The Big Picture Modi’s dream of delivering a developed India at heart of next month’s electionsIndia is changing at extraordinary speed and has more billionaires than anywhere except the US and China
The Big Picture Europe is floundering and must modernise as extremists loomSingle market on which its economy is built needs a complete rethink if it is to compete with a booming US and a surging Asia
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: If AI does advance to outsmart us humans, we need to be readyWith the possible exception of inflation, AI is the number one factor driving investor sentiment in the stock market but regulatory demands are growing
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Fed’s hasty revision of interest rates is most dramatic shift in expectations in yearsDemand for interest cuts in election year likely to see economy take centre stage in UK and US races
The Big Picture Netanyahu’s barbaric army is out of control and is alienating all his allies Israel is quickly losing any international sympathy and support it had after the Hamas terror attack on October 7
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Brakes go on the move to the brave new electric car worldThe revolution might not be going to plan, with a drop in EV sales worldwide raising questions about the shift to greener travel
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: If RTÉ and the BBC are to stay the same, then they have to changePublic service broadcasting is in financial crisis. Now is the time to consider what it is actually for
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Why is the US using an 134-year-old law to bring Apple to heel?New regulatory probes have raised the prospect that the best of times may be over for Big Tech
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Bankers need to stop having hissy fits over regulationBankers are fighting back against the latest efforts to regulate them, but their special pleadings are becoming tiresome
US Politics Vincent Boland: Surprise surprise, the billionaires are backing Donald TrumpThe former – and possibly future – US president is attracting support from the monied classes
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Yes the value of stock markets are soaring, yet IPOs are in steep decline The market shrinkage is mostly a western, mainly European phenomenon, while markets in Asia continue to grow
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: A US ban of TikTok raises issues of principle and practicality and is antithetical to free speechThe US and the UK have over-reacted with these displays of performative pandering to political lobbies and snubbing of allies
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Bitcoin rises from the dead ... and it stinks to high heavenCrypto universe is shrouded in mystification, boosterism and investor credulousness
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: China’s journey to prosperity is stuck – and something has to giveIts economy recently kept the world ticking over but it has faced a series of downturns that mean a new path must be found
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: It is sad to say, but Hong Kong is so over it hurts – and it’s a loss to the worldFrom being the jewel of Asia, these days Hong Kong’s status as a world-leading financial centre is diminishing at an alarming rate
Comment Vincent Boland: Nvidia is the new Apple and its chief the new Steve Jobs, even down to dress senseThe tech company at the centre of the artificial intelligence revolution, has seen its value soar seven-fold to its level today of $2 trillion
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: After 34 years, Japan’s Nikkei has something to shout about at lastThe wait is over for investors as stock market finally surpasses high last achieved in December 1989
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Putin is having a fantastic 2024, it can’t continueTide has turned in Russia’s favour on second anniversary of Ukraine invasion, Europe must now respond to help Ukraine prevail
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Biden may be old, but Nato comments show Trump is unhinged The world has gotten used to the deadbeat developer-turned-politician talking trash, but his comments last week still shocked
The Big Picture Vincent Boland: Farmers are their own worst enemies but must not be ignored As climate change accelerates and the green transition becomes more urgent and costly – farmers are at the coalface, whether they like it or not