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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Billionaire Xavier Niel could be the jolt Vodafone needs
Investors hope £4.4bn move for telecoms group augurs quicker and sharper improvements

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

The superpower of public equity
Liquidity is tempting companies back to the public markets — but it is not available to all

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Apollo's profitability challenge: turn easyJet into Ryanair
If the PE firm wants to raise revenue and cut costs at the airline, there's room for manoeuvre

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Mass immigration is not the silver bullet economists think it is
As with the free-trade debate in recent years, consensus is shifting

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Nato's carnival of Trumpian caprice
Alliance summits have become an exercise in managing an erratic US president

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Don't underestimate Farage in this Very British Farce
The ‘establishment' he is so fond of bashing must beware of playing into stereotype

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Iran is seeing through Trump's bluff
The US president finds himself stuck in a cul-de-sac of his own making

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

What's the etiquette for a WhatsApp street group?
Democracy or dictatorship, these are the rules of engagement

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Erika McEntarfer: ‘You really can just fire the BLS commissioner'
The former labour statistics chief on the fragility (and strength) of US economic data

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

How AI changes the rules of engagement for sports viewers
Spectators will see more opportunity to move from pricey subscriptions and rigid schedules to more personalised feeds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

SK Hynix's jumbo share sale a sign of overheated times
Perhaps it will be some comfort to those with longer time horizons that market anomalies don't last for ever

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

Why AI could be a financial ‘sludge' buster
Regulators want to use the technology in their bid to cut red tape

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 10, 2026

How to protect gardens and pots from heat shocks
Even brief temperature spikes can kill plants or stress roots — particularly if they are over-planted or in plastic containers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

There is no grand plan on Iran
An over-reaching Tehran seems to be looking at America's confused moves and wondering what it may be missing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Microsoft's early AI lead has become a test of faith
The only certainty is that capital spending is going through the roof

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Britain's unsustainable mental health bill
Reducing spending on disability benefits is a major test for Andy Burnham

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Business model in terminal decline? Try a round of golf
Versant Media hopes to get back in play with its purchase of simulator maker Full Swing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

How much is AI hacking your emotions?
Disinformation and deepfakes are known risks but biased LLMs could also be used to influence public opinion

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Burnham must not succumb to a populist techlash
It would be a crime to lose the UK's envied tech and life science status within Europe

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Burnham must resist the anti-tech tendency
It would be a crime to lose the UK's envied tech and life science status within Europe

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Devolution has no easy answers on ‘fairness'
The consensus backing more local power sharing rarely confronts fundamental trade-offs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

China could be the US tech hedge
Diversification is not about finding a market without risk — it is about finding a market whose risks are different

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Around the World Cup in seven days
What it's like living inside the world's biggest football tournament

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Europe's ‘China shock' panic is ill-informed
EU industry is largely weathering the competition well

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Why isn't the Fed raising rates?
And more on the job market

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

The Iran global inflation crisis that stubbornly refuses to happen
Neither the war in the Gulf nor the Covid-Ukraine price spike has taken us back to the stagflationary 1970s

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Private assets could make sense for retail investors — at the right price
Complexity, opacity and liquidity issues are surmountable, but there is a more important barrier: fees

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Private assets could work for retail investors — at the right price
Complexity, opacity and liquidity issues are surmountable, but there is a more important barrier: fees

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Why AI financial advisers have a leg-up on their old-world rivals
This isn't a simple case of fusty incumbents disrupted by novel technology

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 09, 2026

Who wants to tax a billionaire?
A gentle guide to a harsh debate

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

UniCredit's bid for Commerzbank ends with a win and a puzzle
The market is awash with ideas on how Andrea Orcel secured nearly 18% of the German bank's shares

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Le Pen, Farage and the people's verdict
The two rightwing leaders seek salvation through the ballot box

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Jul 08, 2026

How Trump brought non-alignment back from the dead
The US president is single-handedly reviving a doctrine of the postcolonial left

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Europe must have the financial power to match its economic heft
The continent's savings should be used to invest in its own future, not someone else's

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Maybe the trusty conglomerate playbook is due a rewrite
Perhaps it's managers, not markets, that are inefficient

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

The great AI data centre cover-up
Tech companies need to come clean about the mounting environmental fallout of their race to build more hubs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

The unsustainable upward trajectory of UK debt
Over time, if there is no tax-and-spend adjustment, the changes needed to public finances will be painful

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

The male wellness guide to peptides
Injectable amino acids are being used for muscle gain, sexual health and skin tanning — but the benefits are questionable

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

The BoE vs AI exuberance
AI bonds are the new gilts

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

The battle for the future of democratic republics
Celebrations in the US for its 250th anniversary are in part a wake

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Ocado's troubles show the ‘founder trap' in miniature
While Tim Steiner may have lost some credibility, it's hard to imagine a professional manager turning the business around

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

What if your drawdown strategy was ‘eat what you kill'?
Forget the 4 Per Cent Rule, according to the Canasta Strategy, you should let the market decide your pension spending

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Streamers ignore omnivorous consumers at their peril
Sony's plan to drop physical discs endangers the company and its customers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Lessons from a shipwreck
The sinking of the Vasa has been analysed by management consultants — with mixed results

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

China needs another Zhu Rongji to cut industrial excess
Manufacturing glut has revived memories of sweeping reforms under a charismatic reformist premier

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Does moving to England affect our US prenup?
My husband and I were married in the US but have recently moved to London — does our agreement still hold?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Electric trucks are coming to a highway near you
CATL has teamed up with Octopus to build 30 battery-swapping stations by 2035

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 08, 2026

Why retail investors matter more than ever to investment trusts
Boards must realise that the rise of smaller investors is ultimately a good thing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Le Pen is posing as the victim of a politicised judiciary
The strategy might play well with the far-right leader's core voters, but the French as a whole don't buy it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Le Pen's massive double gamble on presidency
Strategy might play well with the far-right leader's core voters, but the French as a whole don't buy it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

How AI is changing the world of retail investment
Excessive regulation could hamper innovation and harm savers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Hertz gets a helping hand from an unlikely source: short sellers
Convertible bonds should keep the rental car company out of immediate trouble

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Farage bids to be ringmaster of his own circus
In forcing a by-election, the Reform UK leader is making the only smart move available to him

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Farage struggles to be ringmaster of his own circus
In forcing a by-election, the Reform UK leader's bold move looks to be backfiring

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Trump and the Fifa debacle
The US president is the first leader since Benito Mussolini in 1934 to intervene publicly in his team's favour

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Advantage, Wall Street? Why finance firms seek sports stars for advice
Novak Djokovic is the latest of many athletic recruits to financial services

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

K-pop, markets edition
On Kospi index concentration

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Labour and the Tories need to outflank the extremists
Kemi Badenoch and Andy Burnham must remember that elections are not fought and won on issues of culture alone

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

How to stop AI becoming the enemy of younger workers
‘Seniority-biased' hiring patterns in South Korea carry a lesson for the rest of the world

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Roadside rescuers may still bump up against a driverless future
Self-driving cabs crash less, which is bad news for the AA's and RAC's accident assistance businesses

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Should you put a bath in the bedroom?
Inspired by boutique hotels, the hybrid trend is growing. Faff, say some. Fabulous, say others

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

How to manage the next emerging markets capital flows boom
Foreign exchange reserves are not the only way to limit the build-up of speculative, short-term liabilities

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Volkswagen needs leaders who can make sense of its challenges
Carmaker will have to cultivate capacity to improvise as it navigates the profound uncertainty it faces

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 07, 2026

Volkswagen needs sense-makers at the top
Carmaker will have to cultivate capacity to improvise as it navigates the profound uncertainty it faces

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

EasyJet's sale could be surprisingly good for its rivals
Budget airline will comfort its competitors if the destination remains largely the same

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

The next frontier for defence companies is the deep blue sea
Countries have a whole host of relatively new vulnerabilities lying on the seabed

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

The UK could help end Sudan's civil war
The British government has leverage and should use it to proscribe a terrorist militia and cut off its supply lines

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

The flaws in Trump's Venezuela strategy
The US-backed socialist regime has botched its response to the earthquakes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Burnham must avoid Starmer's Trump mistake
Experience shows that voters reward leaders who stand up to the US president

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Welcome to the age of the Profit Dollar
The greenback is no longer a reserve currency — it has become a vehicle for unfettered capital accumulation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Putin is running out of options
The Russian leader may want to escalate his war — but that is harder than it sounds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Trump's drug price crusade puts Europe on guard
UK has given in to pharma industry lobbying but some EU member states promise to stand firm

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Lionel Messi, Serena Williams and the obsession with Goats
Stars are using their long careers to transcend what happens on the court or the pitch

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Lionel Messi, Serena Williams and the obsession with Goats in sport
Stars are using their long careers to transcend what happens on the court or the pitch

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

SaaSpocalypse deferred
The moats hold, for now

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Andy Burnham needs to start by understanding how little he knows
Even if he could do all he wants, it would be unlikely to solve the UK's growth problem

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Why OpenAI and Anthropic may struggle to float
The costs of remaining at the frontier of AI are punishing, but the penalties for falling behind may be even worse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

US regulator's change of tack comes with risk of obscuring audit flaws
The PCAOB has signalled a shift from individual checks towards firm-wide quality controls

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 06, 2026

Investors must be wary of the earnings bubble
The real difference between today's market boom and the late 1990s lies in capital expenditure

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

The reality check of leaving the abstract world of finance
Why banking does not prepare you for corporate life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

Data centres are a crucial test of US industrial resolve
America must not repeat the mistakes that handed China rare-earth dominance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

Saving Nato in the era of Trump
The big questions hanging over the alliance will not be discussed in Ankara

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

The Europeanisation of Nato is ever more important
Transatlantic military alliance will be key to the continent's future security

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

Rich nations must unleash land, labour, energy and capital
As policymakers shift towards industrial interventionism, they risk neglecting the simplest drivers of growth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

Returning to pre-Trumpian politics won't save America
The opening of the Obama presidential library set off a wave of nostalgia for an era that is not coming back

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

High share prices are becoming a status symbol
Decline in stock splits suggests dividing share count no longer rules corporate orthodoxy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 05, 2026

What's that smell in the office?
Wall Street banks are among the firms adopting bespoke scents for reasons that remain mysterious

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

UBS makes progress in its quest for mediocrity in the US
Bank is aiming for an 18 per cent pre-tax profit margin in the US wealth business by 2028

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

Good vibes are masking a reset in markets
Stock market returns should not distract investors from the new AI trade taking hold

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

Burnham must learn from Starmer's failures on UK growth
There are moments to prioritise other things, but after 18 years of historic economic slowdown this is not one of them

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

Taylor Swift and the allure of a big celebrity wedding
These magnificent displays of vulgarity and vainglory offer a glimpse into the most private of worlds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

It is investors vs gamers as Sony ditches discs
The move is being presented as zeitgeist rather than greedy rent extraction

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

How to win at quitting
Serena Williams's joyful comeback offered a striking contrast to the gloomy retirement of Ben Stokes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

The heat of the matter
Why do we so often choose to deny or ignore problems that are right in front of us?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

Won't somebody not think of the children?
Family-friendly events have made public culture more accessible — and oddly less mature

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

Jay Rayner reviews Appalachia, London: ‘A refreshed take on the London American restaurant'
Happy birthday, USA. Your politics might be messy, but your food really can be great

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

As the tech bubble deflates, turn to old-fashioned valuation rules
Did SpaceX mark the moment the air started coming out? OFVRs will help you ride out the ensuing volatility

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 04, 2026

How Bordeaux learnt to take American wine seriously
The Mondavi-Mouton partnership, Opus One, began as a transatlantic shock — and transformed the reputation of California wine

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 03, 2026

An American birthday worth celebrating
Though its founding ideals are threatened, the US has the capacity for renewal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jul 03, 2026

Why US exceptionalism in markets is justified
An honest conclusion is that America's centrality rests on a set of mutually reinforcing advantages

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