Before the World Cup started, fans raged over the cost of tickets — the highest ever for the tournament. Critics wondered whether prices would crash before kickoff, and if swathes of empty seats would embarrass FIFA’s pricing strategy.

Ghana is considering transferring control of Gold Fields Ltd.’s Tarkwa mine to local firms when its leases expire next April, part of a push to increase control of its gold industry and capture more of the proceeds from high bullion prices.

It’s difficult to argue that the European Central Bank should have refrained from raising borrowing costs this month, according to Chief Economist Philip Lane.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to thin early on Friday, just a day after a burst of oil flows through the waterway as the US and Iran vowed to lift a dual blockade.

A conversation with Jack Clark and Peter McCrory.