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FT News in Focus

News features and analysis from Financial Times reporters around the world. FT News in Focus is produced by Fiona Symon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The KonMari craze

The KonMari craze

Marie Kondo is the Japanese tidying guru with a blunt black fringe and a vast wardrobe of white cardigans. She claims to... Read more

18 Jan 2019

10mins

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Dell shareholders back return to the public market

Dell shareholders back return to the public market

Five years after quitting the Nasdaq exchange, Michael Dell's technology company is set to return to the public market a... Read more

12 Dec 2018

7mins

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Bleak outlook for bankers as trading jobs slashed

Bleak outlook for bankers as trading jobs slashed

Falling interest rates, weak trading volumes and automation have led to an exceptionally brutal summer for global invest... Read more

12 Aug 2019

11mins

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GE loses its crown

GE loses its crown

After nearly 40 years at the top, General Electric has lost its position as the largest US manufacturer by market capita... Read more

16 Nov 2017

7mins

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Planning for a healthier life

Planning for a healthier life

An experiment in urban planning backed by the UK’s health service has shown how even small changes can have a big impact... Read more

20 Oct 2019

12mins

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The global market turmoil explained

The global market turmoil explained

US stocks staged a late rebound on Tuesday after a three-day global sell off. John Authers explains what triggered inves... Read more

7 Feb 2018

8mins

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Oldest human remains found in Morocco

Oldest human remains found in Morocco

A revolutionary discovery of fossils in Morocco suggests humans that lived 300,000 years ago may have looked like us, th... Read more

12 Jun 2017

8mins

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What are the potential health benefits of gene editing?

What are the potential health benefits of gene editing?

Last year a Chinese scientist shocked the world by claiming that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies. An... Read more

13 Jan 2019

14mins

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Banks, business and Brexit

Banks, business and Brexit

While politicians in Westminster wrangle over the shape of Britain’s exit deal from the European Union, how are the main... Read more

9 Jan 2019

12mins

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Wealth gap ignites Chile protests

Wealth gap ignites Chile protests

Last weekend thousands of people took to the streets of Chile in an outburst of anger at a rise in the price of the metr... Read more

24 Oct 2019

9mins

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China's economic slowdown

China's economic slowdown

Ravi Mattu discusses what’s behind China's economic slowdown and why it matters with Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economi... Read more

31 Mar 2019

10mins

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South Africa's widening corruption scandal

South Africa's widening corruption scandal

Several multinationals have become embroiled in a scandal over allegations that South Africa's president Jacob Zuma has ... Read more

26 Oct 2017

11mins

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Turkey's currency crisis

Turkey's currency crisis

The Turkish lira has lost more than 40 per cent of its value since the start of the year and the slide has been exacerba... Read more

15 Aug 2018

9mins

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How much higher will oil prices go?

How much higher will oil prices go?

Oil prices have risen as high as $75 a barrel for the first time in four years. What has driven the rally and will it co... Read more

2 May 2018

11mins

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Why pensions across the world are in crisis

Why pensions across the world are in crisis

Around the world a pensions crisis is looming. Retirees are having their pensions cuts while governments and fund manage... Read more

25 Nov 2019

13mins

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Richard Thaler wins Nobel Economics prize

Richard Thaler wins Nobel Economics prize

Richard Thaler has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics for his work on incorporating insights from psychology int... Read more

9 Oct 2017

5mins

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Top company news of 2017

Top company news of 2017

From US tax reform, to media mergers and activist investors, what were the big corporate themes of 2017? Daniel Thomas d... Read more

21 Dec 2017

9mins

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New UK government brings change and uncertainty

New UK government brings change and uncertainty

Last week Boris Johnson lead the conservative party to its biggest victory in over 30 years on a promise to “get Brexit ... Read more

18 Dec 2019

10mins

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Is bitcoin a fraud?

Is bitcoin a fraud?

The value of bitcoin fell sharply last week after Jamie Dimon, head of JPMorgan Chase, suggested the digital currency cr... Read more

19 Sep 2017

6mins

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Trump exposed

Trump exposed

Two recent books about the Trump administration have shed a damning light on the character of the man who occupies the W... Read more

23 Dec 2019

9mins

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