The German government is often accused of spending too little money. With interest rates low or negative, the thinking goes, Europe’s biggest country should be using its fiscal discretion to stimulate the region’s economy. But then, German households exhibit similar behaviour. Even as rates fell, they saved as much as ever, more than people in most other rich countries, and ...

The people who oversee America’s financial system seem to think that climate change isn’t their problem. As one official quipped in recent congressional testimony, he’s “not a meteorologist or a climate scientist.” They should think again. By failing to take action, regulators are leaving the country exposed to a devastating crisis. Financial institutions, from banks to insurers to asset managers, ...

Some people are fuming at Facebook for allowing unfiltered political ads, while others are fuming at Twitter for banning them. There’s lots of confusion and speculation, but what we know is that these social media companies have fundamentally changed how people exchange information. What we need to figure out is whether they also change how people spread disinformation — and ...

Bloomberg IndiGo has told its pilots to stop pushing engines on its new Airbus SE jets to the limit when the planes are climbing, after India’s aviation regulator said the practice may have contributed to turbines failing in the air. All the budget airline’s A320neo aircraft now use a lower thrust setting following take off, according to a spokeswoman from ...

Bloomberg India is considering amending a rule to allow overseas control of local airlines, according to a person familiar with the matter, which may help its indebted national carrier lure a foreign suitor after multiple failed attempts for a sale. At a meeting in early November, India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade asked the aviation ministry if ...

Bloomberg South African Airways (SAA) said it’s waiting for the government to tell it whether it will provide the national carrier with the money needed to keep flying, rendering it unable to publish its results for the year through March. “SAA cannot finalise its annual financial statements within the prescribed time until the going concern status is confirmed,” the carrier ...

Bloomberg Italy is set to approve a new 400 million-euro loan for failed airline Alitalia, people familiar with the situation said. The government will give the green light to the funding at a cabinet meeting, according to the people, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential deliberations. The new loan throws a lifeline to Alitalia as government continues to ...

Bloomberg Lord & Taylor began 2019 by closing its massive New York store after more than a century in business. It will end the year by opening a tiny new one. The department store will return to Manhattan this holiday season as a temporary shop, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not be identified because the ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc is set to return to Britain’s benchmark FTSE 100 index six months after the budget carrier was demoted, the benchmark compiler said. The airline will replace specialist insurer Hiscox Ltd., which will be relegated to the FTSE 250, according to a statement from FTSE Russell. The index review will be based on closing prices on Tuesday and ...

Bloomberg In the heart of New Delhi’s largest wholesale bazaar, merchants who normally compete with each other have united against a common enemy. “Amazon, Flipkart!” one merchant after another shouts into a microphone from a small stage in Sadar Bazaar’s central traffic circle. Some 50 other shopkeepers gathered around shout back in unison: “Go back! Go back!” The sit-in, which ...