Bloomberg Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc is making a last-ditch effort to bring in fresh funding, with billionaire Lawrence Stroll closest to committing to buying a stake in the struggling UK luxury-car maker, according to people familiar with the matter. The Canadian investor and owner of the Racing Point Formula One team is in advanced discussions to inject about ...

President Ronald Reagan liked to tell a joke about a hopeful little boy pawing through a big pile of horse dung under his Christmas tree, saying cheerily: “With all this manure, there must be a pony in here somewhere.” Observers have a similar problem with President Trump’s Iran strategy. They keep looking for something solid, as Trump lurches back and ...

It has been a cold, hard winter for Italian government debt. The country has been the euro zone’s worst performer; for the first time its bonds are yielding more than their Greek equivalents with maturities longer than three years. Italy’s is the only European bond market whose yield spread has widened compared to the struggling German benchmark over the past ...