Business


In reverse

Elon Musk’s antics are not the only problem for Tesla

The carmaker’s sales are sinking for other reasons too

Steeled for hardship

Trump’s metals tariffs will cost American industry dearly

Not least because the president keeps threatening to ratchet up duties

Bright and breezy

Mistral, Europe’s biggest AI startup, is blowing hot

Not being American or Chinese may now be a help, not a hindrance

Hunger games

Catering to protein-rich diets is a tasty business

“High protein” is the new “low calorie”

Bartleby

The behaviour that annoys colleagues more than any other

And the reasons to try to remain calm

No longer narrowing

The pay gap between men and women won’t go away

Our glass-ceiling index makes gloomy reading

From cars to tanks

As Germany’s defence stocks go ballistic, armsmakers are tooling up

They are snapping up staff and sites from ailing firms

Crash barriers

America's carmakers win a tariff reprieve, but still face a tricky dilemma

They must hope levies are never imposed

Bartleby

The Economist’s office agony uncle is back

Another bulging postbag for Max Flannel

Schumpeter

The smiling new face of German big business

From Allianz to Zalando, pedlars of services are outdoing industrial firms at home—and foreign rivals abroad