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   NEWS: FT.COM - COMMENT & ANALYSIS
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

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

The India shock: exporting workers to the world
Emigration has helped New Delhi manage its labour surplus, but the strategy has limits

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

The EU needs a clearer strategy for partners like Canada
Bloc should define what it can offer to prosperous fellow democracies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

The rules of AI etiquette
Just because a bot can do something for you doesn't mean it should

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

The UK's IMF bailout has things to teach us 50 years on
A different Healey may be chancellor but he faces a set of parallel challenges

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

Big dreams and tiny revenue are new norm for AI IPOs
The nature of the AI boom and the size of valuations make the contrast between ambition and income more striking

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 27, 2026

Big dreams and tiny revenue are the new norm for AI IPOs
The nature of the AI boom and the size of valuations make the contrast between ambition and income more striking

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

The ‘7 Up' series: didactic social history as masterpiece
This vivid and complex account of life as it is lived has proved to be one of the great happy accidents of television

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

The climate doom-mongers now dread sovereign debt blowouts
The same people are gnashing the same teeth and making the same arguments

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

Are you the ‘digital PA' for your parents?
Banks and businesses must do more to support older customers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

Cyber security stocks are pumped up on P(doom)
Besieged by growing cyber threats, organisations are hurling money at the problem

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

Whitbread acts out the UK's growth challenge in miniature
If the budget hotel chain owner is struggling to make its numbers stack up, other operators will be too

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

A tribute to great wrong ideas
Francis Fukuyama's famous thesis is not the only example of a useful intellectual mistake

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

Jay Rayner reviews Kid, Soho — cool, clever, not quite revelatory
Sertaç Dirik's new restaurant with David Carter is lively, stylish and often delicious, but its best ideas still owe much to the Turkish grill culture it refashions

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

The quiet tragedies of young old age
Your fifties aren't fabulous, but they can be quite funny

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

When humility is proof of our humanity
Self-imposed limits need not be impediments to a fulfilling life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

JPMorgan and the broking fetish for conviction calls
An admission by some analysts at the bank of an inability to form a baseline view should be thanked rather than mocked

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

A room is alive — never finished, just ready for living in
A space should be open to change and growth, invite activity and thought, and encourage stories to unfold

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 26, 2026

Why Lamole's pale reds are suddenly worth the climb
Once too cool for fashionable Chianti, this hilltop Tuscan village is now prized for the fresh, elegant Sangiovese that a warming climate has made possible

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

Bond ructions point to new danger zone in markets
Sell-offs of this scale and speed have the potential to light fires in other parts of the financial system

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

What an AI maths breakthrough means for human discovery
In solving complex problems, process can be as important as the final result

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

The case for talking to China is not a case for détente
Summits, like this week's between Trump and Xi, are never cost-free

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

The delicate bargain of the British monarchy
A damaging new book by Earl Spencer and the return of the Sussexes pose two new threats to the stability of the House of Windsor

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

The challenge for Burnham: words are no longer enough
His speech to Labour conference must paradoxically offer more than just a promise of action

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

Lawyers join microchips on the list of data centre must-haves
The Oracle dispute suggests there is another risk investors may have overlooked

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

How to give your garden the ‘wow' factor
A new book inspires with showstoppers from roses and irises to ornamental grasses and coniferous trees

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

Should an iced coffee really cost you the job?
A TikTok video giving recruitment advice has sparked a viral debate over interview etiquette

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

How do I avoid bookshaming?
If reading the book is not an option, styling it out is a must

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

Bonds can keep falling
Easy to explain, hard to live with

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

Blackstone's insurance plans will help London, if not its old guard
The sector is one area where major international investors still think the UK capital is a world leader

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

No product, no problem: investors place big bets on AI neolabs
It is true that these numbers can hide some sleight of hand

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

The costly gamble on AI's next giants
It is true that these numbers can hide some sleight of hand

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 25, 2026

How can we tackle AI's financial risks?
Out of public sight, bureaucrats are trying to fight digital fire with fire

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

The AI agent revolution has moved a big step closer
Launch of Muse by Meta has provided a glimpse of how the technology could be turned into a mass-market product

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Russia's $6.9bn sanctions evasion scheme
Western punitive measures have forced Moscow into costly workaround efforts

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Is the UK electorate fragmenting? Not so fast
The battle between Labour and the Conservatives for national dominance has given way to multiple local fights to be in the top two

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Beyond the AI abundance delusion
Concerns about inequality are likely to increase rather than decline as the technology transforms our societies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Five is the magic number for US Treasuries
The 10-year yield on government debt cannot sustainably go much higher

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Space: the final frontline
Cold War arms control shows that greater transparency can help prevent a cascade of deadly mistakes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

You want honesty, Andy? Britain is out of easy options
The prime minister must tell voters that Labour's manifesto has been superseded by world events, both economic and military

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Notes on living in a dangerous world
Central banks and state-directed capital; Europe and great power rivalry

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

The SVB postmortem continues
Plus: quality

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Trump's tariff war is clobbering the Hanks of America
The end of the ‘de minimis' exception can inflict major damage on niche companies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

VW's painful recovery plan is fragile
Supervisory board approval of its necessary restructuring was based on a truce that will need to hold

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

How Trump's tariff war is clobbering the Hanks of America
The end of the ‘de minimis' exception can inflict major damage on niche companies

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Airtel Money IPO signals a route back for London's market
What starts as a niche investment can attract more mainstream sector analysts and investors

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

China tries on the smart glasses craze — and its privacy risks
Processing more camera data directly on the device can reduce risks but it raises component costs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

Why your holiday is good news for the UK
For once we should thank the Office for National Statistics for its productivity reporting

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 24, 2026

How to think about the end of the world
Bringing clarity to a fuzzy P(doom) debate

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

How besieged billionaires are turning the tables on litigious shareholders
Hollywood super-agent Ari Emanuel has accused funds of illegal anti-competitive conduct over his take-private of Endeavor

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Britain's union reforms are a risk to business dynamism
Labour's expansion of workers' rights adds to pressures on the private sector

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Fixing Britain's paralysed state means hard choices
After 25 years as a civil servant, I see more clearly from outside that the centre of government needs re-engineering

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Trump lays a new trap for Takaichi
The threat of appearing as a vassal state is growing ever more real for middle powers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Trump's diesel ban would hurt America and help China
Suspending foreign sales of the vital fuel may look good in the short term but the US would soon suffer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

How Trump's diesel export ban will backfire
Suspending foreign sales of the vital fuel may look good in the short term but the US would soon suffer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

The reading refresh everyone needs
A return to children's fiction is a restorative, rip-roaring way to remind adult readers of the imaginative delights of books

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

What to do when your Waymo holds up a Secret Service motorcade
Stranded in six-lane traffic, surrounded by agents, my autonomous vehicle refused to budge

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Just how much power will AI need?
Rise of agentic AI could supercharge the electricity demands of data centres

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Should we rent or sell a property that we've inherited?
My grandfather left my sister and me a house in his will. How can we avoid falling out over what we do with it?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

The west does not have a leadership problem
If Friedrich Merz and almost everyone else is unpopular, perhaps governments aren't the issue

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

The Lib Dems' unserious tax cut pledge
An unlikely plan to fund increased tax thresholds with extra growth from EU deals will turn away target voters

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Private credit's "soft" defaults
How the can gets kicked, and why

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Private equity has a new kind of SaaS: swimming as a service
There are north of 10mn installed pools in the US and they all need regular cleaning and repair

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

The battle between the Fed and Trump
What happens when a fundamentally strong economy faces an irresponsible government?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Biotech is one area where the US can afford to let China flourish
Drugmakers are picking through the Chinese biotech sector to find treatments and technologies to bring to overseas markets

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Inseparable ingredients of a happy retirement
Does health, wealth or friendship contribute more to happiness in later life? Behavioural science used to love these kinds of questions — now it seems we've outgrown them

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

The problem with P(doom)
Predicting AI catastrophe has gone mainstream with predictable consequences

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Reasons to be bullish on equities
Shocks matter less now in markets as the resilience of riskier assets in recent years has shown

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Amodei is right — AI companies need banking-style supervision
Both industries change rapidly and reach throughout the economy, requiring officials to weigh the benefits of innovation against risks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

Ask a Stylist: are there any chic and functional work bags?
For something laptop-friendly with fashion cred, the buying decision can be a testing one

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 23, 2026

What AI should learn from the banks
Both industries change rapidly and reach throughout the economy, requiring officials to weigh the benefits of innovation against risks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

How China and the US can work together on AI security
Xi-Trump meeting should build on plans for dialogue on shared risks

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Why EU companies are helping their Chinese rivals
Many multinationals seem to be adopting an approach of ‘if you can't beat them, join them'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Why EU companies are now helping Chinese ones expand into Europe
Many multinationals seem to be adopting an approach of ‘if you can't beat them, join them'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

The next generation of American scientists is fading away
While the Trump administration racks up ‘wins' in its anti-woke crusade, the US is eroding its talent pipeline

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Paramount wins over US states — but can it win over the bond market?
The Hollywood studio will emerge from the WBD acquisition with net debt of about $80bn

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Trump is checking out of his presidency
With no way out of his war with Iran, he is increasingly obsessed with monuments to himself

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Quiet please, the currencies are sleeping
Plus, the end of stocks' summer of ‘meh'?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Are we developing a distaste for effort?
Across OECD countries, the number of students who say they give up easily is increasing

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Equal pay law cannot ignore the labour market
A ruling that Next can pay store staff and warehouse workers differently for work of equal value upholds an important principle

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Germany's economic recovery is under way if politics doesn't spoil it
Frugal Germany would appear to have the fiscal headroom to try and spend its way out of the impasse

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Rate rises should not be ‘the only game in town'
Monetary policy is not the best response tool for today's economic and financial challenges

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 22, 2026

Sorry Carney, the world does need a great power with better manners
Calling for closer EU-Canada ties without pooling sovereignty is an abdication of European responsibility

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 21, 2026

Merz's last chance to reform Germany
After regional election disaster, the chancellor is living on borrowed time

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Sep 21, 2026

Novo's prospects beyond weight-loss drugs look surprisingly lean
Despite plans to broaden its business beyond obesity treatments, the Danish group's guidance is unambitious

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