Analyst Insight

Saudi Arabia is stepping up plans to turn its sovereign wealth fund into a global giant. This week, it’s holding a coming-out...

When OPEC agreed to exempt Nigeria from its oil production-restraint deal last year, it knew the country faced a huge...

If Iraq’s Kurdish territory were a country, it would probably qualify for OPEC membership. It wouldn’t even be the smallest member,...

Iraq’s Kurdish provinces plan to vote in a referendum on independence on Sept. 25, a poll that regional and Western...

By Noah Smith Economists have lately been rethinking free trade. They’re right to do so -- and not just because...

By  Simon Thomson   Speeding through the Taiwanese countryside, the narrow roads drop sharply into paddy fields on either side. Jutting...

By Franz Wild, Thomas Biesheuvel, and Stephen Morris Standard Chartered Plc’s plunge into the risky business of diamond lending began...

Did global warming make the Houston floods worse? It's a question that a lot of people are asking after the...

By Tara Lachapelle     Could it be? Finally some enticing takeover speculation to get us through this end-of-summer M&A lull. ...

By Graeme Leach   Economists for Free Trade was re-launched this week by 16 of Britain’s leading economists to promote...