Bloomberg The price of powering Europe next month declined as more favourable weather conditions are set to increase generation of renewable energy. Rising wind-power generation has eased the pressure on near-term prices, which has filtered through to month-ahead values, according to Sabrina Kernbichler, an analyst at S&P Global Platts. German power for February falls as much as 3% to 183.49 ...

  Through the latter decades of the Cold War, there was little cooperation or alignment between the Soviet Union and China. The Russians had a far more developed global military presence, a higher level of ambition to impose their ideology on others, and a much bigger economy. China was primarily focused inwardly, struggling (and eventually succeeding) in lifting most of ...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) spent a record $30 billion last year on factories that churn out the world’s most-advanced chips. It seems that wasn’t enough. This year, it’s decided to up the ante by forecasting a budget of as much as $44 billion. Rivals better watch out. “Every year our capex is spent in anticipation of the growth that ...