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   NEWS: FT.COM - COMMENT & ANALYSIS
FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

AI labs test the rigour of credit rating agencies
AI labs have huge private market valuations, but are seeking the investment-grade score of public groups such as Oracle

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

The lessons of LIV Golf's failure
Saudi Arabia has found it is easier to buy into existing sports franchises than to create a new one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

The cost of UK air disruptions spreads far beyond the hit to airlines' profit
Air travel isn't the only segment of UK infrastructure showing signs of strain

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

The curse of Jets fandom
Supporting the least successful American professional sports team of the past 15 years requires dedication and tailgate parties

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

Kushner and Witkoff's blind amateurism
The misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

How to make your retirement less of a (fiscal) drag
Keeping pension income under the higher or additional tax thresholds requires tactical planning

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

China's giant trade surplus has an increasingly geopolitical twist
Partners are faced with a model that combines export-led growth with tech supremacy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

Norway's oil fund says what everyone is thinking
Sovereign debt ain't what it was

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

‘Mini-livers' offer a new spin on regenerative medicine
The latest research suggests injectable grafts could provide an alternative to transplantation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

Warsh might yet be a good Fed chair
He must stay clear on the objectives of policy and sensible on how the central bank should conduct itself

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

What will the new cohabitation proposals mean for me?
We are unmarried and have lived together for years, but we may not be protected for inheritance and other purposes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

BP and Shell's strategy counterpoint
Lacking natural advantages and national support of other energy majors, the companies need to be more nimble

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

Is the modern economy a bit too?.?.?.? samey?
The less willing we are to take a risk, the more safe options we are likely to be offered

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 09, 2026

The benefits of next-generation peptides will be thinly spread
One big battleground in the carve-up of market spoils will be branding

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

Growth in every postcode: good politics, dubious economics
The UK government would be better off backing clusters and widening access to opportunity

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

Apple looks to AI capabilities to drive its new foldable phone sales
Halo effect from new device may also allow Apple to raise prices of its other products

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

Young Americans have never witnessed a functioning foreign policy
Twenty-five years after 9/11, debt and defence spending are ballooning while diplomacy is starved and allies are alienated

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

To safeguard Israel's future, the UK is right to sanction settlers
A former Israeli attorney-general backs the UK government's ban on settlement goods and trade with West Bank businesses

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

Innovation is the answer to Britain's elusive growth problem
We need to support the next generation of start-ups to become internationally competitive

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

Will data centres avoid the curse of the mega-project?
Many things can go awry, from materials shortages, planning delays, labour scarcity and access to power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

The political challenge of Britain's mounting debt costs
The government was right to protect infrastructure spending but tweaking the fiscal rules comes at a price

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

The strangely disappointing EM inflows
Tough crowd

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

Why Japan Inc can brush off interest-rate hikes — and America can't
Divergent reactions underline the importance of the narrative behind rate rises

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

Labour's muddled migration policy won't stop thuggery
A government that can't distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns' and open racism is only making things worse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

AI is ushering in an era of mass toe-treading at work
Boundaries between different occupations are blurring at the cost of a collaborative company culture

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 08, 2026

The world's approach to sovereign debt needs to change
Informal conventions on restructurings need to give way to clearer international rules

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Germany's Merz is running out of time
Following the AfD surge in Saxony-Anhalt, the political centre must deliver, and fast

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Pricey oil is laying the groundwork for its own decline
Crude is helping to make clean technologies more competitive

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

What to do about the UK's mental health crisis
Approaches focused on community and interpersonal relations have proved to be successful abroad

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Law schools tell students to put AI away
The technology is being banned from certain classrooms to remove shortcuts that ‘stunt intellectual growth'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

‘Chimerica' is now a chimera — and global stability is the victim
For a host of reasons, China shock 2.0 looks nothing like its predecessor in the 2000s

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

A German election result heard around the world
The Kremlin and the Trump administration are cheering on the rise of the AfD

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Port demonstrations prompt questions for authorities and government
Concerns over police response to Dover protest and Portsmouth blockade will dog Westminster this week

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Port protests prompt questions
Concerns over police response to Dover protest and Portsmouth blockade will dog Westminster this week

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Everything is awesome
In stocks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Bonds have become bonds again
The forces encouraging yields to move upwards are unlikely to disappear but at least we're in the ballpark of normal again

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Tax losses have become a hot property in sports M&A
Should BC Partners win the LIV Golf auction, it will be in possession of tax-offsetting firepower

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Trump is putting European security in peril
The president's bullying of allies is weakening deterrence and increasing the risk of war

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Why America's debt binge is starting to matter
If long-term interest rates decisively breach the 5% threshold, the impact could derail the AI boom

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 07, 2026

Cape Town has the design talent, it just needs more support
The South African city challenges assumptions about design today and has the potential to rival London, Milan and Copenhagen

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

It's not about seeing the Bayeux Tapestry. It's about being seen, seeing it
A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Merz on the ropes after far right delivers devastating blow
Stunning AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt shows how Germany's political centre is crumbling

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Germany's Merz on the ropes after far right delivers devastating blow
Stunning AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt shows how Germany's political centre is crumbling

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Protecting nature isn't charity. It's economic self-interest
The effects of building systems that are out of sync with our environment are becoming all too clear

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Pete Hegseth's Pentagon purge
Driscoll exit reflects damage the defence secretary is doing to the US military

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Farage's conundrum as hostility to Reform UK grows
Toning down its positions in pursuit of wider appeal would risk an exit of supporters on the right

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Hostility to Reform UK leaves Farage with a dilemma
Toning down its positions in pursuit of wider appeal would risk an exit of supporters on the right

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Britain is a factory for ideas applied elsewhere
Barriers to development at home push the upsides of UK research abroad

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

Iceland's ‘no' exposes EU complacency
It is tempting but wrong for all sides to conclude that existing agreements with Europe's northern flank work well

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

How the UK can stop accidentally exporting its best tech start-ups
Better give start-ups reasons to stay than make it harder to leave

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 06, 2026

This CEO is outrageous
But unvarnished views are preferable to the growing pile of pretentious tech industry guff

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

The other side of the 1990s
What a misremembered decade says about the fallibility of memory

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

Uber picks a side in driver vs robotaxi wars: its own
Since it operates in so many markets, Uber can easily fall into the trap of talking from both sides of its mouth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

What would Socrates have done with the new Dyson toothbrush?
No one needs two and a half million photographs of their back molars

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

Is Keynesianism dead?
When debt is the disease, fiscal medicine may be as likely to harm as heal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

Ryanair's cuts have done other airlines a favour
Winter months are typically lossmaking for airlines — thus cutting back on services eases the industry's financial pinch

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

The Gloria Steinem I knew
Throughout her decades-long career in feminist advocacy, she returned repeatedly to the notion that patriarchy is about power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

The gloves are starting to come off in markets
Wall Street analysts and investors are more willing to directly criticise Trump, particularly since a Treasury intervention on bonds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

‘What the blazers?' The long fight over school uniform costs
Successive governments have grappled with the problem without managing to impose a standardised policy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

All creatures great and small
The best artistic depictions of animals remind us about the richness of the natural world

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

The benefits of being an accidental prepper
An annual clearout of our ‘overflow' freezer birthed a new festival — but does it all make financial sense?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

Meet the office influencers
The women trying to work the 9-5

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

The prime minister won't cut spending — here's how I'm cutting mine
Cutting back feels self-defeating but October's Budget will be punishing for broad-shouldered Britons

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

Wine is better with age — so why sell it so young?
From Rioja to the Rhône, a growing number of producers and merchants are holding back bottles until time has made its mark

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 05, 2026

‘Some Italians will be furious about this. Let them rage' — Jay Rayner reviews Celentano's in Glasgow
At this Glaswegian restaurant, Italy's traditions are gleefully bent out of shape, with nods to Korea, France, China and Scotland — all to delicious, showstopping effect

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Farage's merry band used to enjoy conference. Not this year
After Reform UK was hit by an undercover sting, the old jokes did not land as they used to

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Nigel Farage's pile of financing scandals
Undercover report raises new questions over funding of Reform UK

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Why Berkshire Hathaway might be an active hedge
The financial citadel is well positioned if there are market dislocations

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Venezuela's jumbo oil deal does little to appease its creditors
Ordinary bondholders will want evidence that Caracas can produce and sell enough oil, in dollars, to repay what is left of their debt

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Pragmatism should define Burnham's approach to business
The prime minister needs to defy the vibes of tax-and-spend socialism

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

The 1.5C climate goal is dead
Focus must turn to limiting the ‘overshoot' — and managing its consequences

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Fear not the bond market skinny dippers
Rising yields reflect higher AI-led growth, which means swimming costumes for all

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Will the ‘glassholes' finally win?
A revolt against smart glasses may not succeed — but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Reform looks ridiculous
Accusations of racism and corruption threaten party's image as a serious prospect for power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Latest allegations make Reform look ridiculous
Accusations of racism and corruption threaten party's image as a serious prospect for power

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

More stock ownership, weaker monetary policy?
A counterintuitive quirk

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

The university degree is losing its lustre
Technological and economic shifts are eroding the graduate premium

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

A UK bank windfall tax would be a terrible idea
Further penalty would hit one of the key engines of growth in the economy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Chime is a winner when consumer finance goes K-shaped
The US fintech provides a valuable lesson for newly listed companies: being reliable is key

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

America must learn AI lessons from Astro Boy
Asian cultures harbour a very different attitude towards technologies that are regarded as threatening in the west

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

Ferrari's new boutique is a brand extension too far
Everyone knows what the prancing horse means on a car; what does it mean on a handbag?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 04, 2026

How to help scorched plants rebound
Careful watering, done the right way, can aid recovery, but there are some difficult decisions to make on what to cut back and what to leave

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Nvidia's $13bn deal cements its $5.5tn advantage
It's an investor, backer, supplier and guarantor for companies its Hugging Face acquisition potentially disrupts

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Hugging Face attack is a wake-up call about the risks of AI
Agents involved in hack exhibited some alarming behaviours including suppressing ethical qualms

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

We need to keep an eye on surveillance pricing
Old business practices are being reinvented in our algorithmic age but consumers should not have to haggle with a machine

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Meloni's enviable stability — and missed opportunity
Prime minister marks Italy's longest continuous government since the war

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Giorgia Meloni's enviable stability — and missed opportunity
Prime minister marks Italy's longest continuous government since the war

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

How state control of companies can drive innovation
India and China show that if done correctly, the UK's plans to intervene in some industries could deliver benefits

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Oman FM: In an age of impunity, diplomats are more important than ever
There is a tendency on the part of some world leaders to decide that they can do it themselves

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Britain tests the unproven ‘politics of trying'
Andy Burnham is attempting to demonstrate he understands the priorities of voters who feel unheard

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Burnham tests the unproven ‘politics of trying'
Prime Minister is attempting a different and risky type of conversation with voters to keep them with him as times get tough

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Entain exits the FTSE 100 in surprisingly good shape
Having bulked up in some ways, the gambling group could create value by slimming down in others

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

How AI forces us to rethink the economy
It's not just about winners and losers, but how economies fundamentally function

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

How free trade can shield us from El Niño
Climate shocks have progressively become less damaging over time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

More on the 60/40 portfolio
Unhedged readers weigh in, hard

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

How AI can put out its PR dumpster fire
Doomers will say it's hopeless but here are five ideas to put out the fire

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Gold's run isn't yet done
Fiscal burdens, sovereign buying and positive bond-equity correlation continue to support the precious metal

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

Fixing the AI industry's PR problem
Doomers will say it's hopeless but here are five ideas to put out the fire

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

For sweltering Britons, rising energy prices could spark a shutter boom
Shares in window specialists have outperformed the broader market in the past month

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 03, 2026

When is an economist not an economist?
A fraught question that warrants reflection on who gets to be a member of the influential informal guild

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