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  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Lawrence Freedman
    The retaliatory cycle has Iran and Israel firmly in its grip

    Speculation about targets is growing as the region grapples with what comes next

    Smoke rises as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the village of Khiam near the border with Israel in southern Lebanon
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Ehud Olmert and Nasser al-Kidwa: Israelis and Palestinians alike need hope — and a plan

    Our peace proposal may be outside of consensus thinking but it could help end this conflict for both our peoples

    A picture taken from a position in southern Israel showing an Israeli tank rolling along the fence as damaged buildings are see in the Gaza strip
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Robin Lane Fox
    Nietzsche, Burke and the secret to a happy garden

    The answer is plants that thrive, and so make us smile — here are three that lead the way

    A close-up of two fuchsia flowers, which are a red-purple on their sepals and a dark purple blue on their skirts
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Camilla Cavendish
    In British politics, the centre no longer holds

    Real energy is to be found in single-issue groups and parties to the left and right of Labour and the Tories

    Illustration of a suited figure in the centre of the image holding binoculars and surveying a landscape of hands holding up megaphones. Some are red and some are blue
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    LexUK companies
    Saga is still battling its private equity legacy, a decade on Premium content

    Woes persist for London-listed company pummelled by pandemic and inflationary headwinds

    An elderly couple watch Saga’s ‘Spirit of Adventure’ cruise liner in Lower Saxony
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Skin in the GameStuart Kirk
    In investing, what if bad is good and good is bad?

    As with parenting, constraints are not enemies. Quite the opposite in fact

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    Stopping the great AI energy squeeze will need more than data centres

    Innovative solutions require joined up government, which is currently in short supply

    Illustration of the Amazon logo (curved arrow running from left to right) as the stalk of a green four-leaf clover
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    Ask Shrimsley: I’ve borked Britain. Is it time to write my memoirs?

    Yes, please do. Everyone is dying to know why it wasn’t your fault

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    LexBatteries
    Battery storage funds have gone flat for investors

    Rollout of clean energy technology has been fraught

    Battery units at a battery energy storage system
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    UnhedgedSujeet Indap
    Private credit’s latest contraption Premium content

    There goes the neighbourhood

    Single-amily homes in a residential neighborhood
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Anne Neuberger
    The ransomware battle is shifting — so should our response

    Billions of dollars are being lost each year and critical infrastructure is coming under threat

    Illustration of a silhouetted figure in profile looking at a computer screen against a background of crypto coins and graphs
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Markets InsightSabine Mauderer
    How climate risk will complicate central bankers’ jobs

    Severe weather events are intensifying and so too are their economic impacts

    Flooding caused by the storm that started as Hurricane Helene covering streets in Asheville, North Carolina
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Undercover EconomistTim Harford
    First instincts vs second thoughts, which side are you on?

    Studying the way we stumble into cognitive traps could be key to understanding how to beat misinformation

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    We may have passed peak obesity

    Weight loss drugs appear to be having an effect at the population level

    Montage of images. An old fashioned bathroom scale with a red chart line showing the peak and dip of US obesity in the background.
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Rich People’s ProblemsJames Max
    Was buying the Rolls-Royce a mistake?

    Servicing costs are crippling, but it’s an investment, right?

    Illustration of a hand putting money into a Rolls-Royce with money flying out of the exhaust pipe.
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Robert Armstrong
    Is it stylish to be fit?

    What I learnt from becoming a middle-aged man in Lycra

    A black and white photo of a man in a black suit and a bow tie
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    LexMortgages
    Jumbo loans show risk returning to UK mortgage market Premium content

    New mortgage deals on offer should prompt wariness

    A Nationwide Building Society branch in Middlesbrough, UK
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s farewell to the power of King Coal

    The UK’s journey to low-carbon electricity is a case study for others

    A general view of Ratcliffe On Soar power station
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    LexCVS Health Corp
    A break-up will not improve CVS’s health Premium content

    The bet on signing up more seniors to Medicare Advantage insurance plan backfired

    A CVS pharmacy in Miami, Florida, featuring its red logo against a backdrop of a clear blue sky
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    The US needs to act to avoid Eurosclerosis

    Draghi’s report holds lessons for America on the dangers of overregulation

    Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    The new Conservative class war

    Badenoch’s attack on an overweening state seeks to imitate Thatcher’s case against the overmighty trade unions

    Illustration of a room full of desks stretching into the distance with bored-looking dragons sitting at each desk, writing, daydreaming, playing with a ball of wool and so on
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    John Gapper
    The price of private equity may be too high for Asda

    TDR Capital’s majority ownership of the struggling UK supermarket chain is a test for the industry

    The car park and frontage of an Asda superstore
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    John Thornhill
    The conflicted investment case for defence tech

    There’s a bull market for the fast-changing sector but investing and innovating in weapons carries risks

    A Ukrainian drone operator watches as artillery strikes Russian positions.
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    LexBlockchain
    Why selling gilts on the blockchain is just a token gesture Premium content

    Take-up of the technology faces significant obstacles and disrupting the UK’s status quo will be a struggle

    The Bank of England in the City of London
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    Why I stopped making election forecasts

    The shocks of recent times have shown the rational voter is a myth

    Illustration showing two contrasting voting booths: one minimalist and grey, the other bright and adorned with American flag colours and stars, with a hand casting a ballot
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