Insulin has been making life better for people with diabetes since it first saved the life of a Canadian teenager in 1922. As the ensuing century passed, however, the drug also became a poster child for the dysfunctionality of America’s drug-pricing system. More than 10 million Americans rely on insulin to control their blood sugar, and the out-of-pocket cost ...

  Environmental, social and governance investors believe they can lower the risk of a portfolio and maybe even boost its return by investing in companies with robust ESG policies. The idea is that companies that take ESG seriously are better stewards of the environment, are less likely to be in the path of climate change, take better care of workers, ...

Bloomberg Global airlines are going to great lengths to avoid Russian airspace but few to the extent of Finnair Oyj, the flag carrier of Finland. It’s flying thousands of miles around its northern neighbour, retracing routes abandoned decades ago at the end of the Cold War. The economic burden of those end-runs is measured in additional jet fuel burn, extended ...