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The technology nonprofit WattTime announced that, thanks to a $1.7 million grant from Google.org, it will use satellite technology to measure air pollution from every large power plant in the world. This effort, which will combine data “from a variety of sensors operating at different wavelengths,” will also use artificial intelligence to analyse and calculate carbon emissions, according to David ...

Democracy’s return to Venezuela has once again been deferred. Juan Guaido, the leader of the National Assembly recognised as interim president by more than 50 countries, failed last week to persuade the military to unseat Nicolas Maduro. Few officers rallied to Guaido’s side, and the regime beat back his followers’ street protests. Whatever the reason — overconfidence on Guaido’s part, ...

As US President Donald Trump imposes punitive tariffs on China, the European Union could be next in line. The EU has been performing a complex balancing act to keep Trump from pouncing. So far it has succeeded – but that may become increasingly difficult. The US leader is due to decide later this month whether to impose levies on car ...

For all the promise that digitisation offers, sometimes it’s worth reminding ourselves that it requires the right conditions. Telefonica SA is illustrating why. The former Spanish national carrier is midway through a digital transformation program, and has succeeded in realising almost two thirds of the 1 billion euros in savings it’s targeting by the end of next year. That’s clearly ...

For decades, business schools have taught Johnson & Johnson’s handling of its 1982 Tylenol scandal as a textbook example of good crisis management. In the future, we can expect Boeing Co.’s treatment of its two 737 Max crashes to join the syllabus — as an example of what not to do. Engineers at the planemaker discovered problems with the aircraft’s ...

Bloomberg US equity futures rose alongside European stocks on Tuesday, shrugging off losses in Asia as investors assessed the prospects for global trade in the wake of a brutal start to the week for markets. Haven assets including Treasuries, gold and the yen slipped. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq 100 indexes all rallied after ...

Bloomberg Investors in Dubai’s equities might be feeling whiplash after the main index became the biggest gainer in back-to-back sessions, in response to shifting news on regional tensions and local stocks’ presence in global benchmarks. The DFM General Index advanced 3.5% on Tuesday, gaining more than any other major market tracked by Bloomberg. The Tuesday revival was sparked by MSCI ...

Bloomberg Indian stocks advanced, snapping their longest stretch of losses since February, as some investors felt nine days of declines to be excessive. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.6% to 37,318.53 in Mumbai after falling as much as 0.4% earlier in the session. That avoided the longest ever losing streak for the benchmark gauge. The NSE Nifty 50 Index gained ...

Bloomberg Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said it’s too early to tell whether the escalating trade war and the resulting financial market reaction will last long enough to hurt the US economy and alter monetary policy. “It’s a little premature to think about the outlook” for the economy, Rosengren said in an interview in Boston. “This is ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG and UBS Group AG’s talks on combining their asset management businesses to create a European powerhouse have stalled, according to people familiar with the matter. A deal is now seen as increasingly unlikely after disagreements emerged over who would retain majority control of the combined entity, the people said, asking not to be identified as the ...