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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Wall Street to trump Main Street with new bank rules
Proposed weakening of capital rules for big lenders will not achieve the supposed aim of boosting the Treasuries market

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

A $250bn rail merger could help put US logistics on track
Smoother cross-continental logistics ought to be an easy goal to get behind

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Succulent lessons from Versailles' 17th-century kitchen garden
A reimagining of Louis XIV's potager — a historic hotbed of planting and pruning knowhow — gleans tips for the modern age

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Reckitt joins in the great consumer goods jumble sale
The hodgepodge portfolio of brands up for grabs may not have appealed to many industry buyers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

The Afghanistan data leak will haunt British politics for years
Both this government and the last are implicated in a cover-up that will cost the UK billions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Checking the half-time scores on top and worst-performing stocks
‘Reversion to mean' is what many of us say to ourselves to excuse a bad investment

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Is investment banking still a jewel in Wall Street's crown?
The once-glamorous business may be losing strategic relevance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Keep calm when confronted by a capricious leader
Businesses would be well-advised not to jump to Trump's every whim

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Memo to Coke: keep calm and carry on
Businesses would be well-advised not to jump to Trump's every whim

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Can I laugh at my friend's sports injury?
A moral guide to when it is fair game

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Michael Froman: ‘We are not taking the trade-offs as seriously as we should be'
Council on Foreign Relations president and former US Trade Representative on tariffs and Donald Trump's deals

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Starling and Monzo take a transatlantic flight of fancy
British fintechs coo over US opportunities, but landing is difficult

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Rising graduate joblessness is mainly affecting men. Will that last?
Unpicking the puzzle of increasing junior white-collar unemployment

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Fear of market vigilantes should not hold back EU's defence ambitions
While the political difficulties are real, the economic challenges are far from insurmountable

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Can finance put a stop to AI data mining?
Access fees that the sector say will protect customers could also act as a competitive barrier

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Don't poison my golden goose, Rachel
My strong returns owe much to UK equities — but if pushed to buy more I'll do the opposite

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 18, 2025

Threats to the Fed go beyond firing Powell
Curtis Yarvin's ideas are going ever more mainstream in Trump's Washington — and investors should be worried

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Kenvue drama shows not all spin-offs are created equal
The anticipated hidden value has not materialised since its demerger from J&J

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Japan's troubling fiscal laxity
Politicians are promising voters tax cuts and handouts just as bond yields are pushing higher

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Trump's ‘Africa Second' policy may be a boon to China
The president's leadership style strikes a chord with many but his tariffs offer Beijing more openings

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

A new cold war with China won't help the US
Framing Beijing as a mortal enemy will hamper US growth and reduce Washington's global influence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Disinformation warriors are ‘grooming' chatbots
Russian hackers are exploring ways to inject propaganda into the training data of generative AI models

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Trump's Fed pantomime is not amusing investors
The message from markets is clear: if you follow through on firing Powell, the dollar will get smoked

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Politics faces its own AI reckoning
A new class of imperilled white-collar workers could radically reshape British democracy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Broadband's tiny barbarians gather at BT's gate
Altnets can build out networks but need to muster the scale and customers to sustain them

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Erdogan's crackdown is destroying Turkish democracy
By arresting opposition mayors, the president is following the playbook of his hero Adnan Menderes — and inviting chaos

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Trade and wealth tax myth-busting
Know your facts before conventional wisdom gets you

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

What China wants from Europe
As the US abandons the world order it built, China builds its own — how should Europe respond?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

The bitcoin rally
And bank results show the USA is OK

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

Brussels should not be shocked by Trump being Trump
The EU is using the old trade playbook against a new and different threat

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 17, 2025

The Wah Wah rocked Jimi Hendrix's world
A rock 'n' roll fable for those struggling to make AI tools work for them

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

A weak yen is the root of Japan's lurch to the right
Populism has caught up with the country and found fertile soil

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

As Germany's centrists squabble, the far right prepares to pounce
If Merz cannot unite the CDU and SPD, the AfD's strategy of forcing conservatives to co-operate with them could succeed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

A struggling Diageo needs a steadier hand
Debra Crew struggled to convey the appearance of being fully in control

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

What the Afghan ‘super-injunction' tells us about the UK
Parliament and regulators are shrugging off a decision that freed the government from accountability

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Goldman boss takes Wall Street's ‘most improved' award
Solomon may lack his predecessor's smoothness but investors prefer effectiveness

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

The great French comté clash
A favourite cheese has found itself in a political storm over its environmental impact

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Why politicians need to get over their tech insecurity
Those in the political sphere should not be ridiculed for asking important questions — even if they do lack technical expertise

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Trump and Maga are no longer the same thing
A summer of splits shows what post-Trump conservatism will look like

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Rachel Reeves' limited pitch to Britain's financial sector
Growth requires clearer signals on tax and bolder reforms

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Private equity and the crushing cost of UK vets' bills
Charges have risen sharply since 2016 as more practices have been swallowed up by buyout groups

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Tariff inflation arrives
And bad Treasury returns

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

VCs seek a ride on the defence bandwagon
Companies making drones and battlefield systems have taken the place once occupied by e-scooters and grocery apps in European investors' hearts

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

In search of the perfect hat
My bald head has two modes: cold and sunburned. In winter, my watch cap does the trick — but summer headgear is a challenge

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Science suffers when meteorites and fossils become an asset class
As wealthy buyers rush for these new collectibles, museums and universities risk turning into impotent onlookers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

Are Junior Isas the best savings option for children?
I'm looking for the most tax-efficient way to build a nest egg for my newborn

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 16, 2025

‘Fire' is now the greater threat to investors than ‘ice'
Financial markets will be closer in the future to a singe from inflation than a freeze in growth and prices

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Reeves gives UK banks a gift they don't really need
Focusing on improving a regime already seen as successful looks like a government seeking easy, rather than impactful, changes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Rachel Reeves: the pendulum has swung too far on risk
No other globally competitive financial services hub imposes such relentless bureaucracy on its businesses

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

A costly shambles for the British state
Super-injunction thwarted scrutiny of a data leak and Afghan resettlement scheme

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

An embarrassing episode for the British state
Super-injunction thwarted scrutiny of a data leak and Afghan resettlement scheme

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Wells Fargo reboot should put smaller US banks on guard
One benefit from the lifting of the asset cap is the lender can be more aggressive in attracting deposits

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Silicon Valley is creating plum jobs — for the fortunate few
The line between acquiring people and acquiring businesses has become ever fuzzier

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

A return to tariffs, Taco or not
Trump's focus on the goods of the past is ridiculous. What matters is competitiveness in the future

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Trump is flunking his Epstein test
For years he insisted on a deep-state plot that only he could expose. Now he says there is nothing to show

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

M&A bankers find dealmaking tough under Trump
Activity has collapsed with approvals becoming more politically charged

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Student loans: a drag, not a disaster
Plus, is the emerging markets party over?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

The strong grounds for optimism for the UK economy
Businesses thrive on certainty and the government is setting out clear frameworks for growth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Pity the policymakers in the AI jobs tsunami
Instead of retraining those who lose work, politicians could help people take matters into their own hands

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Post Office scandal clouds Fujitsu's AI rally
Japanese tech group has been in a good position as far as global AI aims are concerned

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

What could Zohran Mamdani mean for NYC's prime property market?
Some homeowners are worried by the prospect of a ‘radical socialist' mayor — but they underestimate the resilience of this high-stakes, high-reward city

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 15, 2025

Why a clean sweep on tax reform is the easiest option
There are three big wins for the UK government if it ditches the hotchpotch of incentives and loopholes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

US investors should beware of tariff complacency
America's bullish stock market is at odds with Trump's policy agenda

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Rare earths miner taps a seam of US government largesse
MP Materials is the subject of the Trump administration's strangest intervention in corporate America yet

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Rare earths miner taps seam of US government largesse
MP Materials is subject of Trump administration's strangest intervention in corporate America yet

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Financial institutions should prepare for subsea cable sabotage
Attacks on the infrastructure that moves money could be a bigger threat than cyber hacks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

How magical thinking came for net zero critics
Badenoch shows the temptation of just putting all this climate unpleasantness behind us

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

The resurrection of the London-Paris-Berlin triangle
In the face of geopolitical instability, close trilateral relations are essential

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Warren Buffett comes out on top from Kraft Heinz flop
The food group is set to split after years of faltering sales and a falling share price

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Lagos is surrounded by water — so where are all the beaches?
Lack of free access illustrates the way in which the city is squeezing its poorest residents

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Pensioners versus the new ‘masters of the universe'
As the best brains in finance gravitate towards asset management and private capital, funds might be exposed to greater risk

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Lessons from the Kraft-Heinz cul-de-sac
Financial restructuring is, at best, a secondary source of value

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

Milei's risky bet on a potent peso
Argentine president hopes a strong currency will help him achieve goal on which he has staked his political reputation — killing off inflation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 14, 2025

The markets are signalling a clear winner in the Middle East
Israel's stunning stock rally suggests the country is cementing its status as the regional economic superpower

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

Why is change so hard to deliver
British politicians find the odds stacked against making good on promises made to voters

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

Why is change so hard to deliver?
British politicians find the odds stacked against making good on promises made to voters

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

Make America affordable again
That's the main lesson to take from New York populist Zohran Mamdani

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

How Labour can balance the books without doing more damage
The government must make painful spending cuts and broad-based tax rises

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

How the Catholic Church views AI
This moment of technological change is so profound that we might compare it to the Renaissance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

A more intelligent approach to AI regulation
Legislators should focus on mitigating specific harms rather than anticipating broader concerns

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

Strike a pose: AI takes to the catwalk
Swedish retailer H&M's use of a ‘digital twin' in its ads opens up a whole range of possibilities for the fashion industry

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

Summertime sadness is a real thing
There is, after all, nothing quite so miserable as feeling unhappy when we are meant to be feeling good

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 13, 2025

‘Truthiness' and why people love a good story
The controversy over Raynor Winn's memoir ‘The Salt Path' has implications for business beyond publishing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

The history of political slogans reveals words are not enough
‘Change' is a powerful promise but the history of democracy has warnings for those who don't follow through

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

Museums should collaborate, not compete, in a hostile world
Hosting the Bayeux Tapestry in London is a big win, but rivalry between institutions has a cost

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

What I could have learnt from René Girard
The French theorist admired by the US right has an important message for both sides of politics

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

Tidings from my stock market humble pie
Retail investors who bought the dip after the tariff sell-off have done well but the outlook for US shares is still challenged

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

What happens when famous wine families get together
Inside the Primum Familiae Vini's annual gathering

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

When Sierra Leone came to Sevenoaks - Jay Rayner reviews Shwen Shwen
Not only should people go to Maria Bradford's restaurant, they should go back

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

My return to education
Aged 21, I was sure I wouldn't study again. Now I'm embarking on a part-time degree

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

How rituals can add shape and meaning to our lives
What are the regular practices that sustain us both as individuals and as societies?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 12, 2025

Trump gives nepo babies a big beautiful tax boost
Reducing the number of people who pay the ‘death tax' entrenches privilege and inequity across generations

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

Britain's damaging flirtation with a wealth tax
Labour's higher levies on entrepreneurs are already harming UK attractiveness

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

Does the US have Dutch disease?
The exorbitant burden of exporting dollars makes it hard for America to govern at home

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

Trump's immigration agenda follows the trade template — for good and ill
Long-term frameworks are necessary to lock in the desired effects of the US administration's most controversial policies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

When in drought?.?.?.?planting for a parched summer
This long dry season calls for a portfolio approach, hedging your bets rather than root-and-branch restructuring

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

Amazon's annual deal fest is no longer all about the bargains
Prime Day isn't just a way of shifting goods so much as a means of feeding the ecosystem

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

Coffee tariffs give caffeine fans grounds for concern
Almost all of the hit from coffee price rises reaches end consumers in eight months — a lifetime to a caffeine addict

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

A space has opened up in British politics
Voters are sick of drama — they want stability

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 11, 2025

What do my streaming choices say about me?
People have always perceived social cachet in their cultural choices. This is no exception

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