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Information technology in transition: The end of Wintel

29th July 2010

As Microsoft and Intel move apart, computing becomes multipolarTHEY were the Macbeths of information technology (IT): a wicked couple who seized power and abused it in bloody and... Read more…

Pardons for corporate criminals in South Korea : Pardon me?

29th July 2010

Freeing fat-cat felons creates moral hazard, Koreans fearON AUGUST 15th Korea celebrates its liberation from brutal Japanese rule. For South Koreans languishing in prison it is an... Read more…

Indian textiles: Stitched up

29th July 2010

An industry that could lift millions out of poverty, in theoryIT IS impossible to eradicate child labour, sighs Rajesh Goyal, the owner of a garment factory in Jaipur, northern... Read more…

Markets

Investors drop risk after US GDP data

30th July 2010

Global Markets Overview: The FTSE All-World index is down 0.5% following a lower-than-forecast GDP growth report for the US, and the yen and short-term US Treasuries are seeing... Read more…

BP move forces trusts to reduce returns

30th July 2010

Investment trusts are being forced to cut pay-outs or dip into their reserves to fill the hole left by the suspension of BP’s dividend Read more…

Coffee surges on poor Colombian harvests

30th July 2010

Coffee prices hit their highest level in 12 years on the back of low availability of premium Arabica coffee j Read more…

Business Blogs

World First Morning Update 30th July 2010: Doldrums, Debt and (Gross) Domestic Product

30th July 2010

It was evident that markets are still very much in the summer doldrums period yesterday with trading volume low and all the majors, EURUSD apart, continuing to trade within recent... Read more…

World First Morning Update 29th July 2010: Mervyn King Only Dents Pound

29th July 2010

Not even the dovishness of the Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has been able to dissuade investors and speculators from backing the pound; something that is raising eyebrows... Read more…

World First Morning Update 28th July 2010: Pound Continues on CBI, Banking Although Mervyn Looms

28th July 2010

The combination of strong economic data and a banking sector buoyed by the stress tests acted as a vitamin cocktail for the pound yesterday as it fought back after a wobbly 48hrs... Read more…

Comment

Lunch with the FT: Alan Greenspan

30th July 2010

The former US Federal Reserve chairman talks about the mistakes during his time at the government agency, his legacy and life out of the spotlight Read more…

Lunch with the FT: Mark Thompson

23rd July 2010

Over a frugal picnic in his 'inner sanctum' at the BBC, the director-general talks about controversies dogging the broadcast group and why he believes the British public is his... Read more…

Lunch with the FT: Oleg Deripaska

16th July 2010

The 42-year-old Russian metals tycoon meets Gideon Rachman in a London restaurant and talks about his rise to the top, his views on Putin and Medvedev and the mysterious death of... Read more…

Columnists

A pay policy for the whole City

A pay policy for the whole City

29th July 2010

When I reported back in June that a revised European Union directive would have the effect of applying new rules on how bonuses are paid to more than 2,500 City firms - up from... Read more…

BigCo: Not rescuing Britain, yet

29th July 2010

There were results from seven FTSE 100 companies this morning: Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Royal Dutch Shell, AstraZeneca, Reed Elsevier, British Sky Broadcasting and BT... Read more…

Dare we wait for bank reforms?

Dare we wait for bank reforms?

28th July 2010

Earlier this week, the so-called Basel Committee on Banking Supervision - the supreme decision making body for global banking regulation - decided to delay till 2018 the... Read more…

World Business

Volcanic boom: Winning companies

22nd April 2010

There's a silver lining to every cloud, even the one made up of volcanic ash. While air carriers are licking their wounds from losing an estimated $200 million a day due to the... Read more…

What China Inc. wants next

29th March 2010

For only the second time in recent history, a large, thriving, privately owned Chinese company has stepped up and stepped out -- buying a big brand known the world over. Read more…

Will Greece turn from euros to gyros?

24th March 2010

Athens is abuzz with a rumor: Greece might leave the euro zone and adopt a new currency -- a Greek euro, so to speak, something of a cross between a drachma and a euro to be used... Read more…