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   NEWS: FT.COM - COMMENT & ANALYSIS
FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

America's economic war on Iran has a China problem
The US cannot fully isolate Tehran unless other trade partners co-operate

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Will Iceland join the EU?
A consultative vote next week could rekindle membership talks and pave the way for a new axis of expansion

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

How First Brands' billion-dollar rescue hit the skids
Hedge funds that funded the bankruptcy have been left with a ‘clunker' as this was no ordinary debt-induced collapse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Could nuclear fusion become economically viable?
Some scientists have come up with a way of measuring its commercial value

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Trade disruptions give container shipping a temporary reprieve
Disruptions at sea and bottlenecks on land are pushing rates up and ensuring the industry remains buoyant

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

The drip-drip US debt crisis
Rising deficits and debt-servicing costs no longer seem to have the power to restore prudence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

The problem with buying the dip in bonds
Plus, shelter cats

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Skipton tries to show that building societies still matter
The mutual financial group based in the Yorkshire Dales wants to emphasise the personal touch

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Socialists and Maga are both wrong about economic liberalism
People are not puppets responding to the string pulls of market forces — free enterprise gives us agency

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

China could rescue the oil market again — if it wanted to
People's Republic has ample spare capacity

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Austerity denial and the mystery of Britain's shrunken state
There is a ready supply of explanations on offer at Westminster

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 25, 2026

Britain needs to pay more attention to its crumbling churches
Our places of worship face soaring repair costs, dwindling congregations and volunteer burnout

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Shein's IPO pitch should be more Meta than H&M
Its rivals are not just clothes retailers but any business that provides screen-addicted users with a dopamine hit

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Treasury market interventions are only a band-aid
Bessent's moves on the yen and long-dated bonds do little to assuage markets long-term

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Meloni wants a snap election to hide her economic failures
Her proposed electoral reform could shore up the governing coalition despite its poor record in power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

As dieters slim down, protein prices bulk up
A lot of people are finding an appetite for whey

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

High asset prices, not low interest rates, are driving inflation
Wealth distribution in the US has rendered the Federal Reserve's usual tools less effective

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Revisiting the Lockerbie bombing, 37 years later
For the first time, a US court will try one of those alleged to be responsible for the attack

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

An offer Canada could only refuse
Saint Mark Carney's canonisation owes much to Donald Trump's inept bullying

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

The new world order? Every man for himself
Now that America has hung up its hat when it comes to championing democracy, it is springtime for tyrants

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

The great re-equitisation and the dollar
Plus, weathernomics

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

A ‘democratised' financial crisis is still a crisis
Private credit's insurance boom could have hidden costs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

Climate is driving new geostrategy
Environmental changes are reshaping trade, commerce, logistics and geopolitics

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 24, 2026

My summer without running water
Drought and heatwaves have played a part in shortages but the main culprit is years of under-investment in the water industry after privatisation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

An economic D-Day is coming for Iran
Countries that calculate appeasement of the regime to be a safer choice should reconsider

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Why every French politician is now a Gaullist
The revival of de Gaulle's legendary role in the second world war coincides with an increasing number of claims to his legacy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Healey's first Budget is a chance for radical change
Two good reasons why this chancellor has a better chance than I had of boosting public-sector productivity

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Government can bring robotics to life
Without policy, there are few incentives to automate business functions where labour costs are low

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Trump's South Korea snub raises questions in the Asia-Pacific
Scaling back military exercises has undermined faith in America's reliability

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Why is the far right so obsessed with knights?
Medieval military monks have become a regular sight at political rallies and marches

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Legal tech start-ups put AI disruption in a risky new wrapper
Legora is betting AI giants will leave lucrative niches unconquered

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Meet the nepo parents
Celebrity examples abound, but more ordinary people are following their children into new mid-life careers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 23, 2026

Europe can do better than US-style air conditioning
The instinct is to bolt a dripping box to every building but there is a smarter, cooler way

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

Who owns government bonds?
As governments borrow more, the buyers of their debt are changing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

Europe's fatal beauty
A less seductive continent would not attract so many enemies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

Big running shoe brands are regaining their lead
Nike and Adidas are back in the race after challenger brands such as On Holding and Hoka start to lose momentum

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

Bossing the bond market around never works
Despite Scott Bessent's efforts, investors worry something is up

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

Klarna's stock crash shows the price of being a small fish in a big pond
The European fintech has been hit by weak German consumer spending

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

Burnham must reveal his hand on immigration
Labour MPs dislike tough proposals to limit rights to settle and collect welfare but voters' trust has run out

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

The financial question most couples cannot answer
There are sound reasons to rethink how couples approach investing for the future

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

The age of authentic perfection
Musicians are turning to technology to make live performances sound both flawless and plausible

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

On the road back to routine
There's something reassuring and even anticipatory about the end of summer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 22, 2026

‘Claridge's has either given up, lost its mind or both' — Jay Rayner reviews Dante, Mayfair
London's grandest hotel has installed an expensive, oddly lifeless offshoot of the NYC favourite

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

Italy's MPS thinks three takeovers are better than one
Crunching two banks together is challenging, and takes time; to attempt the same feat with four calls for some truly magical thinking

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

The US techlash is real
AI companies and social networks should respond to the shift in the public mood

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

The bond scare and the balance of power
After the dreamworld of the 2010s, the link between power and fiscal capacity is back

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

What retail investors need to know before jumping into Anthropic's IPO
Don't rush in, there are many business risks for the maker of Claude

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

Should I use an alias?
A nom de guerre or a nom de plume — both would allow you to explore the road less travelled

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

Nellie Liang: ‘Ultimately the goal is to signal that high rates are a concern'
Former Treasury official on what Scott Bessent is up to

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

Feminism didn't kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did
Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

Asia's rising riches protect insurers against China's policy shifts
So long as the region's wealth accumulation continues to outpace that of most developed economies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

Burnham should beware the perils of cost of living policy
Like Starmer and Sunak before him, he risks focusing too much on things beyond his control

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 21, 2026

How the English garden revolutionised its French cousin
Both anglophobia and anglomania have shaped tastes in the great parks of France

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Today's China could learn from Jiang and Zhu
History might have been different had collegial, liberalising leadership continued

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Nvidia looks well placed to benefit from the next stage of the AI boom
The world's biggest chip company is using its balance sheet to seed new markets and a new business model

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Stripe bets that an AI world still needs middlemen
Payments company's purchase of OpenRouter makes strategic sense

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Trump's South Korea defence flip reminds Japan that it has no Plan B
While alarming for Seoul, an abandonment of US guarantees could be disastrous for Tokyo

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Moderna breakthrough brings back memories of pandemic mania
Biotech nearly triples as mRNA cancer treatment shows promise after company had struggled in recent years

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

From balloons to pans: in praise of useful tech
Companies developing new materials with previously unknown properties could change the material world

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Europe, the secret outperformer
Its cash generation, broader earnings and lower tech concentration deserve more respect

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Why Gen Z is raising a glass to cask beer
From Boddington's to Old Peculier, heritage beers are attracting younger drinkers who search for provenance, affordability and connection

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Trump is losing his war of independence on rare earths
Inefficiency, untrustworthiness and cronyism are weakening the administration's plans to stand up to China

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Big Brother Bessent is watching you
Yield curve control, US style

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

Exorbitant hotel prices are here to stay
Across the travel industry, the expensive option is outperforming the ordinary one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

The UK power system is stuck between a rock and a hard place
Rejecting zonal pricing in favour of a single national figure looks misguided but it's too late to turn back

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

The slow sucking sound of AI
Searching for signs of crowding out

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 20, 2026

I'm a garden designer. Here's why I hired a gardener
It may be how I earn a living but when it comes to managing my own green space, I need help

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Private credit risks remain at large
Regulators and investors should pay attention to the strain in the direct loan market

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Don't mess up London's knowledge economy
Oxford, Cambridge and Manchester are seen as innovation powerhouses but there's a city we don't mention

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

The US munitions crisis goes back further than Iran
Eye-watering levels of defence funding and better production targets do not solve the problem

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Humanoid robots don't deserve their superhuman valuations
Machines are currently far too pricey for industrial viability, let alone consumers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Mike Ashley's luxury retail empire is going cheap
The sharp-elbowed billionaire is remaking Frasers with acquisitions including Harvey Nichols, but the stock market remains wary

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Don't take that summer trip for granted
One of the great, under-appreciated benefits of modernity is the ability to seek discovery for discovery's sake

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Europe should wish Marco Rubio a bright future
Americans who support reckless wars are sometimes also the likeliest to defend Europe

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Death stalks the Irish pub
Requests for Unesco to recognise public houses as part of Ireland's cultural heritage have fallen flat

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

The defence stocks aren't defensive
Rearmament might be a dud

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

What high streets can learn from the success of retail parks
Once dominated by sellers of bulky goods, parks now attract high street staples

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Why Britain needs a Messi budget
The playing style of the great Argentine footballer demonstrates that less can be more

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Why the story of the Vegetable Lamb was believed
Our weakness for misinformation is far from new

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Can Mexicans be weaned off an addiction to cash?
President Claudia Sheinbaum aims for mass adoption of digital payments to stem tax evasion, corruption and organised crime

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

‘Manchesterism' must honour the city's global outlook
Understanding Burnham's term as a shorthand for inward-looking, transactional politics is misguided

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

The key inflation signal for investors
Labour costs adjusted for productivity have a strong record in pointing to the underlying trend

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Global food security may be collateral in Ukraine war
Moscow and Kyiv's attacks on one another's agricultural exports could result in a worldwide grain crisis

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 19, 2026

Ask a Stylist: which tops will keep me covered and cool at work?
For late summer into early autumn, try linens in rich colours, poplin button-downs or even Victorian-inspired lace

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

BHP's copper pivot is paying off
Miner's pipeline looks increasingly convincing given the red metal's ubiquitous use

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Barbie box office smash isn't yet a boon for Mattel
California-based toy mainstay that owns the famous doll brand has an enterprise value of just above $6bn

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Confessions of an eclipse addict
The total solar eclipse is the peak experience and one happens somewhere in the world every 18 months

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Can Burnham save Britain's high streets?
Town centres need to become community hubs for the 21st century

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

AI phobia is America's new consensus
Trump is uncharacteristically deaf to voter fears over the technology

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

AI: like a debt machine
Credit (and rates) markets reel from rise and rise of hyperscaler issuance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Burger King is taking a bite out of McDonald's lunch
Fast food rival has invested roughly $2bn in its US business over the past four years

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Can canned cocktails revive the booze business?
Young customers are flocking to ‘ready-to-drink' beverages as other alcohol sales slump

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

The difficult truth about Jason Arday
From the beginning, investigations were accompanied by a cloud of excessive references to his race

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Why eyewear stores are taking over London's high streets
Private equity-backed brands such as Cubitts, Ace & Tate and Jimmy Fairly compete for scale in financially alluring sector

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Europe still needs forward guidance — but not as a straitjacket
It should be kept in the toolkit for times when monetary policy is constrained

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

EU defence executives are no longer as safe as they were
The threat of violence loomed over European business leaders in the 1970s and 1980s — and today's CEOs must learn to live with it again

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 18, 2026

Counterfeiting claims threaten to take the shine off Shein
The company has been targeted in more than 100 copyright lawsuits in US courts since the start of 2023

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2026

UK is going the wrong way about protecting pubs
Government measures do little to support bars' underlying business case

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2026

The UK is going the wrong way about protecting pubs
Government measures do little to support bars' underlying business case

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Aug 17, 2026

Crime and punishment in the Middle East
Lebanon and Syria are trying to improve the application of justice but challenges remain

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