Nord Stream 2, the controversial Russian natural-gas pipeline project, has received the last permission it needs to close the distance between the Leningrad Region and the Baltic coast of Germany. It’s now probably too late for the US to prevent Russia from finishing the project by the end of this year. Nord Stream 2 is part of Russian President Vladimir ...

India’s growth this century has been fuelled by one sector above all: telecommunications. The connectivity revolution has powered India’s information technology behemoths and helped hundreds of millions of young Indians get onto the grid, giving them a chance to improve their prospects. If India is to become the sort of entrepreneurial superstar that its government hopes it will, then the ...

Tesla Inc.’s earnings can be viewed as the market’s most intense conflict fought on its smallest battlefield. The third quarter just gone is a prime example. The much-loved and much-shorted stock jumped 28% between last week’s earnings release and October 29 filing of the quarterly 10-Q statement. The $13 billion that added to the market cap was effectively balanced on ...