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Japan’s female leader is a bright beacon, but do her sums add up?

14 February 2026 9:00 am

My scepticism towards soaring markets with unconvincing fundamentals was nurtured by working in Tokyo in the mid-1980s, when the Nikkei…

The real rogue traders

13 March 2021 9:00 am

When we think of those lurching moments last spring when it became clear that much of the world, not just…

VW and the truth of engineering: say what you do, do what you say

3 October 2015 9:00 am

Not that I was much of a boy racer, but the sexiest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen…