VOLKSWAGEN doesn’t just make cars. Its enormous lending arm also helps customers to pay for them. With €164 billion ($184 billion) of assets, this is...

ALONG the muddy banks of the River Severn in Newport, Wales, sits the “mega-shredder”, an industrial monster owned by one of the world’s biggest...

WHEN the bottom finally fell out of America’s housing market in 2006, it triggered the worst global recession since the 1930s. But rising house...

THE bare expanse of Anna Creek cattle station (as Australians call ranches) belies its strategic attraction to investors. Straddling the river plains...

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CASH has many enemies. Banks have added contactless technology to their credit and debit cards; apps like Uber use pre-stored details for...

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Google teased its smart home initiatives Weave and Brillo earlier this year at I/O, and now the tech giant's Nest division is pushing its own smart...