Russia’s future looks bleak without economic and political reform | Kenneth Rogoff

When the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, meets his US counterpart, Donald Trump, at this week’s G20 summit in Hamburg, he will not be doing so from a position of economic strength. To be sure, despite the steep drop in oil prices that began three years ago,...

There’s pent up demand for the iPhone 8, say analysts – here’s what that means for Apple

New analyst notes from Citi and Instinet suggest there’s pent-up demand among consumers for the Apple iPhone 8, which is expected to launch later this fall. The demand for Apple’s unannounced new smartphone may affect sales of this year’s iPhone 7 in...