How cheap would you like your natural gas today? Is zero low enough? OK, how about we pay you to take it off our hands? That’s what’s happening in the middle of the US shale patch at the moment — and it’s a symptom of a glut that could reshape energy markets across the world in the coming years. Gas ...

It’s never good when a CEO has to kick off his company’s year-end earnings report, as Kraft Heinz Co.’s did by saying: “While our 2019 results were disappointing …” Disappointing is putting it mildly, though. Try miserable. To recap: It was one year ago this month that the packaged-food manufacturer suffered a $15.4 billion writedown because of damage — largely ...

Two months after suffering its worst general election result for 84 years, Britain’s Labour Party continues to pick up the pieces. While Boris Johnson’s Conservatives govern with an 80-seat majority in the House of Commons, Labour is simultaneously reflecting on its thrashing and electing a successor to outgoing leader Jeremy Corbyn. This week saw the publication by Lord Ashcroft — ...