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FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 12, 2026

The ECB tightens course
Plus debt restructurings and de-dollarisation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 12, 2026

Musk should go more boldly with fantastical SpaceX projections
Financial history offers examples of now-giant companies that formerly lowballed their own prospects

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 12, 2026

The great bond and equity conundrum
Financial logic has been stood on its head as yields buck decades-long trends

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 12, 2026

Sanae Takaichi: Building resilience in a turbulent world
To tackle the new challenges of today, it is essential to acquire new capabilities

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 12, 2026

Japan's PM: Building resilience in a turbulent world
To tackle the new challenges of today, it is essential to acquire new capabilities

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 12, 2026

Kate Moss, mermaids and climbing icebergs: glorious roses to plant
Those that thrive in hot climates, others that flower monthly, or which have unusual hues. Take your pick, but choose wisely

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

The AI public market floodgates are opening
The huge sums that Wall Street is about to be asked for look like being only a down payment

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

The Iran war is testing the limits of India's economic resilience
Modi will need to combine emergency measures with reforms to help the country rebound

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

New York Knicks' winning streak should rub off on its owner too
Shares in Madison Square Garden Sports, which also owns hockey team the New York Rangers, have doubled in a year

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

SpaceX IPO marks the end of the no-brainer benchmark index trade
Investors do not need big benchmarks to get what they want

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Jun 11, 2026

The ‘new joule order' is here. The west is last to realise
Electrification is the purchase of optionality and China bought more of it than any nation in history

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

The unlikely alliance pushing an AI sovereign wealth fund
Even some of the tech labs seem to agree that society as a whole should benefit from advances

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Why Europe should not choose to go it alone
A secure future depends on a revitalised transatlantic alliance

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

The rise of the pro-worker conservative is changing the US
Republicans helping to strengthen labour law would once have seemed an outlandish prospect — no longer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

The business model of white victimhood
Rage on the right and a narrative of disadvantage changing sides is rewarded by social media

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

How bond markets can learn to love public debt
There is ample room to be expansive within market-friendly fiscal rules

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Artificial chocolate will show what really shapes global trade
Lab-grown cocoa is the latest synthetic commodity to challenge a natural product

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Wanted: a World Cup fairy tale, complete with heroes — and villains
The role of bad guy used to be Germany's. It's up for grabs now

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Andy Burnham on Waspi women sounds rather like Starmer 2.0
Greater Manchester mayor vying for premiership may not get a ‘coronation' after all if he returns to parliament

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Burnham on Waspi women sounds rather like Starmer 2.0
Greater Manchester mayor vying for premiership may not get a ‘coronation' after all if he returns to parliament

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

State-owned AI
Plus sideways CPI

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

A shorter third runway at Heathrow is better than none
The UK airport and its airlines should stop fighting and compromise on expansion

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Why the much-feared crunch in oil markets has yet to arrive
Still-ample stocks and some more reactive producers and consumers look to have left the world better equipped to cope with disruption

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Too much inheritance tax planning is driving families apart
The not so great consequences of the UK's £5.5tn wealth transfer

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

We will need a new tax code for the wealth AI creates
The question isn't whether mass underemployment arrives but whether we have a policy framework ready when it does

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 11, 2026

Back to yours? The singleton's bedroom is not what it used to be
Gone is the mess and the Ikea bookshelf, but is the Instagram-honed aesthetic a good thing?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

Trump's Iran war has propelled China's cleantech industry
Disruption to global energy supplies sparks surge in demand for alternatives

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

US CEOs are getting richer and more nervous
More than 29% of S&P 500 companies provided home security perks for their top brass in 2025

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Jun 10, 2026

Pay trends suggest US bosses are wealthier and more nervous
More than 29% of S&P 500 companies provided home security perks for their top brass in 2025

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

Trump's AI fund idea is good politics, but bad economics
Plans to share the gains from technology could cause more problems than they solve

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Jun 10, 2026

How architecture helped to topple Viktor Orbán
Lavish buildings put up by his regime contrasted sharply with Hungary's crumbling social infrastructure

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Jun 10, 2026

Is the UK enjoying a productivity rebound?
One way to find out would be to test if faster growth and lower unemployment are possible without inflation

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

Don't exclude Yemen from the Gulf's new economic map
It may be unstable, but the country is central to the region's future — and leaving it out will spark more violence

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Jun 10, 2026

What happened to the great rebirth of American manufacturing?
Skills shortages, shifting tariffs and complex permitting processes are major barriers

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

How tin went from baked beans to AI gravy train
Higher prices are prompting some miners to take up their shovels

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

Anthropic leans into AI's nascent slice-and-dice era
Clever financial engineering is allowing conservative, risk-averse investors to participate enthusiastically

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

How Northern Ireland became a breeding ground for riots
Violence erupts in a repeat of 2025 disorder, aided by tendency for many politicians to be equivocal on the crimes

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

Gold and bitcoin: the assets the rally forgot
Gold and ‘digital gold' both feel like yesterday's Fomo trades

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Jun 10, 2026

Homeowners are getting used to the UK's perma-crisis
Households appear to have adapted to a constant state of flux

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

Why the world must agree to regulate AI
A technological disarmament pact between the US and China would make everyone feel more secure

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

The Fed might yet again take the punch bowl away
Potential rate rises could give way to a broad range of investment opportunities

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

How did air conditioning become a heated debate?
It's illogical to argue that heating buildings to a safe temperature is a basic right but cooling them is an affectation

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Jun 10, 2026

Who owns my name after I sell my business?
I want to use my name for new products, but my former backers are threatening legal action

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 10, 2026

The pension system missed Gen X women — what if they are the future?
A sandwich generation caught between two very different savings systems

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

The hard truths about England's receding coastline
The entire shoreline cannot be protected from erosion, but the state can mitigate future fallout

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

Do black holes do more than devour matter?
The supermassive one at the centre of our galaxy is surprisingly windy — spitting material out as well as taking it in

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

GSK's $10.6bn cancer deal will lead to more
Making additional moves would be in keeping with pharma group's strategy of building its pipeline as fast as possible

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

The Fed is going to have to rethink its global role
Stabilising the finances of another country is a foreign policy decision as well as an economic one

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Jun 09, 2026

Lessons from Germany's (entirely predictable) UN Security Council defeat
In a world of aggressive great powers, middle powers must learn to forge alliances

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

Trump is becoming Jimmy Carter
Like the 39th US president, the current occupant of the White House has handed control of the narrative to Iran

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Jun 09, 2026

Real Madrid and the dangers of mixing fans and finance
Club president Florentino Pérez's aim of bringing in outside investors is high risk

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

Will Starmer fight or fold?
No 10 tries to gauge support for PM as failing to secure backers would be embarrassing and suggest he can't govern

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

We've died and gone to volatility heaven
Plus non-dollar stablecoins

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

Why are we still arguing about the industrial revolution?
Historical data does not offer much insight about how our predecessors navigated profound change

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

There is a simpler option for making AI pay its way: tax it properly
The world of laissez-faire no longer exists given the impact of the technology

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

New Covent Garden's fruit and veg have gone upmarket
The historic trading place now caters to Michelin-starred restaurants, hotels and grocery stores

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

The film industry needs franchises like Star Wars
Blockbusters keep cinemas open and leave room for quirkier originals to thrive

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 09, 2026

Earnings, not valuations, are fuelling the US stock market
Gains are spurred by the strength of profits rather than rising valuations or speculative fervour

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

Intesa's bid for MPS restores some sanity to Italy's M&A scene
An Intesa victory might be appealing to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

The incredible shrinking influence of Putin's Russia
Armenia is the latest country to leave Moscow's orbit

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

We need to learn how to argue with AI
Putting humans in the loop is pointless if they simply rubber-stamp authoritative-sounding information

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

America's nostalgia for a Cuba that no longer exists
Every year, Miami recreates Havana as a pristine paradise lost in the revolution

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

Why private equity in football can still be a winning proposition
Chelsea demonstrates that investment in the sport has merit but requires patience

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

Netanyahu's grand strategy is coming apart
The Israeli leader has tried to secure his country by entirely military means. It isn't working.

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

Did jobs just kill the bull market?
The AI trade meets higher rates

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

Has Strategy lost its nerve?
Flywheel no fly

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

A ‘big bang' reversal of Brexit is both unrealistic and unnecessary
Going back would create some big new problems but Switzerland provides an alternative model

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

We must not grant AI agents legal personhood
What kind of sanctions could keep a non-human corporation in check?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

The World Cup offers pubs a chance to change the story
Tournament gives the industry a chance to pull in more punters and pull more pints

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 08, 2026

SpaceX IPO will not break capital markets but add to strains
Offering will widen the valuation gap between the constituents of indices and the companies outside them

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 07, 2026

How to chair a board in the post-governance age
BP and SpaceX show transatlantic views of the role are very far apart

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 07, 2026

The strange case of who chooses the next Labour prime minister
Around three-quarters of those who can vote in any contest on who succeeds Starmer are not Labour Party members

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 07, 2026

Are we at the start of a new investment super-cycle?
AI, clean energy and defence spending are reinforcing each other, amplifying potential spend

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 07, 2026

The coming rise of anti-AI populism
Anxiety about the technology is set to generate a political backlash

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 07, 2026

Britain's questionable reliance on Palantir
Government should use the best technology for any task, but be wary of ‘lock-ins'

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 07, 2026

Expensive oil is making electric vehicles look positively cheap
Petrol retails for £1.58 a litre in the UK, up about 20% since the start of the year

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 07, 2026

We are optimising ourselves to death
A tracker might tell you that you got to bed too late, but it doesn't tell you that you were busy living your life

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

We should be getting better at AI by now
From cancelled novels to legal fines, the scale of blunders only halfway through the year suggests the opposite

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Pricing the oil inventory drawdown
Could Brent crude hit $140 per barrel?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

On yer bike! Freud and middle-aged men in Lycra
The ever-present fear of ridicule among cycling's weekend warriors tells us a thing or two about human nature

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Can AI save a company's soul?
It is easy to imagine institutional memory lost to automation preserved in silicon — but there is one crucial difference

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Are US Treasuries becoming a financial chokepoint?
A haven asset for the financial system is becoming a source of risk

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

In World Cup season, choose your financial trophies carefully
Real Madrid's president has made it very clear that investing in the club is mainly about having fun and making contacts

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Investors wake up to the merits of sleep biotech
More people worry about poor sleep than excess weight, but drugmakers have been deterred from entering the market by costs

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Wasting China's solar panel surplus is madness
Clean power is within our reach — yet factories sit idle

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Why bother with university?
As costs soar and graduate prospects dim, the value of higher education can no longer be taken for granted

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Why images of beauty matter in dark times
Even amid the challenges of the here and now, we find ways to survive — and celebrate that survival

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Ireland's plucky wine underdogs
Winemaking on the Emerald Isle is no easy feat, yet the country's small but growing number of vignerons are up to the task

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Politicians and the bond markets: lost in translation
Mutual misunderstanding and panicky commentary mask a joint desire to see the UK economy doing better

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

Sturgeon-gate should prompt couples to question their partner's finances
Couples who do Excel together can exceed together

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 06, 2026

‘Let's just call it damn good': Jay Rayner reviews Wild Izakaya, London
High-concept gloss belies a surprisingly laid-back City venue with serious cooking

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

The ethical dilemmas of AI
How we address the revolution is a question of how we manage its uncertainties

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

The avoidable tragedy of Henry Nowak
This case resonates because it plays into two sets of public fears

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

The dollar's decline is overstated — but still real
The most reliable measure of dollar dominance is probably the loans and other dollar obligations created outside US

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

How can I avoid the World Cup?
It's the longest ever. What's a non-football fan to do?

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

The Musk exception on banking fees for SpaceX
Most companies are still likely to pay full price on smaller US deals as a prestige good

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

My returns have been exponential — no, seriously!
The speed at which my portfolio is rising in value is ridiculous

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

The CPG blues
Bad luck and bad decisions in consumer products

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

How much value is AI really creating?
Eye-opening changes to the speed and volume of work are not always translating into genuine productivity

FT.com - Comment & Analysis
Jun 05, 2026

How Britain could afford to pay for war
Keynes's 1940 financing plan contains lessons for the current government

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