It seems every major carmaker these days is thinking about electric vehicles in some capacity. At one of the world’s largest auto shows in Shanghai this year, several manufacturers boasted their snazzy concept cars and talked up imminent launches. Electric-vehicle sales are rising fast, and battery installation is climbing — largely thanks to China, where battery demand rose more than ...

It’s been a surprisingly good year for Europe’s government bond markets. Yields are down across the board even though the European Central Bank (ECB) is no longer adding to its 2.7 trillion euro ($3 trillion) bond stockpile. The central bank might not be adding to its holdings, but it’s still maintaining them at that vast level and that has a ...

Prime Minister Theresa May was popular once. That may be hard to remember as she steps down in two weeks’ time, but it’s true. Just three years before her own political party forced her to step aside, she was hailed by politicians and citizens as the wisest choice to lead the UK’s separation from the European Union (EU). Then came ...