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   NEWS: FT.COM - COMMENT & ANALYSIS
FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

What Reeves misses in pursuit of ‘securonomics'
UK is too slow to boost defence spending while underfunding areas of comparative advantage

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

K-shaped consumer credit
Plus, investing in the Ukraine build-out

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

Tech Exchange
This series features conversations between FT journalists and the technology industry's leaders, innovators, and thinkers. In the latest instalment, GV's Tom Hulme talks about the AI investment cycle and predicts a comeback for Google Glass-style smart glasses

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

Trump has broken it. Now he owns it
Continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens the movement of gas and fertilisers as well as oil

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

Now it's Paramount that faces one battle after another
Media mogul David Ellison has bagged the prize — but the deal needs to work for shareholders

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

Europe's airlines eye opportunities from Iran war fallout
With services of dominant Gulf rivals disrupted, there is a brief window to provide direct flights that avoid the region's hubs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

How can we tell good AI from bad?
More lessons from the jagged frontiers of new technology

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

Private credit's game of footsie is getting riskier
Stronger guardrails are needed before these funds seep into the $9tn US retirement market

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

What happens to a joint mortgage when one person moves out?
I'm separating from my wife and have left the family home

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 18, 2026

How a vast refinery could mend Nigeria's relationship with oil
When supply becomes boringly reliable, the economy and the national mood can shift

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Reeves' ambitious growth rhetoric clashes with reality
The chancellor's plans for a reset with the EU lack credibility

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

The era of US dominance in economic warfare is over
America has long used sanctions to coerce adversaries, but Iran and China can wield powerful economic weapons too

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Salesforce reckons software and debt do mix after all
The company is making use of one market trend to offset the unhelpful effects of another

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

What's with all the AI lobsters?
OpenClaw's phenomenally popular agent is a reminder of pre-techlash days

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

When Amazon and JD.com lock horns, it's shoppers that win
The risk for the Chinese contender is one of cash burn as it pursues expansion at home and overseas

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

China is not going to bail Trump out
The US president has a better chance of cajoling help from Nato partners

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Oil producers: buy the peace, not the war
Plus, PCE data drama

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Who is winning the Middle East war?
Iran has taken a beating but it retains the advantages of geography, time and a superior tolerance for pain

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Why it's hard for humans to have the final say over AI
We need to learn from the mistakes we have made in the past

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

What the world can learn from Ireland's battle to power data centres
The country is a canary in the coal mine for dealing with the strains of a boom in energy demand

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Oil prices reignite great airline debate: to hedge or not?
There is a case for bosses to accept that market forces, like bad weather, just have to be navigated as they arise

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Should you date someone with the same taste in architecture?
You look for a soulmate with similar tastes in food and music — why not design? It might reduce the number of arguments if you do decide to move in together

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 17, 2026

Europe is also at risk from credit cockroaches
Lenders should brace for US-style legal action over acting in co-operation over debt restructuring

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Trump's coalition of the unwilling
US allies have a right to avoid being sucked into a war they never sought

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Orcel's brash M&A tactics inch UniCredit closer to success
Few shareholders will accept the miserly offer for Commerzbank — but that doesn't matter

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Labour must not lose my generation of voters
The defeat by the Greens in Greater Manchester demonstrates the danger of failing to address economic burdens

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

AI world models need to understand cause and effect
They should be able to map how reality works, not just how it looks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Why Trump is obsessed with this Chicago-based shoe label
The president may buy Florsheim's cap-toe Oxfords for his cabinet members. But its parent company is suing his government over tariffs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

What do we really gain from no-cry onions?
Frankensteining low-pungency vegetables is popular, but with food the longer way round is often more enjoyable

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Why Hormuz will haunt us long after this war ends
Iran has shown that control of the strait gives it a stranglehold over the world economy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

2022 redux?
War makes it possible.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Was Revolut's banking licence worth the wait?
Group would be wise to move gradually with its lending ambitions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

The UK is struggling to achieve its aims on clean energy
Our economy remains highly fossil fuel-dependent partly because we are not electrifying in the desired way

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Boards must feel they can think for themselves
More companies should use the flexibility in the UK corporate governance code

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Private credit is key to keep Main Street moving
Despite recent concerns, it helps sustain job creation and economic growth

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 16, 2026

Highly skilled workers have been training AI — that comes at a cost
Students entering this new labour market should plan what they share, rethink competition and consider collective bargaining

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 15, 2026

Concierge Nation: welcome to white-glove America
Pay enough, and you can jump to the front of the queue for almost anything

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 15, 2026

Trump has undermined the US national security apparatus
War against Iran does not seem to have undergone the normal stress-testing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 15, 2026

Iran war should prompt a North Sea rethink
Sweating the UK's natural gas assets can support the country's green transition

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 15, 2026

Trump's ‘shock and war' makes this economic crisis different
Conflict with Iran will leave deeper and more lasting scars than last year's tariffs crisis

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 15, 2026

The endlessly fascinating office protected species
Being deemed close to the boss lets you get away with murder — until it doesn't

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 15, 2026

All respect, Timothée, art is about more than popularity
Some of the outrage appears disingenuous but the actor is wrong in his dismissal of opera and ballet

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 15, 2026

Wealth taxes' design flaws consign them to failure
It may be easier for countries sitting on large deficits to tighten the screws on existing levies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Higher oil prices are just a short-term worry
Long-term inflation expectations are staying steady

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Sovereign AI is a bet on the economies of anti-scale
Deglobalisation is expensive for individual countries, but a windfall for their suppliers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Pinterest's mood board should include a potential sale
Many of its users may gather ideas on the platform but shop somewhere else

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

AI is dressing up greed as progress on creative rights
The problem is not that the law is unfit for the 21st century but that it is being flouted

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Are markets being too complacent about the Iran war?
Sometimes crises do not blow over as investors might hope

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Donald Trump, globalist
It should not have taken the Iran war to finish the idea that he is ‘isolationist'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

The Noma affair will leave a very nasty taste in the mouth
High-end restaurants as a force for moral good was an idea long lacking in self-awareness

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Why Iran could become the next Iraq
The first Gulf war left a weakened regime in place without a political settlement — paving the way for future conflict

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Deepfakes, wigs and the war on truth
Amid the online slop of casual deceptions, everything now requires a second look

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

What to do when you own more wine than you'll ever drink
A generation of serious collectors are confronting an enviable problem: more bottles than time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Under 40? Open a Lifetime Isa while you still can
A replacement Isa for first-time buyers risks losing important benefits of investing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

What a food truck and a fine dining restaurant can tell us about life in Puerto Rico — restaurant review
Leña Eh and 1919 sit at opposite ends of San Juan's restaurant scene

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 14, 2026

Is your Isa strategy up to date?
Upcoming changes to pensions rules will have a significant impact on how people use Isas in retirement

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Show me a leader who doesn't love a crisis
Global events hide mistakes, confer agency and are exciting to boot

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Iran war will further damage fragile inflation psychology
Business and households alike are worrying — the Fed should be too

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

How Labour should deal with the backbench rebel alliance
Their influence is not inherently problematic — but such visible challenges to key policy proposals are

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Iran and the rising perils of AI in warfare
Limits on the use of lethal autonomous weapons systems are urgent

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Private credit has half the ingredients of a financial crisis
Worries arise that valuations shown on balance sheets don't match reality

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Lessons from an unwise banking photo shoot
An interview with four young men in finance dressed in Armani jackets and Hermès ties exposes several tensions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Should I go to the reunion?
If you're even halfway happy with your life choices, I say go for it

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

The US consumer is OK
But if oil stays expensive?.?.?.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Oil price shocks create many losers, but some winners too
Offsetting the higher prices, energy companies have to contend with disruption where they have people and assets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

How spreadbetter IG went from fringe to FTSE 100
IG shares are up almost 90 per cent since the arrival of Breon Corcoran as chief executive in early 2024.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Iran is playing a long game
An asymmetric war that brings the global economy to a standstill could exhaust the US and force a ceasefire

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Iran, private credit and the echoes of 2008
The investor exodus is unnerving, but the wider financial system is better prepared for shocks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

Should investors worry about a 2008-style shock?
From Iran to private credit, things are unnerving but the wider financial system is better prepared

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

After all the rain, it's time to mulch
The next two weekends are an opportunity to future-proof the garden by keeping moisture in the soil, blocking weeds and deterring slugs and snails

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Why China's renminbi push matters even if it never rivals the dollar
If renminbi settlement becomes cheaper and more trade migrates, firms will have less need to generate or hold US currency

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

How the Iran war will change global business
Damage from the conflict is already having an impact on corporate strategy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

An uncomfortable truce in the AI platform wars
Anthropic and Microsoft have struck an alliance on agents but the tussle over the future of the technology will only intensify

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Silence is not golden when it comes to science and AI
The scope of scientific inquiry is contracting as research focuses on data-rich problems

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

British politicians have the wrong kind of money on the brain
Westminster struggles to talk seriously about most topics and in particular about the economy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Senior loans, like airport lounges, are losing their elite status
First-lien is not so special any more due to changes in leveraged finance markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Trump's choices are only pushing China and Russia closer together
Beijing and Moscow look to one another for energy and economic security amid geopolitical turbulence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Trump's foreign policy will only push China and Russia closer together
Beijing and Moscow look to one another for energy and economic security amid geopolitical turbulence

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Worthwhile American initiative (on bank regulation)
For once, some constructive ideas are coming out of Washington

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

How Paris beat the car
Though chaotic, the city's transition has become a global role model

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

China's forgotten consumers
Plus more on private credit and BDCs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Trump's Iran folly is handing Xi Jinping weapons in the trade war
Despite China being a huge oil importer, US mismanagement will give Beijing the upper hand in upcoming talks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

UK's water utilities may finally be worth a dip
Despite a recent price bump, valuations are still relatively low

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Which chokepoint wins in a game of geoeconomic Top Trumps?
It depends on its damage to the target, potential for blowback and durability

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

America risks financial credibility with payments deficit obsession
Imposing tariffs in response threatens to create a problem where none exists

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 12, 2026

Should you lie to your kids about their Junior Isas?
Parents worry about their children getting access to a lump sum at an early age — some choose to keep it a secret

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

Europe needs to stop bickering to compete with China
The fight over ‘Made in Europe' versus ‘Made with Europe' is a pointless one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

Nasdaq finds SpaceX's gravitational pull hard to resist
Proposed change to index-inclusion policy would benefit Elon Musk ahead of IPO

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

Turbulence tests South Korea's stock market revival
Sharp swings are a reminder to Seoul that its reform agenda is incomplete

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

In LA's ‘Tehrangeles', Trump's war is popular
The largest community outside Iran danced in the streets but diverges with the president on a return to monarchy

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

Trump's revolutionary sense of time is changing politics
The US president doesn't think in terms of long-term strategy but rather in terms of deadlines

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

China and Russia are capturing the global space sector
Beijing and Moscow are exploiting the extraplanetary ambitions of less developed countries

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

The lucrative private equity pay scheme under challenge
Shareholders are challenging a contentious form of financial engineering that rewards founders

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

Farage forgets which country he aims to govern
In domestic and foreign policy, the British right's vulnerability is its America-worship

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

Oil fears hit Asian stocks harder than profits
Reaction reflects possibility of sustained supply disruption and prolonged surge in crude prices

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

Does private credit have a credit quality problem?
The stock market thinks so

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

How to fight deepfakes
People are now little better than chance at telling what's real and what's not

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

The economic consequences of war with Iran
There are lasting lessons about energy resilience to be learnt from this conflict

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

UBS's new private equity deals confront an old problem
A firm should think carefully about which risks are worthwhile and tolerable to their clients

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

The usefulness of useless knowledge
Politicians aren't the best judges of the merits of scientific research

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