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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

Access to cash is the tip of a digital iceberg
Things are getting back to normal after the CrowdStrike debacle. But for millions of UK adults, the online outage continues

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

Become a landlord? You're better off putting your money in the bank
The latest data suggests buy-to-let purchases are down, mortgage lending has dropped off and the sector is shrinking.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

Could Trump actually weaken the dollar?
If the former president returns to the White House, he might find it a hard task

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

How a Bicester Village sale could bring Hammerson back from the dead
Change in fortunes for beaten-down property group would chime with broader retail sector

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

In praise of small museums
Skip the tourist crowds, get off the beaten track and discover the overlooked cultural gems on your doorstep

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

On the trail of an endangered species: Napa Valley's DIY grape growers
In the land of big wine money and mechanisation, some families are still doing it for themselves

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

Paris's green revolution is still a work in progress
Swapping the car for the tree has not been a universally popular strategy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 27, 2024

Why Vance-ism won't be the future
Trump's genius, which is to be rightwing but not pious, is lost on his election running mate

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

The penny starts to drop on small stock machinations
Market-maker Virtu calls for reforms to tackle micro-cap manoeuvrings

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Ukraine will have a just peace or no peace at all
Kyiv's allies must still put it in a stronger position for any settlement talks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

The welfare state is writing too many people off too early
Sorting out worklessness is a challenge for Labour as a study in Barnsley says most of the economically inactive do want jobs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Don't miss one of my favourite flowery paradises
Look closely at the blooms in the medieval masterpiece the Wilton Diptych — they carry a significance far beyond mere decoration

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Universal basic income: the bad idea that never quite dies
The tax rises needed to fund such schemes put them out of reach — maybe a new study will convince the doubters

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Vivendi's listings shopping shows weakness of Europe's stock markets
The region's bourses are leaving themselves open to a new race to the bottom on rules

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

The luxury industry is falling from its elevated heights
Labels from Gucci to Burberry are struggling as aspirational shoppers pull back from extravagance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Ask Shrimsley: do we really have to play a game?
Board games, strategy games and, heaven forbid, Scrabble. There is nothing worse than enforced communal activity in the name of fun

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

From spud to dud: the US consumer has had enough
In spite of a glut, potato demand should make a comeback

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

What is Tesla?
And GDP growth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Taylor Swift and the fallacy plaguing modern economics
Why what we consider to be economic activity matters

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Gamification — it's like fun but more hellish
Smartphone points, streaks and pseudo-rewards engender excitement but have no value

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?
The vice-president is polling better than Joe Biden, but is not yet in winning territory

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Can we afford to have another dog?
Vet bills, food, accessories and collateral damage. It's an expensive business

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Blue Owl is bidding hard for the private capital big leagues
The nascent firm created by a 2021 Spac merger will soon manage more than $200bn

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Olympic mirror on the wall?.?.?.?who's the fittest of them all?
The Games have begun. And the fashions are going for gold

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 26, 2024

Rich people's (pet) problems: Can we afford another dog?
Vet bills, food, accessories and collateral damage. It's an expensive business

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Is the tide turning on US stocks?
Headline market returns have been stellar, but beneath the surface things are far less positive

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

AI is approaching an open-source inflection point
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's a convert to the cause of openness

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Why breaking the rules is easy for Trump
The US presidential race can be seen as a tussle between ‘universal' and ‘situational' views of the law

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Revolut's banking licence won't silence doubters
The fintech's growth ambitions look bold to say the least — even if its banking licence will help

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Tackling poverty will be the litmus test of Labour's appetite for change
The government must not allow its commitment to fiscal probity to become rigid dogma

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Carmakers face a painful hit from this consumer crash
Average car selling prices are falling as ample supply and sluggish demand hit pricing power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Reading the runes of the tech sell-off
The link between the yen and Silicon Valley stocks seems more than a coincidence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Is the yen behind the tech sell-off?
The link between the Japanese currency and Silicon Valley stocks seems more than a coincidence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Start-ups like Wiz will have to learn the art of living longer
The decision of the Israeli-founded cyber security company and Google to call off their match has lessons for the tech sector

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Investor appetite returns to Britain
Labour must now capitalise on the country's stability dividend

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

California's anti-AI bill undermines the sector's achievements
Laws should not be written without collaboration from expert developers, investors and researchers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

I'm a commodities sceptic, but even I see an opportunity in the green transition
Returns have been dismal over the past decade, but investment banks are buying into cleaner energy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

For AI policy, boring is good
Technocrats make sensible policy preparations in case a technology revolution does take place

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Koan, Copenhagen: Am I a diner, or am I a mark? — restaurant review
It was when the sommelier arrived that things shot off the highly polished rails

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

A tale of three very different elections
We've got a rare opportunity to compare the UK, US and French systems. What have we learnt?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

An ill wind blows for China's renewable groups
Shares of the country's largest turbine makers reflect concerns about overcapacity at home and obstacles to global growth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Inflation, stock prices, and french fries
A pandemic story

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

Investors should beware the unwinding of Biden's economic legacy
A return of Trump to the White House could reverse many of the measures that underpinned a strong investing environment

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

It's time to resist the tyranny of Instagram interiors
Algorithms feed us more of the styles we already like, so it all looks painfully familiar. We need to mount a strategic attack against ‘Instagrammabiquity'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

How Bidenomics will survive Biden's departure
Kamala Harris won't have much room to shift from industrial intervention and import tariffs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

‘Small is cool': a clarion call for our materialistic age
Governments should design tax policies to discourage the bigger-is-better instincts of consumers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 25, 2024

The Middle East's problems extend far beyond Gaza
Nothing is resolved until everything is resolved

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

This billionaire vehicle is just another Spac squeeze
Brad Jacobs's latest venture might be his boldest venture yet but it offers little to ordinary investors

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Businesses are counting the likely cost of ‘heatflation'
Some companies will be able to afford to mitigate the effects of climate change on their workforce — others won't

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Macau's Portuguese strive to preserve their cultural heritage
As the casino city approaches the 25th anniversary of its handover to China, the challenges for the ex-pat community are growing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Brad Jacobs' few billion dollars are just another Spac squeeze
The entrepreneur's latest venture might be his boldest venture yet but it offers little to ordinary investors

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Reckitt's mini break-up isn't a full spring clean
Group's promised plans at least give shareholders the hope of upside to come

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

When five go mad on the motorways
Stiff sentences for climate activists underscore the crucial distinction between protest and disruption

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Harris vs Trump: America's sudden gender election
The second female Democrat to take on Trump has advantages that Hillary Clinton lacked

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Alphabet's M&A flops underscore its strategic dilemma
Advertising remains the dominant business, but is vulnerable in an unpredictable regulatory environment

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

The London market discount is about performance, not geography
Lower average profitability explains much of why UK companies are lower-valued than their US peers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Western companies are still fuelling Putin's war machine
Governments can and should make export controls on Russia far more effective

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

A new pensions experiment could shake up the public sector
Market forces get a say in United Learning's scheme but there could be unintended consequences

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

How best can I object to my neighbour's extension plans?
Planning permission has been requested for extensive works

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 24, 2024

Italy is tying itself in knots over business gender quotas
Unthinking patriarchy still dominates great swaths of public life in the country

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Seoul push to end ‘the Korean discount' hits a snag
Critics of a Doosan group restructuring argue the country needs a fiduciary duty standard for shareholders

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Bobcat merger a ‘slap in the face' for Korean reform drive
Critics of Doosan group restructuring argue the country needs a fiduciary duty standard for shareholders

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Lessons from the global IT outage
Businesses and governments need to mitigate against single points of failure

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

The ICJ's damning verdict
Court ruling should prompt a rethink of the west's policies towards Israel

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Gen Z can help Amex keep its premium billing
Having a younger and more affluent user base means credit card group remains a relative haven

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Immigration is both essential and impossible
The option of temporary worker contracts is not embraced by either side but it may be the solution

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Eni's clean energy strategy deserves more credit
The Italian group's scheme of setting up satellite businesses is starting to show promise

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Julius Baer's boss needs serious fizz for wealth manager's revamp
Given the presence of a beefed-up UBS, extra scale is needed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Kamala Harris: a Gen X woman with Gen Z appeal
American elections had become deadening in their predictability — not anymore

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

The lasting legacy of James Baldwin
As the author's centenary approaches, his courageous, powerful and sometimes prescient work is finding new audiences around the world

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

The lasting legacy of writer James Baldwin
As the author's centenary approaches, his courageous, powerful and sometimes prescient work is finding new audiences around the world

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

The problem with the coronation of Kamala Harris
Democrats fear chaos and dissent but deference to established candidates has cost them more often

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Cat bonds offer profit in perils — for now
This niche offers diversification as well as high yields but is hardly risk free

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Why I am now optimistic that economies can break out of a rut
For the first time in two decades, the potential for a step up in western growth is real and promising

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

The end of the Omnitrade
And Trump's dollar devaluation dreams

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Venezuelans want to throw off the shackles of Maduro's regime
Presidential elections this weekend present an opportunity for a peaceful restoration of democracy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

Conspiracy theories are being baked into American politics
What can we do to stop the collective warping of reality online?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

‘Eat your greens' politics brings its own dangers
Labour should be wary of thinking that doing things that all states should be doing is a shortcut to growth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 23, 2024

France's forgotten chamber makes its political comeback
Long eclipsed by the Élysée, the assembly that spawned the terms ‘left' and ‘right' now holds the key to policymaking

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Growth and cutting inequality must go hand in hand for Labour
Get the macroeconomic policy wrong and you risk entrenching divides that need dealing with now

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Biden's late farewell
Kamala Harris is likely to be the Democratic presidential nominee

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Kamala Harris can't count on American labour
The Democrats still have the problem of how to lock in the working-class vote

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Why Harris should not just become the heir-apparent
Democrats and Republicans alike need to get out of their echo chambers — the future of American democracy depends on it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Trump, Harris and a fear-filled campaign
The outcome of the US election will turn on which candidate scares voters the most

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Consumers can relish Ryanair's promise of an airline price war
Holidaymakers are no longer willing to travel at any cost and will exact revenge if ticket prices are too high

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Netflix faces tough battle in advertising wars
Customers will have less tolerance for ads, and for being asked to pay more to stay ad-free

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

After Biden, is there still a Trump trade?
And small capapalooza

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Citizens should be asked to do more in UK politics
Many things need to change, among them how the country governs itself

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

How to tax private equity properly
A protracted game of chicken is under way over the ‘carried interest' loophole

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 22, 2024

Trump 2.0 would not play out like Trump 1.0 in markets
Both the domestic and global contexts have changed materially since 2016

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

Watershed decision puts Harris in uncharted territory
The Democrats must now decide between a coronation of the vice-president or a divisive contested convention

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

Biden's historic decision puts Harris in uncharted territory
The Democrats must now decide between a coronation of the vice-president or a divisive contested convention

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

Biden's historic decision puts Kamala Harris in uncharted territory
The Democrats must now decide between a coronation of the vice-president or a divisive contested convention

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

When it comes to work, age isn't just a number
Changing demographics are set to keep older people employed despite risks highlighted by Biden

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

Europe's prosperity depends on solving its budgetary conundrum
We now have an important ingredient for progress that we did not in the past — political will

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

Stop worshipping at the feet of the wealthy
Reactions to the Ambani wedding show we have lost our distaste for fortunes on extravagant display

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

The lightness of Beijing's third plenary
The Chinese economy needs a clearer strategy to boost its lacklustre demand

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

The retro charm of ‘getting your colours done'
As much a part of the 1980s as leg warmers and leotards, colour consultancy is proving popular with today's TikTokers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

We must not mistake China's success on green energy for a global one
Beijing's exponential growth in renewables is propelling a dangerous narrative that masks wider political failure

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 21, 2024

Wine market's future is far from rosé
Global consumption has been in decline since it peaked in 2007

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