Bloomberg Syngenta AG, the Swiss pesticide maker acquired by China National Chemical Corp. for $43 billion, is considering bourses in Europe and the US as possible locations for a re-listing of shares in about five years. “I would not be surprised if it was a combination of Europe and the US, as we were before,” Syngenta Chief Executive Officer Erik ...

Bloomberg Siemens AG scrambled to reverse a transaction with a Russian partner to try to save face after gas turbines from one of the biggest German investors in Russia’s economy turned up in the annexed region of Crimea, flouting European Union sanctions. At least two of four turbines manufactured by Siemens for Technopromexport JSC for an electricity project in Taman, ...

Bloomberg More than a dozen automakers are jostling to lead the US electric-car race, but Bloomberg New Energy Finance sees a clear winner separating from the pack: Tesla Inc. The automaker led by Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk will emerge as “the stand-out” in total cumulative deliveries through 2021, reaching almost 709,000 vehicles, according to BNEF’s Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook. ...

This is not your father’s inflation — and that’s good news. Business cycles often end when higher inflation causes a country’s central bank (the Federal Reserve in the United States) to raise interest rates, slowing the economy and, perhaps, triggering a recession. The good news: The next recession may be delayed, because the Phillips Curve has shifted. The Phillips Curve ...

Growth is back at Xiaomi Corp. After suffering some pretty brutal quarters at the hands of compatriot competitors and a weakening global smartphone market, the Chinese startup trumpeted its return last week at an all-hands staff meeting. Shipments in the second quarter climbed 70% from the prior three-month period to 23.16 million handsets, founder Lei Jun said in a statement ...

The freedom to move in pursuit of opportunity is a basic — and constitutionally protected — American value. Yet it’s a value in decline. American workers are half as likely to relocate to another state as previous generations. Lower mobility may be one reason why job openings in the U.S. are at an all-time high. The country’s irrationally restrictive system ...

It took brave, radical thinking for President Emmanuel Macron to transform French politics so completely. Reforming the French economy will demand no less focus and ambition. To judge by the speech he gave at Versailles last week, there’ll be no lack of ambition: It was positively regal. Focus, though, was less apparent. Once he turns to the task of governing, ...

When United Airlines called security to drag passenger David Dao off of his flight back in April, some observers cheered the airline’s falling stock price, expressing the hope that this would punish the company’s executives and owners and spur them to implement a more passenger-friendly attitude. United’s stock quickly recovered. But even had it fallen a lot and not bounced ...

As Europe’s politicians digest the lessons from Italy’s recent 17 billion euro ($19.34 billion) bailout of two Venetian banks, two schools of opinion have emerged. The majority view is that the bailout, while less than ideal, at least brought greater financial stability to Italy. Italians themselves seem pleased with the outcome. So far there has been no great taxpayer outcry, ...

Do you remember the NeXT computer, the one Steve Jobs began building in 1985, after he was booted from Apple by then-chief executive John Sculley and the board? It was supposed to be a machine built for academia, the ultimate learning tool priced so that universities would be able to buy them in bulk. But Jobs being Jobs, he had ...