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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

A contentious climate fix gathers pace
Carbon capture and storage is making unexpected breakthroughs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

The cynical opportunities of ‘Epic Fury'
With this US administration, the best bet is that a business deal is to be reached with Iran

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

What if AI just makes us work harder?
Employees have reported increased momentum, but also a feeling of having more to do

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

When buying clothes, can you beat the market?
There are more than just financial considerations to take into account when buying vintage, quality basics and luxury items

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

Can Reese's have too many pieces? The line-extension conundrum
The company has come under fire for its use of ‘chocolate coating' and ‘peanut butter creme'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

European broadcasters need to look to Paramount-style M&A
As pressure to do a deal grows, buying quality content rather than viewers is the way to go

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

Italy's media industry is in upheaval
Legal battle with controversial YouTuber echoes broader tussle

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

Less radical, more profitable: here come Europe's new fintech unicorns
Business-to-business services are bread and butter for a lot of investors

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

Should I marry my partner to protect me financially?
He is terminally ill and I'm worried my child and I won't be able to stay in our home when he is gone

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 04, 2026

Stamp duty is Britain's quiet growth killer
The rate of housebuilding has plummeted over decades; to achieve recovery, the government needs to scrap high transaction taxes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

A dull UK fiscal statement comes with a fragile outlook
As global risks mount, Rachel Reeves must shore up Britain's finances and growth agenda

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

Macron's remarkable nuclear proposal faces a culture clash
The longstanding independence of France's ‘force de frappe' may stand in the way of successful co-ordination with allies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

Wanted: private equity buyers for unloved online marketplaces
Smarter operators in a depressed and AI-disrupted sector can still find an edge

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

Iran war presents a different script for markets
Investors have been right to identify geopolitics as a rising risk factor

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

Donald Trump's dangerous ‘war of whim'
Anyone who claims to know where this conflict will go is bluffing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

What's a safe asset now?
Most of the old standbys are not working

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

Britain's ‘open' voters need a champion
Despite their triumph in Gorton, it's not clear the Greens have what it takes to prevent a Reform victory at the next election

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 03, 2026

B&M tries to win back Britain's discount shoppers
Retail chain's new chief executive needs to catch up with rival Home Bargains

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

France's groundbreaking nuclear offer to Europe
Macron's decision to extend the deterrent is a boost for the continent's defence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

AES's private equity buyers pull off the self-leveraging buyout
Investors in the power and utility group might have expected more but it's not clear they had a right to

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

Ghana's ageing cocoa farmers are caught in a price trap
Small farms and low productivity mean their livelihoods did not improve even as markets hit a record high

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

Airlines' healthy finances will be tested by Middle East conflict
Carriers have enjoyed strong demand and cheap fuel but escalating tensions threaten both

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

Hormuz crisis is a wake-up call for complacent gas consumers
The world has already reckoned with its dependence on oil but retains other energy vulnerabilities

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

Iran war is upending gas markets
The disruption to LNG flows has sparked concerns about supply to the key regional customers of Europe and Asia

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

Can the US build ships again?
Not if Trump refuses to follow his own administration's best advice

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

How western navies can keep the Strait of Hormuz open
Although the narrow waterway is easy for Iran to block, playing offence could prevent global economic repercussions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

Iran attacks show US haven status is in peril
In moments of extreme uncertainty investors usually rush to the safety of US government bonds, but not this time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

On lead, Britain is the laggard of the developed world
The UK's exposure surveillance system for this public health menace is reactive — unlike elsewhere

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

The war and markets
Time is the crucial factor

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

The great British electricity puzzle
It turns out that making the transition to clean energy while keeping the price down is hard

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

The ‘stick or twist' moment for UK banks
Will high street lenders persist with disciplined growth plans or take riskier bets to boost fee income

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 02, 2026

Blacklisting Russian paramilitaries will not work on its own
A foreign terrorist designation without secondary sanctions and sustained pressure is unlikely to succeed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 01, 2026

Trump's epic gamble in the Middle East
The US president's goal of regime change augurs immense regional chaos

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 01, 2026

Iran war will test the vulnerability of oil markets
While there are buffers of supply, spare capacity will come under pressure in the event of any further escalation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 01, 2026

Trump has no realistic plan for Iran's future
The US president has not understood the lessons of past wars for regime change in Iraq and Afghanistan

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 01, 2026

Britain's rising tax on ambition
The country's tax system and rising costs sap the returns to hard work

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 01, 2026

The cost of UK higher education doesn't add up
Complexity has been introduced by politicians and as a result there are five different repayment plans

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 01, 2026

What a chocolate company can tell us about OpenAI's risk
For the closest American analogue to its unusual charitable structure, you need to look at Hershey

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 01, 2026

Why it makes sense for women to work for women
The numbers show pay gaps are lower when the CEO is a woman. Shame there are so few of them

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Trump and Netanyahu go for Iran's jugular
Washington is ill-equipped to handle the regional conflagration it has unleashed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Nvidia's sales rocket while its shares flatline
Is there a limit to how big a company can get?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Trump gambles on war to force Iran's capitulation
Bloody history of US interventions in region shows those launching assaults are rarely able to control outcome

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

The one good monopoly
Liberals should favour competition in all things but the superpower game

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

The iPod's slow shuffle back to relevance
For Gen Z, the discontinued device represents a back-to-nature state of innocence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Why is HMRC making tax so diabolical?
April's Making Tax Digital launch will instead Make Tax Difficult

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

AI models, like capitalism, are best served with a conscience
Some companies think users would prefer products with morals pre-installed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

A million young Britons are falling through the cracks
The voiceless ranks of those not in work or training risk tumbling off the UK's social and economic map

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

A dangerous playbook is being revived for the giant US housing agencies
Increased buying of mortgage securities by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae marks a return to a risky business model

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Are my shoes giving off the right signals?
To the expert eye, footwear used to reveal a lot about a person. Now everyone wears trainers, all bets are off

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Bordeaux 2016 was a superstar vintage. How does it taste now?
A decade on, two tastings in London reveal winners, losers and a few bargains

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Breaking news: the ‘Today' programme is broken
The BBC radio show is the perfect illustration of just how unserious we've become

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

When financial and geopolitical waves collide
We are living in a ‘barbell' world where international threat meets technological opportunity

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

What my biggest investment mistake teaches us about the software sell-off
When shares you own sink, assume that you're wrong, rather than looking for reasons why you're right

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 28, 2026

Musafir, Kyiv: It takes guts and good generators to run a buzzy restaurant in wartime Ukraine — review
Against all odds, Kyiv's restaurant scene is thriving

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Netflix could be streaming media's most victorious loser
Buying WBD for $83bn would have cost the streaming giant financial flexibility and its ability to take on YouTube

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

AI has driven investors to hallucinations
Competing visions on the next big technological revolution are discombobulating markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Wall Street doubles down on another Caesars buyout
Bidders now circling casino chain are betting that a losing streak can quickly reverse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Britain's old political duopoly has been shattered
The country used to be contemptuous of parties on either extreme, but no longer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

An election that shakes up British politics
The Greens' victory is a crushing blow for Sir Keir Starmer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Have you got your 10,000 steps in?
Becoming a pointless pacer is one thing, telling people about it is quite another

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

What you said about my new ChatGPT investment adviser
Plenty of readers admit to using AI already; others have major concerns

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Global stock discounts vs US stock discounts
Plus the fall in Treasury yields

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Economic nationalism is just getting started
Tariff wars may de-escalate but companies in the US and elsewhere are still expected to serve their country first

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Ineos puts a new industrial spin on a morbid financial game
Chemicals is a crowded space; forging ahead in the hope of driving out weaker peers looks like a leveraged bet

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

Power failure could undermine America's AI ambitions
Spiralling electricity demand threatens to hold the US back in its technological race with China

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 27, 2026

The grand, golden gardens of Lahore
Carpets of marigolds light up the Punjab capital as the kite festival returns, heralding the start of spring

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

What went wrong at PayPal
A company etched in Silicon Valley folklore as a disrupter needs reinvention

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Britain's great data centre balancing act
Without careful handling, AI power demand could push up electricity prices and sink net zero plans

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Iran and the chimera of capitulation
Trump and Witkoff expect weaker parties to cave — but unlike in real estate, ideology and national pride matter

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

The little-known commodity fuelling Sudan's civil war
Dependence on gum arabic — the sap from acacia trees — is helping to prolong the world's worst humanitarian disaster

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

The challenge of pricing AI's impact
The pace at which developments in the technology are occurring is unlike anything we've seen before

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Hong Kong stakes its claim on the global gold trade
City's moves to build out its bullion infrastructure give it a real chance at becoming a regional hub

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

British politics gets religion
In Reform, socially conservative Christianity has finally found a UK vehicle for its agenda on traditional families

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

It's payback time for Trump's tariff fiasco
The administration handing out refunds to Chinese companies will be a terrible look

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

The grimly compelling rise of videoed death
Why viral violence is becoming a prime mover of politics

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Ukraine and the new economics of war
Lessons from four years of war: it's the economy, stupid

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

The Halo effect
Heavy asset, low obsolescence?.?.?.?high returns?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

PayPal's plunge makes it a tempting takeover target
Stripe is one company that has taken a preliminary look

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Italy pitches a nifty idea to cut power prices
Rome is the first to break ranks to overhaul the broad structure of the market and the cost of greening it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

How working from home changed how we shop
Guess which group of remote workers pays more?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Working from home has changed the way we shop
Guess which group of remote workers pays more?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

US should not be the default IPO choice
There is a strong case for European companies to be listed in Europe where analysts and investors are closest to the story

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Should I settle my loan charge dispute with HMRC?
A settlement opportunity was announced in the last Budget

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 26, 2026

Big firms risk believing in their own ‘magic'
Consultants will fail to confront their shortcomings if they place too much faith in their reputation-fixing skills

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Japan is the ultimate Halo trade
So much that once struck investors as ungodly suddenly looks redeemed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Memory chip boom leaves PC and smartphone makers in the cold
The three big manufacturers are increasingly selling chips for AI rather than household gadgets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Let Chinese mainland tourists return to Taiwan
Restoring cross-strait travel is the most immediate way to lower the temperature — and Washington can help

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Mexico's biggest battle in the drug war is yet to come
Killing a cartel boss is a start but politicians linked to crime also need tackling

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Mexico's biggest drug war battle is yet to come
Killing a cartel boss is a start but politicians linked to crime also need tackling

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Putting data centres in space is even harder than it sounds
Treating orbit as a workaround for AI's energy needs would accelerate satellite congestion and degrade the night sky

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Becoming a citizen is bittersweet in today's Germany
A trip in honour of my Jewish great-grandmother was a reminder that we don't all learn the same lessons from history

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Old books find a new audience in the age of viral reading
Publishers are raiding the archives for titles ripe for a revival

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Private equity makes risky $1.1bn bet on hospice care
Kinderhook's acquisition of Enhabit comes with thin margins, heavy debt and increasing scrutiny

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

Private equity tries to breathe new life into US hospice chain
Kinderhook's $1.1bn bet on Enhabit comes with thin margins, heavy debt and increasing scrutiny

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

The Bank of England does not need to ‘follow the Fed'
The decisions of the US central bank can have a mixed impact on the domestic UK economy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

How war stopped working
Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan — the story of the century so far is the ineffectiveness of force

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

The AI doomers aren't done yet
Plus AMD and Meta

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

To raise low birth rates, we must help mothers
Easing the child penalty in the labour market could also increase fertility

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

The death of the Trump trade
Investor backlash against US markets appears to be real

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Feb 25, 2026

The elusive grail of blood tests that spot cancer early
A recent trial shows the difficulty of disentangling medical hope from hype

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