Tensions rise in north Africa
The storming of a major gas plant in eastern Algeria by an Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda has raised tensions over terrorism in north...
Martin Wolf on a post-crisis Davos
After years of focus on the global financial crisis this year's Davos has been of 'low intensity', says Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator. He...
Corporate tax: a race to the bottom
Corporate tax rates have been falling around the world since the 1980s and the trend shows no sign of letting up. The FT's Daniel...
Apple Q1: good but not good enough
Paul Taylor, the FT's US business technology and telecoms editor, gets behind Apple first quarter earnings results and explains why Apple shares dropped more...
African outperformance
Last year Africa comfortably outperformed other emerging markets for the first time since the financial crisis. Stephen Bailey-Smith, head of Africa research at Standard...
Cameron’s risky Europe strategy
David Cameron finally delivered his big speech on Europe, vowing to hold a straight "in-out" referendum on Britain's future in the EU by 2017....
Unilever no longer on the defensive
With its stock trading at 17 times earnings, investors are seeing Unilever's growth, rather than defensive, potential. Lex's Stuart Kirk and Oliver Ralph discuss...
Yen sale
The yen has suffered a sharp sell off in recent months on expectations that Japan's new government would see the BoJ weaken the currency...
Italy’s next PM must generate growth
Italians go to the polls in less than a month's time to elect a new prime minister. Whoever wins will have to turn round...
India needs more than rate cut
The Reserve Bank of India has cut rates by 25 basis points to encourage growth. Lex's Stuart Kirk and Julia Grindell discuss whether this...
