John Thornhill writes that “Europe’s entrepreneurs do not expect much from their political leaders” in a candid analysis of Europe’s start-up ecosystem (“Europe Inc needs to scale up or risk becoming ...

The attack by the state of Texas on BlackRock (“Republican US states sue BlackRock for ‘destructive’ green agenda”, Report, November 27) is bizarre. If consumers prefer their savings not to be ...

Brendan Greeley lays bare the empty cupboard of a bitcoin strategic reserve (“Bitcoin strategic reserve idea is built on delusion”, On Wall Street, November 23), but surely is mistaken when he notes: ...

Elon Musk’s role as “efficiency tsar” ( Report, November 14) reminds those of us old enough to remember the appointment of Richard Branson by Margaret Thatcher as “clean-up tsar”. What became of that ...

An art­icle on Novem­ber 26 wrongly stated that the now defunct China joint ven­ture of Sil­icon Val­ley Bank was unable to pay its staff in China ...

John Reed makes several important points regarding the toxic smog in northern India during the winter months ( Outlook, November 21). However, three factors merit consideration for devising ...

Louise Haigh, the transport secretary, has admitted she pleaded guilty a decade ago to a minor criminal offence relating to a mobile phone she wrongly claimed had been stolen.

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LOS_Fisher, George @GeorgeWParker, Stephen @stephenkb and Laura @laura_k_hughes Assisted dying would be funded ‘at expense of’ NHS services, warns Streeting Join Lucy Fisher, Peter Foster, Stephen ...

Alexei Moiseev, Russia’s deputy finance minister, told Russian media last month that Alrosa was ready to exit Angola, but it would not sell its stake in Catoca to Anglo American-owned De Beers, the ...

Peter Kažimír spared from facing trial because of overhaul of penal code introduced by his old ally Robert Fico ...