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 ...

Past conflicts involving oil-producing nations in West Asia have significantly impacted global crude-oil prices. However, the recent ongoing hostility between Israel and Iran has been less significant ...

Smart contracts are among technology’s most practical innovations to cut costs, save time and prevent fraud. Designed to execute actions automatically when certain terms are met, smart contracts, ...

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 ...

Enron Corp., once a top American energy-trading company, became a case study in corporate-accounting chicanery and filed for bankruptcy in 2001. The corporation’s troubles started with the ...

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.

Lithium prices shined from 2020 through 2022, driven by surging demand for electric vehicles, especially in China, alongside the precious metal’s limited supply. That trend stopped short in 2023, with ...