The floods in Venice that have killed several people and damaged hundreds of buildings including St Mark’s Basilica appear inexorable. The city is a fragile treasure built on 118 islands off Italy’s northeast coast. In a way, it’s a miracle that Venice has managed to survive and thrive for more than 1,000 years. It built a naval and commercial empire ...

If you’ve dropped the kids off at school in London or the New York suburbs recently, the idea that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Automotive Plc is struggling must seem far-fetched. The British carmaker’s Range Rover SUVs have become a common feature of the upper-middle class lifestyle. How else would one get to brunch and the gym? Yet a decade after ...

Bloomberg Snacks chain Best Mart 360 Holdings Ltd has seen revenue drop by double digits as its stores come under attack by radical Hong Kong protesters in the ongoing anti-Beijing movement that’s gripped the city. As protests become increasingly violent, more than 70 of its 102 stores have been vandalised in over 180 instances, chairman Lin Tsz Fung said in ...