UK’s hands tied on AstraZeneca
FT political editor George Parker assesses the options open to UK business secretary Vince Cable and chancellor George Osborne over US drugmaker Pfizer's takeover...
Banks – prevention better than cure
The European Banking Authority has released its stress test plan, but how credible is its worst case scenario? Lex's Joseph Cotterill and Oliver Ralph...
Obama signals support for Philippines
US President Barack Obama has offered his support to the Philippines in its attempt to seek international arbitration over the Asian nation's territorial dispute...
Curious case of the strong euro
John Authers asks Credit Suisse's Giles Keating why people are buying into the euro, if the risk of the EU's break-up is finally over...
US infrastructure funding: Out of gas | FT World
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Revenues to pay for roads, transit systems and other US infrastructure are on the brink of...
Bonds return
Last year many assumed that the 30-year bull market in treasuries was over. A rally in bond prices since then suggests otherwise. John Authers...
Impact of non-farm payrolls on US markets
Michael Mackenzie and Vivianne Rodrigues look at the potential impact of a strong labour market's reading this Friday on US stocks and corporate bonds....
Digital revolution and banking
Alain Benoit, head of Processes and Information Systems at Société Générale talks to the FT's Paul Taylor, Connected Business editor, about the digital revolution...
Italy’s finance chief on EU recovery
In his first interview with the FT since being appointed Italy's finance minister in February, Pier Carlo Padoan talks to the FT's Ferdinando Giugliano...
China Economy Set to Overtake US | FT World
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FT economics editor Chris Giles shows how new statistics from the International Comparison Programme put China's...











































