Prashant Rao
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‘Can Russia Actually Control the Entire Landmass of Ukraine?’
A conversation with David Petraeus on what the American experience in Iraq means for Russia’s conflict with Ukraine → Read More
Leaks Are Changing How Diplomats Talk
In the era of WikiLeaks, hostile-state cyberwarfare, and leaks such as the Darroch incident, the diplomatic cable’s primacy is being threatened, changing the way foreign policy is being conducted. → Read More
Defying Erdogan, Turkey’s Central Bank Raises Interest Rates
The bank’s move, to ramp up the benchmark rate by 6.25 percentage points, had long been resisted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. → Read More
Argentina Raises Rates, as Emerging Markets Turbulence Spreads
Argentina’s central bank raised interest rates, trying to halt a plunge in the value of the peso. The turmoil led to a sell-off in other emerging-market currencies. → Read More
5 Takeaways From Elon Musk’s Interview With
The Tesla chief executive addressed a wide range of issues, including the search for a chief operating officer and his tweet that sent the company’s shares soaring. → Read More
Turkey’s Erdogan Fought a Coup With His iPhone. Now, He Wants to Boycott U.S. Goods.
The remarks by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan come as the country grapples with a worsening economic crisis and a widening diplomatic dispute with the United States. → Read More
Indra Nooyi, Longtime PepsiCo C.E.O., to Step Down
Ms. Nooyi, who has been at the helm of the company for 12 years, is to be replaced in October by Ramon Laguarta. → Read More
Twitter Stock Drops After User Numbers Decline
A fall in monthly active users overshadowed revenues that exceeded analysts’ expectations. → Read More
Trump Bashes E.U. Over $5.1 Billion Fine for Google
President Trump has repeatedly criticized the European Union for what he insists are its unfair trading practices. → Read More
Comcast Pulls Offer for Fox Assets, Ending Bidding War With Disney
The cable and broadband giant had been locked in a battle with the Walt Disney Company for the bulk of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire. → Read More
Stocks Tumble in Europe on Trade Worries and German Political Uncertainty
Shares in Europe dropped, following Asian markets lower, as investors grappled with worsening global trade ties and an escalating rebellion against Germany’s leader. → Read More
Stocks Fall as Wall St. Turns Its Focus to Escalating U.S.-China Trade War
Investors are worried that worsening relations between the world’s two biggest economies will affect global growth. → Read More
U.S. Strikes Deal to Help China’s ZTE, Commerce Secretary Says
The Chinese telecommunications company has been at the center of a wide-ranging and complex trade dispute between Washington and Beijing. → Read More
Volkswagen Vows to End Experiments on Animals
The commitment comes as the German carmaker copes with the mounting toll of an emissions-cheating scandal while moving to repair its reputation. → Read More
Stock Market Decline Provoked by Italy’s Political Anxiety Spreads to U.S.
Italy has not had a new government since elections in March. But in the past week, the country’s politics exhibited a new level of unpredictability. → Read More
Deutsche Bank to Cut 7,000 Jobs
The announcement is the latest sign of the lender’s curtailed ambition, and comes about a month after it said it would shrink its operations in the United States and Asia. → Read More
U.K. Unlikely to Block Comcast’s Proposed Sky Takeover, Minister Says
The decision by Britain’s culture secretary is the latest twist in a takeover battle between Comcast and Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox for control of the British satellite broadcaster. → Read More
U.K. vs. U.S.: How Much of Your Personal Data Can You Get?
We decided to test how easy it soon might be for people in Europe to access their personal data compared with users in the United States. → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg to Meet European Parliament Members Over Facebook’s Data Use
Mr. Zuckerberg’s planned visit to Brussels, following the C.E.O.’s testimony before Congress last month, highlights global concern over data privacy. → Read More
Novartis Says General Counsel Will Retire Over Cohen Payments
The Swiss pharmaceutical giant said Felix R. Ehrat would retire, after the company said this month it had made payments to President Trump’s personal lawyer. → Read More