Stephen Bartholomeusz

The competition watchdog’s chairman Rod Sims is campaigning for a radical reform of merger law without the evidence to warrant it.

The Biden administration wants more competition in the US beer, wine and spirits sector and that lead to the shaking up of a structure that has been in existence since Prohibition ended in 1933.

China’s call for “obedient and orderly” capital signals that it hasn’t finished trying to rein in the sector that accounts for the majority of its economic growth.

If Russia’s currency is any barometer of its economic condition then it would appear that it has weathered the initial storm of the West’s sanctions. Appearances can, however, be deceptive.