editor@moneyweek.com (Matthew Lynn)

Streaming television and music has started to turn into a seriously profitable industry. Recently, Disney reported a 7% rise in overall profits. It made decent returns from its films and theme parks, but it was the figures from its Disney-Plus […]

Wall Street was booming after the presidential election last November. Big business was planning a wave of investment, and global multinationals were shifting operations to the United States. The expectation was that president Donald Trump would run a pro-business, pro-enterprise

On 3 May, Warren Buffett announced he was stepping down as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, handing over management of one of the largest and most successful investment firms of all time to Greg Abel. Investors will be asking whether

It is surprising that in an age of Zoom, smartphones and remote working, the corporate annual general meeting (AGM) still exists. A hundred years ago, a meeting that gathered everyone together in a faded ballroom in a big, old-fashioned London

Under the hapless leadership of the former high-flying civil servant Sharon White, John Lewis looked to be in terminal decline. In the case of both the department stores and its upmarket grocery chain Waitrose, the retail chain had too many

We should probably celebrate the moment by spending a few minutes “surfing” what used to be known as the “world wide web”, preferably using a Netscape browser via a dial-up connection that crashes every few minutes. The dotcom bubble is

Growth has stagnated and is falling on a per capita basis. Job vacancies are in free fall. Inflation is rising again, making it harder for the Bank of England to cut interest rates, and taxes are still going up. You

It might offer some useful tips on what shampoo to buy halfway through a chat about where to go on holiday. Or it could casually mention what brand of TV you should buy next, while you are asking it to

It was billed in advance as a nail-biting contest, but, in the end, the result was not even close. Donald Trump won a decisive victory in the US election. That has upset some people. But there seems little doubt his

Forget the Budget. Forget the US presidential election. In the end, neither will make much difference to companies or to investors one way or the other. Something far more significant is happening, even if few are paying much attention to