Platinum’s price broke its three-year slump in 2025, rising sharply due to surging demand and supply deficits. Viewed as a safe-haven precious metal, investors have flocked to it as a hedge against ...

Peru draws tourists eager to explore the remnants of South America’s ancient civilisations. There’s much to uncover in this ...

Gas-guzzling high-end crossovers, SUVs and SAVs are moving over for the electrifying elegance of their electric counterparts. America’s Cadillac Lyriq-V and Europe’s BMW iX M70 are recharging the ...

WorldCom’s accounting scandal is a riches-to-rags story. Until its demise in mid-2002, WorldCom was regarded as the second-largest long-distance US telecommunications company. Although changing market ...

When speculative trading goes badly, it often goes extraordinarily badly for those caught on the short end. March’s LME nickel short squeeze pummelled Chinese nickel-maker Tsingshan Holding Group.

The US savings and loan industry thrived over the 150 years following its inception in the 1830s, using depositors’ savings to fund homebuyers’ mortgages at lower costs than banks. The model ...

Some companies define their space, and for decades, this was true of Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel firm. Longevity was not enough to save it, as it succumbed to mounting debt and pressure ...

What does satellite imagery have to do with hedge funds? The more information the better when it comes to making an investment decision, which is why some investors are resorting to alternative data ...