Patricia Cohen

Doing business in a more dangerous and unpredictable world will cost more, pushing up the price of everything from food to electronics.

The country has long faced some of the world’s heaviest sanctions. The lifting of restrictions could open new vistas on trade and financial access.

The global order has been altered, and economies are unlikely to simply pick up where they left off before the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran.

Elon Musk’s potential new status as a trillionaire demonstrates in real time why there has been such a rapid rise in the concentration of wealth at the top.

A French multinational, Schneider Electric, decided to use artificial intelligence in manufacturing to make workers more productive, rather than to replace them. Here’s how that’s going.

Plus, a surprise reversal in the Murdaugh murder case.

A stalwart on defense spending, Poland is training its citizens in civil defense while balancing their jobs and families.

European nations imposed temporary taxes in the 2022 energy shock when Russia invaded Ukraine, but whether they can effectively help households is up for debate.

In just eight weeks, much of the global economy has been knocked sideways. America has mostly been spared from the tumult.