected, ...

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Elon Musk’s Tesla hype machine breaks down

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Bloomberg For years, Elon Musk paid zero dollars for traditional advertising while almost singlehandedly keeping Tesla — and himself — front and center. With a never-ending stream of tweets, television and podcast appearances and livestreamed product events, the electric-vehicle maker and its billionaire CEO dominated news cycles and occasionally went viral. Musk was a veritable hype machine, and his knack ...

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