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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
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      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

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      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
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      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
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      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
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      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
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      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

    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Water scarcity
      The UK is at risk of running low on water. Why?

      A country famous for its rainy climate faces grave supply issues, after years of poorly managed systems

      Jodie Mills, director of the West Cumbria Rivers Trust, on the dry bed of the river Derwent with her small, white dog Maisie
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      British Museum
      The crisis at the British Museum

      The theft of 2,000 items risks undermining the institution’s founding purpose as a custodian of the world’s treasures

      View of two people from behind looking up at ancient Greek sculptures in the museum
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