World News Insights: Opinion Articles

A revolution is pending in finance, and the world is only beginning to realize the transformations it is likely to bring. Financial institutions will have to take a radically different approach to information technology just to stay in business. Bullish Global, a crypto firm, is planning to go…

Better drugs to treat Covid-19 look more appealing than ever. The hope that vaccines would send the virus into retreat with herd immunity is fading as the more transmissible delta variant sweeps across the globe, cases rise, and the vaccine-hesitant millions dig in. Beyond that, it’s unnerving…

The US is back in Asia. White House officials are exploring a digital trade deal for the Indo-Pacific region to check China’s influence, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with proposals that are currently being drafted. The specifics are vague, but a meaningful trade agreement is…

Just months before she retires from politics, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is jetting to Washington to meet US President Joe Biden. The event will be staged to show a return to transatlantic harmony after four years of acrimony under Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump. But to keep up those…

“For the first time” is a phrase the Lebanese have frequently been using these days: For the first time (since 1916), we are close to starvation. For the first time, education and health care are collapsing. For the first time, fuel and medicines are disappearing. For the first time, banks are…

Since it is the “father of arts” and one of the oldest means of artistic and creative expression known to mankind, the theater, along with its performing arts, was included in the general framework of the national strategy for culture as a “sector of high importance.” The Ministry of Culture has…

Antitrust is again becoming a hot issue in the US, with a new bill advancing through Congress taking aim at top technology companies. There are the usual concerns about monopoly power, and also reason to worry about big-company dominance of key industries. Becoming over-reliant on just one or two…

PC sales are booming, and despite the industry’s cyclical past, Wall Street and the major PC makers believe strong computer demand will last for a long time to come. "We expect the return to office trend will continue to benefit Dell in the coming quarters,” read one representative report from…

"Living” with Covid-19 has been talked about since the pandemic first began: A moment when the coronavirus disease becomes part of everyday life, rather than an overpowering wave of cases and deaths that overloads hospitals and triggers society-crushing lockdowns. This so-called “endemic” phase…

As earnings season begins, one of the biggest emerging storylines is that Netflix Inc.’s most formidable rivals, led by Walt Disney Co., already may be starting to falter. If Disney can’t get to where Netflix is, can anyone? Netflix is set to kick off the industry’s quarterly reports next week…

Within the next fortnight two of the Earth’s wealthiest individuals will attempt to fly into space. Richard Branson’s flight on Sunday aboard a Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. spaceship will be followed by Jeff Bezos’s rocket trip with Blue Origin LLC on July 20. In a summer not lacking in awe…

I wouldn’t want to be a political strategist for US business right now. The natural position of business in US politics is to be an independent interest group, aligned with neither party. That allows business interests to lobby whichever party is in office. And in theory it’s a viable strategy;…