Business
Power drain
Why most battery-makers struggle to make money
This is not your classic boom-and-bust cycle
Peering across the Rhine
What German business makes of France’s leftward turn
Deutschland AG and France SA are closer than ever
Where’s my money?
Europe’s biggest debt-collector has a debt problem
Intrum gets into hot water with its creditors
Tit for tat, not Tesla
The EV trade war between China and the West heats up
But Elon Musk’s carmaker is somehow escaping the worst of it
Schumpeter
Once high-flying Boeing is now a corporate criminal
Its woes illustrate the excesses of a lean-and-mean era in corporate America
Past their prime
America’s giant armsmakers are being outgunned
Why there is little sign of a defence-industry bonanza in a post-peace world
Schumpeter
Lessons in risk-taking from buccaneering BBVA
The Spanish lender places brave political bets at home and abroad
A bunker mentality
Panic rooms and private bunkers are all the rage in Germany
Everyone from tycoons to typical middle-class families seeks shelter
Erase and rewind
Hollywood enters a frugal new era
As austerity hits Tinseltown, rivalries are giving way to alliances
Growing closer
What next for Amazon as it turns 30?
From Prime Video to AWS, the e-empire is stitching together its disparate parts