‘The ducks have won’: French court says they may keep on quacking
The ducks on a small French smallholding may carry on quacking, a French court ruled on Tuesday, rejecting a neighbor’s complaint that the birds’ racket...
Breakingviews TV: Aramco’s IPO
The world’s biggest oil company has fixed on a $1.7 trillion valuation – less than it wanted but probably more than it merited. Getting that...
Philippine students turn littered dog poo into bricks
A group of secondary school students in the Philippines has found a way to convert poo from stray dogs into a mixture for bricks, aiming...
Students turn doggy doodoo into building bricks
A group of secondary school students in the Philippines have found a way to convert poop from stray dogs into a mixture for bricks, aiming...
Equities back in favor for sovereign investors in third quarter
Sovereign wealth funds regained their appetite for equities in the third quarter, piling into passively managed stocks in the United States and equities in mainland...
Breakingviews TV: Burning Kohl’s
The U.S. discount retailer is struggling despite extending a partnership with Amazon to all its almost 1,200 stores. Meanwhile, larger rival TJX is prospering. Amanda...
Replica of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa sells for 552,500 euros
A 17th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was sold on Tuesday at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris for 552,500 euros ($611,950), much more...
Sustainable investors face squeeze as larger firms move in
Specialized fund managers who pioneered green investing for decades are missing out on some of the spoils as the sector goes mainstream and large firms...
Your Money: How to up your bond game with ETFs
Most people’s basic knowledge of investing is that their portfolio should be a mix of stocks and bonds....
Miniature Bronte manuscript returns to author’s childhood home
A miniature manuscript written by the teenage Charlotte Bronte is returning to her childhood home in West Yorkshire after it was bought by a British...