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  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    Financial fraud
    Who should foot the bill for cyber scams?

    As payment fraud proliferates, governments, banks and tech companies disagree on who should cover consumer losses

    Photo montage showing a hand holding a smartphone with a dollar sign on the screen, surrounded by financial brand logos (Visa, Mastercard, Zelle) and warning symbols
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Argentina
    Argentina: has Javier Milei proved his critics wrong?

    In his first year, the libertarian president has stabilised a turbulent economy, while retaining the support of half the population. But big challenges loom

    Montage image of Javier Milei, a chart line and a 1,000 peso note
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    The historical traumas driving South Korea’s political turmoil

    President Yoon Suk Yeol’s surprise martial law declaration prompted a swift response from protesters schooled in previous fights over democracy

    Montage image of Yoon and two protests, from 1980 (left) and 2024 (right)
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Europe
    How a divided France came together to rebuild Notre-Dame

    Bureaucrats, billionaire donors, artisans and builders united to deliver a national project at a time of political strife

    View from the ceiling of Notre Dame looking down the nave, which is full of people, towards the altar
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    Will China’s manufacturing juggernaut run out of road?

    Faced with weak demand at home and the threat of tariffs abroad, Beijing is under pressure to rethink its export-driven model

    Montage image of Xi Jinping, a worker in the manufacturing sector and a cargo ship of exports
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Ørsted AS
    How the world’s biggest offshore wind company was blown off course

    Denmark’s Ørsted was once seen as a model for how oil and gas giants could go green. Its recent troubles suggest that things may not be so easy

    Montage image of the Ørsted logo and offshore wind farms
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Semiconductors
    Japan’s audacious bid to become a semiconductor superpower

    The government is backing a start-up that aims to upend the economics and geography of the microchip industry. Does it have a chance of success?

    Montage image of Atsuyoshi Koike
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    Global Economy
    Why America’s economy is soaring ahead of its rivals

    The country’s outperformance is rooted in long-term productivity growth that is the envy of the developed world. Could Trump’s policies endanger its lead?

    A montage of the Statue of Liberty against a financial backdrop, with line charts and a US dollar
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    UK regional policy
    Can England’s new breed of mayors help fix its left-behind regions?

    Westminster sees local figureheads as a new response to old challenges, but they will need resources and real power in key areas

    Montage of England’s regional mayors in Downing Street, a bus in Sheffield and two young people at work
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    What can convince more consumers to buy EVs?

    Carmakers and governments have spent billions trying to entice people to switch from petrol to electric, but progress has stalled

    A montage of three electric vehicle charging point signs against an aerial view of roads
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Elon Musk
    Elon Musk: the ‘wild card’ in Trump’s dealings with China

    Do the billionaire’s longstanding ties to Beijing represent a diplomatic opportunity or a clash of political and business interests?

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Technology sector
    The legal battle against explicit AI deepfakes

    It is easier than ever to forge graphic videos and images. But campaigners hope that new laws could offer a template for controlling artificial intelligence

    Montage image of a pixelated face inside the outline of a broken box, with computing-related symbols in the background
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Mexican politics
    Mexico’s new president digs in with radical ideas as Trump threat looms

    Confronting the prospect of tough US tariffs, Claudia Sheinbaum is doubling down on the agenda of her predecessor

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  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    How Shanghai’s ambition to be the ‘future of finance’ fell apart

    The city was meant to be China’s answer to New York. But trade tensions and changing domestic priorities have taken a toll

    Black and white photo of the colonial buildings on the Bund and a colour photo of the financial district in Pudong on the other side of the river
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    EU defence
    Can Europe defend itself without America?

    The continent will have to spend more as Trump refocuses policy elsewhere. But replacing US military heft will not be easy

    A Polish soldier holds a Nato flag during a ceremony in Warsaw on March 12 commemorating the 25th anniversary of Poland joining Nato. The photo is superimposed on the background of a faded US flag
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    US economy
    How long will Trump’s honeymoon with the stock market last?

    Equities investors seem unfazed by the risk that tariffs and tax cuts will push up inflation and deficits. But fears are rising

    Montage image of Donald Trump and the New York Stock Exchange building
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    UK politics
    The UK’s high-wire act between the US and Europe

    Post-Brexit Britain faces stark strategic choices with Trump taking office. Walking a line between both powers will be tricky

    Keir Starmer standing at a lectern with just him standing out from the dark background
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Venture capital investment
    Thrive Capital: the venture firm staking billions on a few big bets

    The ‘all in or all out’ approach of Josh Kushner’s VC business inverts the traditional venture model. Will it pay off?

    Josh Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    KPMG UK
    The rehabilitation of KPMG in the UK

    The years of audit failings and regulatory fines at its UK business are over, but some worry the firm is still losing ground to rivals

    Jon Holt and KPMG’s logo
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    Oil & Gas industry
    Offshore oil is back. At what cost?

    Years after one of the worst spills in history, companies in search of new discoveries are drilling even deeper into the seabed

    Montage of images. The new Vito platform against a background of a graphic showing the different types of oil rigs and platforms
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    US Government
    Elon Musk’s mission to reinvent American government

    Donald Trump has given the billionaire the task of slashing the size of the state. Similar efforts have fallen far short in the past

    Vivek Ramaswamy, left, and Elon Musk have been granted a mandate to ‘dismantle government bureaucracy’
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    Financial services
    The undercover hedge funds financing activist short sellers 

    When Wall Street’s self-styled financial detectives allege malfeasance, these silent partners stand to reap the benefits

    Montage image of Carson Block, left, Nathan Anderson, centre, Jim Chanos
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    Inside Goldman Sachs’ years-long power struggle over its China venture

    A deal with a prominent Chinese banker gave the US group market access, but securing full control cost a lot more than it expected

    Montage image of Fang Fenglei, a Chinese flag and a Goldman Sachs logo
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s global balancing act is trickier than ever

    President Lula has sought to maintain ties with the US, China and Russia. But even before the re-election of Donald Trump, that diplomatic space was shrinking

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and the US Capitol
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Oil & Gas industry
    How oil and gas companies disguise their methane emissions

    FT analysis shows that firms regularly hide leakages of the deadly greenhouse gas — despite this being one of the easiest climate fixes there is

    A flare to burn methane from oil production is seen on a well pad near Watford City, North Dakota. A screen grab from thermographic video footage shot with an infrared camera and made available to Reuters June 10, 2021 by Clean Air Task Force, shows what appears to be a plume of methane gas flowing from a vent stack at the SNAM underground storage facility in Minerbio, Italy.
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