Looking southeast from the Acropolis of Athens, the silhouette of the tanker Pskov barely stood up against the azure waters of the Aegean Sea. Inside her navy blue hull, almost 300 meters long, a hidden treasure: a shipment of liquefied natural gas. Europe is thirsty for LNG after Russia shut down most of its pipeline gas sales to the continent, ...

  Social Security is known as the third rail of politics. President Joe Biden has pounced on all who dare even think about curtailing the retirement program. In fact, this week cash-strapped retirees will get the biggest cost-of-living increase in 40 years, an 8.7% boost to protect them from inflation. For many retirees on fixed incomes, that’s a godsend. Some ...

  A takeover bid for one of the UK’s few publicly traded software companies of any size is facing resistance. When stocks are falling everywhere, snubbing a cash offer is brave. But shareholders in Aveva Group Plc are justified in holding out. The situation is emblematic of the opportunistic bids we could see exploiting this year’s collapse in the pound ...