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Eni mulls Pakistan exit after 20 years

Bloomberg Italy’s Eni SpA is weighing a sale of its energy exploration and production assets in Pakistan after operating in the country for about 20 years, people with knowledge of the matter said. Eni is working with a financial adviser to gauge interest in the portfolio, said the people who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public. ...

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On Covid-19 and protests, some good news is there

Last week, cars and pedestrians lined up for free Covid-19 tests in south Minneapolis, six blocks from where George Floyd was killed last month. As protests flared after his death, Minnesota’s Department of Health had set up the testing site and encouraged demonstrators to visit in hopes of stemming a potential new outbreak. Long lines at this center and three ...

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Basis for ‘monetary insanity’ in India

A rare meeting of minds between India’s Left and Right on a point of economics should alarm those who belong to neither. The two sides are tossing out similar — and similarly absurd — ideas. Before they make PM  Narendra Modi’s government do something silly and harmful (such as the overnight ban on 86% of currency notes in 2016), both ...

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