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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    John Gapper
    Christie’s has brought the dinosaur auction show to London

    Scientists have been priced out by billionaires in the global market for prehistoric fossils

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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Brooke Masters
    US Supreme Court rulings usher in era of regulatory caution

    A push by conservatives to cut red tape will raise the bar for enforcement and cause uncertainty for business

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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Faisal Ahmed
    Act now to save Sudan’s hospitals

    Amid a brutal civil war, the international community has to send a message that targeting healthcare has real consequences 

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  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Markets InsightMichael Pettis
    Tariffs are a misunderstood tool

    Debate over trade strategy has become an ideological litmus test in which few are willing to acknowledge nuance

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
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    Omnicom dusts off an old strategy to face adland’s new problem Premium content

    On paper, the tie-up with Interpublic makes sense but it is not clear it would foster better ideas or greater innovation

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
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    Four years after enthusiastically banging the drum for wind power, the oil major is beating a retreat

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Good ideas know no borders

    There is something narrow-minded about criticising a British politician for being ‘America-brained’

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
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    While Crédit Agricole’s move to bulk up suggests UniCredit has a tougher negotiation on its hands, there may be a silver lining too

    Andrea Orcel, chief executive of UniCredit
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    American homes get ready for a Christmas light bonanza

    The annual holiday-display-synchronised-to-Jingle-Bells version of retail therapy turns out to be inflation proof

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Tackling the harms of ultra-processed foods

    Consumers need clear information to make healthier choices about what they eat

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Business InsightSujeet Indap
    Elon Musk vs Delaware: why the Tesla CEO might win his pay battle

    Approval of remuneration package twice by shareholders could sway courts

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Gideon Rachman
    The west should not succumb to cynical regret over Syria

    Lots could still go wrong but the demise of one of the world’s most cruel dictators is welcome

    Illustration of a poster of Assad’s face poster torn to reveal the Syrian flag
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    When good stocks turn bad Premium content

    And quality in the small cap rally

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Rana Foroohar
    Europeans need to learn some lessons about power — and fast

    The world has changed, but the EU’s worldview hasn’t changed with it

    Matt Kenyon illustration of a figure tiptoeing on the European side of the globe while other two figures standing firmly on each side of him in America and Asia.
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Nilanjana Roy
    Will humanity get lost in translation?

    AI could instantly open up a huge range of books in different languages — but fiction really does require that human touch

    Photograph of a robotic hand flicking through a printed book
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    The benefits and limits of privatisation

    We can draw important lessons from the UK’s varied experience

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  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Ammar Azzouz
    Now Syria can dream of a future again

    The walls of fear have been destroyed — there is a new landscape of hope that has been hard to even dare to imagine

    Rebel forces shoot in the air as they celebrate in the central Syrian city of Homs early on December 8
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A welcome end to a brutal Middle East dynasty

    Collapse of Syria’s Assad regime brings hope — and fear — to a beleaguered nation

    People celebrate on top of an armoured  tank with anti-government fighters in Damascus
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Global InsightAndrew England
    What is next for Syria after Assad’s fall?

    The real test for the country and Middle East will come when triumphant but disparate rebel factions divide the spoils — and whether they can share power

    Syrian opposition fighters celebrate after the government collapsed in Damascus
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Luke Edward Hall
    Festive tables should be otherworldly

    Now is not the time for nuance: decorate with gilded acorns, wild windswept glasses, and a centrepiece of seaweed and rock

    Image features a table covered with a vibrant red tablecloth, some wooden chairs, white plates, sparkling glassware, and silver cutlery. To the right of the dining setup is a large, lush Christmas tree
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Jemima Kelly
    Democrats must not abandon their morals

    Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter invites comparison to Donald Trump’s most censured actions

    Ben Hickey illustration of a blue donkey climbing up a blue line on a graph, while a red elephant is walking on a downward-sloping red line
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    My awkward brush with green shaming

    In an ideal world we would not need to be prodded into greener behaviour

    Illustration of a worker at their desk while a parade of protesters with pro-green placards marches by
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Sylvie Kauffmann
    France’s political institutions are creaking

    A system designed in the late 1950s is looking increasingly dysfunctional

    French Prime Minister Michel Barnier addresses the National Assembly
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    LexBitcoin
    Can bitcoin miners find a green way to dig for digital gold? Premium content

    Using a wind farm to produce the cryptocurrency is a nifty, if limited, option

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  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    FT MagazineJancis Robinson
    The best white wines for Christmas

    From a £6.99 Waitrose bargain to bottles worth cellaring

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