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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

Burnham could learn a thing or two from Thatcher
Centralising power may feel like speeding things up but the rest of government actually slows down, waiting for decisions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

The US is looking more like Italy
America is not so exceptional any more — and the New World is becoming more like the Old

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

EU countries shoot themselves in the foot when they veto sanctions
A recent move by France makes talk of ‘strategic autonomy' look like hot air

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

In defence of big business
Despite the lionisation of small companies, prosperity hinges on a handful of large firms

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

Britain's Budget needs to tame spending and boost growth
Chancellor Healey can still make a low-key fiscal event a constructive one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

Why the IPO market is booming and busting
Flotations have stalled and returns from new listings have been weak

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

Today's youth would like to give back modernity, thank you very much
Has any previous generation been so down on the present?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

Andy Burnham and the art of corporate pitch-rolling
The UK prime minister has many grand plans, but most won't kick in until 2030 or even later

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 04, 2026

Dear all: how bosses should talk to the troops
And what they should always try to avoid

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

What's driving the global bond sell-off?
Looking at the most cited factors reveals a mixed picture

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

The right and wrong lessons to learn from Spain's housing crisis
Evictions and spiralling rents are the symptom, not the underlying disease

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

The coming futures market in AI compute
CME Group plans to introduce a new commodity to its roster that will allow the hedging of fluctuations in the price of chip rental

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

The ever-shrinking case for expanding Heathrow
Need for giant airport hubs is being challenged by rise of long-range narrow-body planes that go to places their bigger predecessors couldn't

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

Stop messing with our favourite TV shows
What the audience wants is the same thing every week, but different

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

Protests from the City about bank tax ring hollow
No one likes to pay more — people or corporations — but this is a time of national need

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

Dethroning FICO won't much help US homeowners
Housing tsar Bill Pulte wants more competition among consumer credit agencies, but borrowers may just seek the most lenient

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

Who let the dogs out? Please put them back
Nowhere is safe from the tide of Shih Tzus and spaniels — not restaurants, offices or even cinemas

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

‘An awful lot better than a restaurant here needs to be' — Jay Rayner reviews Lardon, Gloucestershire
Amid the padel courts and wellness spaces of a Cotswolds lifestyle hub, a new venue serves excellent southern European cooking, from salt cod croquettes to wood-fired pork belly

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

Tempted to go freelance? Here's six financial tips for success
Becoming your own boss offers more flexibility, but you have to know your numbers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

When £35 New Zealand Chardonnay meets £1,000 white burgundy
Jancis Robinson joins a formidable line-up of tasters to put New Zealand wines alongside some top bottles from Burgundy — with results that may surprise you

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

Can you survive a home renovation with your relationship intact?
Nearly one in five couples says a home improvement project pushed them to the brink of splitting up — or ended the relationship entirely

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 03, 2026

A Londoner's guide to hating London
Complaining about the capital is a national pastime — for good reason

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Treasuries are losing their moneyness
For four decades, US government bonds have been both securities and money. They may no longer be that special

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Our healthy obsession with fitness trackers
Wellness wearables are more than fashion accessories, and that is good for all of us

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

How to meet Burnham's ambitions on social care
A radical change in culture and systems will be as important as funding

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Why does Anthropic's IPO feel so weird?
Compared to other blockbuster share sales, the build-up to the AI company's stock market debut has felt discordant, even creepy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

I'm even more bullish about stocks than a year ago
Then again, I'd sold everything by the end of last October, so don't listen to me

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Gold miner M&A is finally producing something that glitters
This time the dealmaking rush looks more disciplined

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

My mortgage is a problem for the Fed, and for America
Homeowners like me are staying put, the market is frozen and affordability is as ugly as it was in the housing bubble

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Brown patches on the lawn? Give it a green glow-up
Not all grasses have fully recovered after the summer drought — follow this four-part plan to rectify that

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

How do I make visitors take off their shoes?
You don't want to appear bossy, fussy or uptight. But the problem is you are — and you have just acquired a new carpet

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Donald Quintin: ‘We're entering a different market now'
The Lone Star Funds CEO on value investing, higher rates and the credit cycle

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

IPO hopeful Zilch needs to prove it's one of a kind
Listed peers of the UK fintech are ailing, so comparisons are likely to hinder rather than help in gauging a valuation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Paramount picked a bad time to fund a $110bn leveraged buyout
David Ellison's media company sold $52bn in debt and got an investment-grade credit rating — albeit the lowest available

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

No, AI is not similar to the Manhattan Project
What is singular and novel about the current threat is that it was born out of the private sector

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Trump's diesel threats could go very wrong — just look at the soyabean
Yes, Nixon's export ban did briefly suppress domestic prices but it had a huge long-term cost

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 02, 2026

Trump's short-sighted diesel gamble
Yes, Nixon's export ban did briefly suppress domestic prices but it had a huge long-term cost

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Europe should take Trump's diesel ban seriously, if not literally
Even if the president backs down, his threat should prompt Europe to be more energy independent

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

France meets fiscal reality with a crunch
A surge in borrowing costs leaves the country on the edge of a debt spiral

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Dealmakers line up to test EU's appetite to create European champions
As Brussels opens the door to bigger deals within industries, companies look for a test case of the new approach

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Do US lawmakers finally have capital in the crosshairs?
With a metastasising financial sector and declining business investment, action is essential

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Australia's banks show how to prepare for cable blackouts
The country is making its financial system resilient enough to withstand the cutting of undersea lines

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Burnham's wake-up call for the right
Opponents of big-state socialism have never been more in need of a strong Conservative Party and rarely further from having one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Burnham's wake-up call to the right
Those who oppose big-state socialism have never been more in need of a strong Conservative Party and rarely further from having one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

An AI sovereign wealth fund isn't progressive — it's techno-imperialism
Accruing income at home from land and power abroad has an old name: empire

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

We have forgotten what budgets are for
The biggest problem with public finances is when they cease to be tools for governance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Four potential positives from higher bond yields
The sharp rise in borrowing costs has raised justified alarm but there are benefits too

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

An optimist's guide to the bond market
It could be a lot worse. Really!

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

Why we can thumb our noses at AI
Our sense of smell helps us to keep a few shreds of privacy intact and maintains a dividing line between real and virtual worlds

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

The smoky, savoury side of maple syrup
From sticky pork ribs and chicken to a punchy nuoc cham and an autumnal Old Fashioned, Nigella Lawson reveals how the sweet stuff can transform far more than breakfast

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

UBS should make the positive case for staying Swiss
Too much doom-mongering may be bad for the bank's business

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Oct 01, 2026

How Europe can stall Russia's hybrid war
Enhancing domestic security, using new technologies and negotiating guardrails could lessen the risk of mass-casualty events

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Australia's housing slump could have a silver lining for its banks
Housing slowdown could result in lenders directing capital to more profitable places

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

To fix housing affordability, build more homes
Faced with rising mortgage costs, governments should resist stoking demand

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Don't own bonds and be cautious with stocks
Balance sheets have become unbalanced and growth in turn may suffer the consequences

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

The UK needs to do more to support its own AI companies
The prime minister needs a plan to avoid a US ban on Chinese models that would divide the world

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Novo's weight-loss deal highlights its weakness and the seller's strengths
Hengrui deserves attention because it has not had much of late

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

How to escape the low-pay, low-productivity jobs trap
Informal employment may absorb surplus labour in developing countries but it can also weaken skills and economic resilience

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Floundering across the Bosphorus
Istanbul's annual cross-continental swimming race is no place for Byronic triumph

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Trump's coal drive plays into Beijing's hands
Agreement on Chinese coal purchases reflects the administration's misplaced focus

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

At least Burnham doesn't pretend to care about growth
Unlike his predecessors, Britain's prime minister is a fairly honest stagnation-ist

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Midterms and the market
How much will it matter?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

The crucial things Anthropic's jumbo ‘risk factors' won't tell you
The real question for those considering buying stock is whether it will make money

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Is the world really drowning in debt?
We may not be on the eve of disaster but room for manoeuvre is shrinking for major economies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Liberated by technology (again)
Does the history of labour-saving inventions teach us anything about a revolution in AI?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Armani's last wishes may sell his fashion empire short
The fashion house is set to kick off a three-way process with LVMH, L'Oréal and EssilorLuxottica for the sale of a minority stake

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Time for some DIY LDI
The spread between equity and bond valuations has narrowed to the point where government-guaranteed real cash flows can finally be bought at reasonable prices

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Can I change maintenance payments to my ex-wife?
Our children are grown up and I have remarried with other financial commitments

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 30, 2026

Luxury watches must win back wrist space
The rise of health-tracking rings creates an opportunity for Cartier, Rolex and the like

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

The Lady Gaga moment for corporate Japan
Recruitment ad by megastar points to the mounting labour problems and misallocation of human capital

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Shein's pain is high street retailers' gain
The UK's imminent end of the duty-free loophole for low-cost imports will benefit the Hong Kong-listed company's rivals

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Andy Burnham's ‘jam tomorrow' vision
Speech was more a bold manifesto for the next election than an urgent action plan

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Snoop-and-scoop poses a real threat to science in the AI age
Establishing attribution in research has become harder in the age of AI-assisted breakthroughs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

The PM's brave new world — just one more election away
The starting gun for the prime minister's real revolution will not be fired till he has gone to the country

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Burnham's brave new world — just one more election away
The starting gun for the prime minister's real revolution will not be fired till he has gone to the country

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Breaking a central banking taboo
It turns out that monetary policy affects supply as well as demand

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake
Democrats are likely to make gains in Congress but divided government is unlikely to derail Trump's agenda

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Rethinking the dollar
Strong and stable, somewhat surprisingly

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Private equity wrestles with its own generational wealth gap
Joe Baratta of Blackstone will retire a billionaire, but future up-and-comers will struggle to match his record

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

A meeting a day keeps the robots away
Predictions that white-collar work will soon be automated reveal an underappreciation of what other people's jobs entail

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Why a £10bn Monzo takeover could be good for the UK
Brazil-based Nubank has considered moving its legal domicile to the City

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Will desk workers be doomed by AI?
Predictions that white-collar work will soon be automated reveal an underappreciation of what other people's jobs entail

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

What ‘Choosin' Texas' tells us about Burnham's social care obstacles
Convincing the British public to pay higher taxes for something they wrongly assume the state provides will not be easy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 29, 2026

Harry Potter and the British business of international schools
Nord Anglia, Cognita, Inspired Education and other private equity-backed groups are profiting from history and rising global demand

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

BASF should take another crack at chemicals M&A
Evonik, governed by the RAG-Stiftung foundation, may find it hard to turn up its nose at a higher number

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

Russia's escalating hybrid campaign against Europe
European countries need a robust response to Moscow's increasingly brazen actions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

Without a resilient economy, central banks have limited choices
Responding to geopolitical or climate-related supply shocks after the fact is never as effective as taking preventive action

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

A TV series shows Britain is woefully unprepared for war
Sky's ‘The Wargame' may be fiction but the defence vulnerabilities it reveals are very real

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

Pass the popcorn: New York's film-goers are on the warpath
In an unexpected plot twist, cinemas are back

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

Why the EU fears Britain becoming a back door for Chinese cars
Brussels is urging UK tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, but it might take more than that

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

The UK ‘aircraft carrier' launching Chinese cars into the EU
Brussels is urging UK tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, but it might take more than that

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

Why Europe's centre will hold
The 1930s are not a good guide to the politics of the 21st century

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

A faintly hopeful mood at Labour conference
Most party MPs think Andy Burnham's government is handling politics better, but manifesto and fiscal constraints remain

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

Helen Thompson: "I don't think we're ever going back."
Geopolitical phase change

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

A message for the chancellor: the time is now ripe for tax reform
Healey's challenge is to improve the efficiency of the UK's fiscal system

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

For once, the Fed has put Main Street before Wall Street
Rather than criticising the central bank's rate increase, Republicans should be praising Warsh for putting American families first

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

The bargain between shareholders and companies is being eroded
Investor protections are good for the market as a whole and must be defended

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 28, 2026

The post-Enron auditor reforms are being rolled back
Regulators plan to further limit audit requirement imposed under Sarbanes-Oxley Act

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

The real lesson from the Man City affair
Owners should be free to spend their own money on football — as long as they're fit and proper

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

Pay to play in the age of corporate migration
States are feeling more pressure from companies demanding subsidies and tax breaks

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