Bloomberg LG Chem Ltd is voluntarily recalling some models of its home energy storage batteries in the US over concerns they could overheat and start fires. The South Korean industrial giant is working with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission on the recall after the company received reports of five fires with its battery systems that caused limited property damage ...

Back in the mid-2000s, when finance was booming and the City of London was at the peak of its powers, brokerage boss Michael Spencer joked that statues of two US politicians — Paul Sarbanes and Michael Oxley — should be put up near the London Stock Exchange. Their tough regulation of Wall Street had sent the cost of being publicly ...

When it comes to economic development, China’s amazing success soaks up much of the attention. But another huge region has quietly begun what looks like a new phase of exponential growth: Southeast Asia. The sustained enrichment of this region will transform the world, and carry important lessons for struggling countries like those in Africa. Southeast Asia was once almost completely ...