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  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    African politics
    Ethiopia’s plan to rebuild in the wake of a ‘brutal’ war

    After a peace deal ended the conflict in Tigray, the country is on the slow road to recovery. But lingering animosity threatens progress

    Abiy Ahmed, Getachew Reda, foreground. Background: People react as captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on July 2, 2021.
  • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
    Climate change
    ESG ratings: whose interests do they serve?

    Regulators and politicians are focusing on the accuracy, transparency and potential for conflicts of interest with sustainability scores

    A montage of Greta Thunberg on a loudspeaker with industrial cooling towers in the background and graph points with US dollar bill images running along the bottom
  • Monday, 2 October, 2023
    Irish economy
    How will Ireland put its newfound wealth to work?

    Bumper corporation tax receipts have filled the country’s coffers. But the government has plenty of problems to solve

    Dublin’s skyline superimposed on a background of bar chart lines
  • Sunday, 1 October, 2023
    Food diet
    Artificial sweeteners: the health controversy that will not go away

    Recent warnings are the latest in a series of scares, but the industry says sugar substitutes remain a vital weapon against obesity and diabetes

    Image shows Prof Dana Small, some brain dissections, saccharin tablets, and a diagram of E951 (aspartame) taken from the European Food Safety Authority site
  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    Amazon.com
    What Lina Khan’s antitrust case could mean for Amazon

    The FTC chair alleges the ecommerce giant illegally uses its monopoly power to overcharge consumers and hobble competitors. But will she prevail?

  • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
    UK airports
    Will Heathrow’s third runway finally go ahead?

    A new chief executive and a boom in travel could resurrect the stalled project. But rising costs and environmental concerns stand in the way

    Montage image of Heathrow, an aircraft and protesters objecting to a third runway
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    Working from home
    Dyson and the divide over working from home

    Two dozen former employees say engineering firm took uncompromising measures to ensure staff returned to UK campus

    A montage of Sir James Dyson, the company’s building and some pandemic-related symbols such as face mask and social distancing
  • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
    US Treasury bonds
    The debt-fuelled bet on US Treasuries that’s scaring regulators

    Policymakers are concerned about the huge leverage that hedge funds are employing as part of the so-called basis trade

    Montage image illustrating US government bonds and the US Federal Reserve HQ
  • Monday, 25 September, 2023
    Coal
    India’s dream of green energy runs into the reality of coal

    The fossil fuel accounts for around three-quarters of power generation and demand is expected to grow, despite an ambitious renewables plan

  • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
    Australia
    The Voice: a vote on indigenous rights divides Australia

    A once-in-a-generation referendum aims to atone for the past by empowering the country’s original inhabitants. Then came a backlash

    Natasha McCormack of the Central Land Council speaks to a Santa Teresa crowd about the vote
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Geopolitics
    The west’s Modi problem

    The US and its allies are cultivating India as an economic and diplomatic partner. But its prime minister’s authoritarian streak is becoming harder to ignore

    Narendra Modi faces left, against an Indian flag, while the figures of Modi with Biden, Macron, Sunak and Trudeau line up behind him
  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Chinese business & finance
    How Xi Jinping is taking control of China’s stock market

    By using listing and trading rules to direct capital into sectors that fit his priorities, the president wants the market to serve the state

    A montage of images including chipmaking, biotech, AI and electric vehicles
  • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
    Competition & Markets Authority
    The newfound influence of the UK’s competition watchdog

    The Competition and Markets Authority has enhanced clout post-Brexit. Critics are questioning its decision-making

    Sarah Cardell, chief executive officer of the CMA, against a montage of corporate logos
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    Drug prices
    The Biden administration takes on the US drugs industry

    New rules are designed to make medicines cheaper for American seniors. But companies warn innovation will suffer

  • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
    Football
    Can European football clubs ever be profitable?

    Momentum is growing for tougher financial regulation as transfer fees and wages for star players rocket

    Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Neymar
  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    Retail & Consumer industry
    The rise of surge pricing: ‘It will eventually be everywhere’

    Powered by algorithms and AI, a growing number of consumer industries are adjusting prices in response to supply and demand

  • Friday, 15 September, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    The hard lessons from Ukraine’s summer offensive

    The country’s military is enjoying some success but it will be slow-going and requires allies to increase ammunition supplies

  • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
    Technology regulation
    The global race to set the rules for AI

    The industry and policymakers agree that the emerging technology needs regulating. But no one is quite sure how

  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    UK banks
    The Barclay family, the banks and the billion-pound debt

    How a decade-long effort to restructure loans extended to the reclusive businessmen’s empire culminated in Lloyds Banking Group seizing control of a national newspaper

  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    Singapore
    Can Singapore hold on to its reputation as Asia’s ‘safe haven’?

    The city-state has long prospered as a global hub but some question whether the model is still working

    Montage image of Singapore’s skyline with illustrations representing China’s and the US’s flags
  • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
    Food & Beverage
    How British chicken got caught in the country’s economic storm

    The poultry industry is facing an onslaught of different upheavals that have thrust the once fast-growing sector into crisis

  • Friday, 8 September, 2023
    Streaming services
    The incredible resilience of the music industry

    Universal’s new deal on streaming royalties underscores how the major labels have remade themselves throughout the digital era

    Montage of images with Lucian Grainge in the foreground and Kendrik Lamar, Billie Eilish and Rihanna in the background and Spotify and Deezer logos
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Space industry
    Japan’s ispace: the unruly start-up that shot for the Moon and missed

    The FT delves into the events that led to the crash of the Hakuto-R lander in April and uncovers a corporate culture described by some as ‘toxic’

    A rendering of the Hakuto-R lander, with the mission logo on the left and Takeshi Hakamada on the right
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
    Digital currencies
    How digital cash got caught up in the culture wars

    Plans for central bank digital currencies are gaining momentum around the world — and so are conspiracy theories

  • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
    FT SeriesThe Return of Big Government
    Big government is back. How will we pay for it?

    Countries are spending heavily on defence, welfare and the green transition. With debt levels already high, taxes look certain to rise

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