Italy’s Mediobanca launches €6.3bn offer for Banca GeneraliNews Feed
Lender proposes funding deal by selling its shares in country’s biggest insurer
The US economy: suspended animationNews Feed
Plus consumer credit
Letter: The most telling lesson we can take from the conclaveNews Feed
From Julian Adams (62), Weybridge, Surrey, UK
Letter: Columbia alumni proffer some historical perspectiveNews Feed
From Jerry Avorn and others
Letter: Europe’s Digital Markets Act is not an attack on AmericansNews Feed
From Mario Mariniello, Non-Resident Fellow, Bruegel, Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Brussels, Belgium
Transcript: Should we be optimistic about the US economy? With Michael StrainNews Feed
Sam Fleming talks to Michael Strain
Give me fractal fronds over Kindleberger’s Spiral any dayNews Feed
From the coiling patterns of ferns to the Fibonacci sequence of pine cones, the mathematical order of nature is a soothing antidote to our disordered lives
China stockpiles oil as Trump tariff shock hits crude pricesNews Feed
Imports surged in March and continued to accelerate despite concerns global economy will weaken
China’s clean tech exports to emerging markets surged in 2024, data showsNews Feed
Focus on exports to developing markets expected to rise further on back of US tariffs
Londoners reflect on the view from their homes in new podcast WindowsNews Feed
In this warm, revealing series, people describe what they see and how it makes them feel