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   NEWS: FT.COM - COMMENT & ANALYSIS
FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

How English costs the English
The disadvantages of having the world's language

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

Mr Kipling's lentil deal shows it has its finger on the pulse
New acquisition by cake maker's owner Premier Foods could reignite a sputtering share price

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

Tech stocks are sending a warning
Sell-off provides a reminder of the risks of the sector's dominance in public and private markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

Is it time to sell your AI stocks?
Avoid the hype — most companies are seeing no return on generative AI spending

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

How many grammes of protein do you need anyway?
The mania for muscle building is out of control

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

How pubs won Gen Z over
Karaoke, singalongs, games of pool, themed nights — younger patrons are being drawn in by a host of entertainment on offer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

Lunch with a rock star, cooked by a star chef — Jay Rayner visits Pip in Manchester
Mary-Ellen McTague has somehow made a hotel restaurant feel utterly beguiling

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2025

In defence of the bank holiday
Scrapping public days off is not a fiscal fix

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Reuniting the old crew at a new bank is tough
Hiring star bankers and letting them bring their own posse has had mixed results

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Cut flowers, but make them Beaton
Time to embrace the photographer and designer's theatrical approach to blooms, in all its wildness and glamour

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

The lamentable decline of reading
Childhood encouragement, libraries and government support can reverse the trend

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Gold diggers follow the money
The danger with gold rushes is turning up too late, and previous bouts of outperformance have typically been reversed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Trump must not reward Putin for his aggression in Ukraine
Accepting Russia's illegal land grab in Donetsk and Luhansk?would signal to dictators everywhere that violence pays

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Corporate egg freezing won't break the glass ceiling
At its most cynical, the perk feels like yet another way of trying to control women's bodies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Notting Hill Carnival and the power of the DIY sound system
Collaborative design and production is too often overlooked and unrecognised

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Ask Green: Is laughter the best medicine?
Did you hear the one about the doctor prescribing comedy as a cure for ‘ordinary unhappiness'?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Our Jackson Hole speech
Definitely not what Jay would say

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Britain's statistics scandal means it cannot answer its most pressing questions
More and more of the numbers needed to guide policy are going dark

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Chicago's new casino is a gamble in more ways than one
Selling shares to ordinary ‘non-accredited' investors who are mostly local residents is also a throw of the dice

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Has the UK now found its role in the world?
As Trump's America steps back from the global stage, there are openings for post-Brexit Britain to lead

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2025

Faultlines in financial system could be exposed by regulatory arbitrage
Policymakers and banking industry should push for convergence on rules

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

The US needs a return to realism
Washington should dial down its global military involvement but must not retreat on trade at the same time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

The world should prepare for the looming quantum era
New breakthroughs underscore the technology's potential and perils

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

How AI will change the browser wars
The ability to steer large audiences to particular digital services has huge strategic value

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Trees are a quieter way to cool our cities
Urban forestry used with precision can reduce the temperature several degrees without straining the power grid

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Italian power-broking will outlive Mediobanca's demise
Few will mourn the bank's passing, but its wheeling and dealing tradition is likely to be around for some time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Brace for a crash before the golden age of AI
History teaches that tech revolutions follow a predictable cycle of installation followed by creative destruction

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Everyone suddenly wants to be a telecoms group
The fintechs have picked a good time to get involved

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

The tech ‘sell-off'
Plus, the homebuilder stock rally, and more on concentration

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Trump's roving banditry will undermine the US economy
On tariffs and tax the president acts like a mafia boss, but not a very good one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Half of Gen X has a pension problem
As a generation, its pension provision is only slightly less than other cohorts — but women fare far worse than men

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

For stockpickers, AI is already both co-pilot and competitor
Intuition, judgment and a gift for reading people are some of the hardest skills to mimic

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Germany's borrowing spree plans face a reality check
Investors would be wrong to overstate concerns about a debt surge by the country

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

My date with an octopus
Whatever the request, ChatGPT is happy to help, often with unfortunate results

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2025

Securitisation as the baddie? Europe can flip that script
European Commission proposals include clear improvements such as new punishments on investors who fall short

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Why Trump is really targeting India
Washington is singling out New Delhi in an effort to extract concessions in trade negotiations

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

What central bankers must tackle at Jackson Hole
Monetary policymakers are on divergent paths, but face common threats

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Hizbollah is not the IRA
There is no peace deal on the table and those who expected the militant group to capitulate were deluded

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Living in remote areas shouldn't be a death sentence
Mobile phone usage patterns can help to predict poverty and target service delivery in hard to reach places

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

TV mergers find friendlier audience in Trump's America
Updating outdated rules for a new landscape is important

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

The mess, the flaws and the rocky love life of the great James Baldwin
A biography of the American writer and activist avoids casting him as saintly — and shows that the best portraits of artists are often the least hagiographic

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Beware America's AI colonialism
It is easy to see how tech can become an even greater bargaining chip in US foreign policy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Let's not forget the young people without GCSEs
We should realise that training alongside decent work is a better next step for some 16-year-olds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

We must clear a path for young people outside full-time education
As GCSE results land, we should realise that training alongside decent work is a better next step for some 16-year-olds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Trump's ambiguity is the worst of all worlds
He supports Europe enough to make it complacent but not enough to make it safe

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Warding off the evil eye in rural Italy
Belief that envy can bring about an inadvertent curse has endured for thousands of years across the Mediterranean

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

The signal from semiconductors
And from housing starts

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Why UK property taxes should be overhauled
Swapping outdated levies for an annual proportional property tax looks sensible

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Bank rally puts Shawbrook's IPO ambitions in reach
Those debating the health of London's capital markets seize on even the smallest listing to validate their thesis — good or bad

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Can I challenge my solicitor's fees?
Legal costs have doubled what was originally agreed for help with a dispute

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Europe's rich are watching Norway's election debate on wealth taxes
Changes to taxation are at the heart of the centre-right's attempts to retake power in Norway

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Europe's rich watch Norway's election debate on wealth taxes
Changes to taxation are at the heart of the centre-right's attempts to retake power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

How the Fed should deal with US stagflation risks
Caution should continue to be the watchword in Jackson Hole until the impact of Trump's policies are better understood

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2025

Retail investors should stay away from private funds
Individuals should be wary of the Trump administration's plans to broaden the access to the asset class

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

Uncle Sam taking a stake in Intel is sane in an absurd world
For a president who likes to make deals, investing in the chip company makes sense

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

Putin is back in the driver's seat on Ukraine
Moscow is seeking victory, not compromise, through diplomacy — and Trump is playing along

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

Good COP, worse COP
A clamour to rethink global climate policy is exactly what we need

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

The UK immigration debate has become a hall of mirrors
Keir Starmer's task is to deal with facts, not illusions, and restore public trust

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

Ukraine talks expose Trump's dreadful attention to detail
Zelenskyy and allies contain White House's tilt towards Moscow for now

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

Universities should bring back crafts
Skills-based knowledge need not be considered the opposite of an intellectual life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

In the age of AI, we should still teach students to make things
Skills-based knowledge need not be considered the opposite of an intellectual life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

Retail sales or payrolls: which is right about the US economy?
Plus volatility suppression, and data centre depreciation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

Opendoor's next chief has a fixer-upper on their hands
CEO exits US house-flipping company that has been trying to reinvent itself

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

No, Trump is not ushering in a new global trading order
The US is simply denying itself the benefits of the system that already exists

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2025

The glamorous but tough industry of luxury hotel uniforms
UK design studios that produce bespoke clothing for grand hotels face complex demands

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Trump's Ukraine peace juggernaut careers onwards
Lack of clarity over US security guarantees shows primacy of form over substance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Time to stop indulging Serbia's authoritarian president
Europe must raise pressure on Aleksandar Vucic to avoid a deeper democratic retreat

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Soho House buyout is the end of the party for its members
It looks like the finance crowd has managed to elbow its way into the members-club operator's lounges after all

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

As Europe faces down Russia, Poland is becoming the weakest link
Donald Tusk will struggle to deliver on his campaign promises — setting the stage for even greater Euroscepticism

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Trump's supporters keep the faith six months on
Among pulled-pork trucks and Maga merchandise stalls, the mood is jubilant at the Illinois State Fair

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

The merger that is setting a benchmark for AI
Whether the acquisition of Core Scientific by CoreWeave goes ahead will provide a signal on investor confidence in the technology

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Hong Kong's busy bankers give its office market a lift
The mood has started to turn in the city's financial markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Merit-based hiring can make America's civil service great again
The doctrine of ‘disparate impact' has hobbled the government's ability to employ the best people for the job

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

The boss is back
As AI bites and job cuts surge, employees are losing ground — for now

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

How to narrow our knowledge gap on China
A school curriculum fit for modern purpose must encourage the study of Chinese civilisation rather than Mandarin

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Tech utterly dominates markets. Should we worry?
Concerns about concentration and valuation should be kept separate

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

India's oil lobby is funding Putin's war machine — that has to stop
Its dependence on Russian crude undermines the effort to isolate Moscow

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

Billion-dollar ‘acqui-hires' are bad for competition
From Google to Microsoft to Meta, some of the biggest tech deals of the past few years have been staff moves

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2025

What can really cure deflation in China?
Cutting excess capacity is not enough — Beijing must rebalance towards consumption

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

Being an angel is tougher than it looks
Former financiers might assume a knack for picking winners, but investing alone requires a different set of capabilities

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

Angel investing is not a retirement hobby for bankers
Former financiers might assume a knack for picking winners, but investing alone requires a different set of capabilities

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

Zelenskyy in the lion's den
European leaders need to get Trump off the dangerous path laid out for him by Putin

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

Don't ask what nature can do for you?.?.?.
Measuring and ranking countries' efforts to protect animal and plant life will incentivise us to achieve a better future

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

An incompetent way to pursue peace in Ukraine
Donald Trump's alignment with Vladimir Putin in Alaska made him look a dupe

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

How the west got hooked on economic support
Crisis firefighting has given way to a dependence on government and central banks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

China's entrepreneurial spirit is under immense strain
The private sector needs enforceable protections, predictable regulation, and personal bankruptcy laws

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

The race between commuters and tourists is unwinnable
But the contest always feel worse in summer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2025

How AI might save more energy than it soaks up
As ‘smart' appliances and sensors proliferate, the technology should help to reduce waste

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Russia, Ukraine and Europe are all trying to manipulate Trump
Kyiv and its western allies will attempt to turn the near disaster of Anchorage into a success

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Stop talking about AI
A discourse on the discourse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Investors grapple with Trump's corporate America
It is no longer left to the invisible hand of capitalism to figure out who are the winners

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Grandparents are the reserve army of society
Those undertaking the formidable work of second parenthood often go unrecognised

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Smart glasses look better this time round
Wearers can now look stylish rather than plain geeky

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Poetry and the visual word
Like paintings, poems can help us to express parts of our lives that are otherwise out of reach

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Where did all the British hops go?
There's a fight on to rejuvenate a once thriving beer industry

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

Why do we get beauty so wrong?
It is endlessly subjective, unexpected, malleable — yet we pretend that it follows a simple formula

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 16, 2025

‘I worry about them' — Jay Rayner reviews Mareida, Fitzrovia
A new Chilean restaurant in London right now should be set for success, and yet.?.?.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 15, 2025

Lost in translation
Even in the language app era there are benefits to learning a foreign tongue

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 15, 2025

Why wrangling risk at banks is so hard
It is still a struggle for management and regulators to get a clear view of what is really happening inside lenders

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 15, 2025

UFC fans, including one in the White House, push its ascent
The once niche sport has reached the big time

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