Financial Times: September 2014

As Germany prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's dismantling, a report finds lower living standards in former Communist east

French unemployment number falls

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:33 AM PDT

It was the first good news about the economy for the French president since a hoped-for return to growth this year failed to materialise

Russian air incursions rattle Baltics

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:30 AM PDT

The growing number of incidents involving Russian military aircraft crossing into other nations' air defence zones is causing alarm in Nato

India finds few allies for WTO battle

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 11:55 AM PDT

Delhi defends stance as protecting farmers but critics say its food security programme has boosted exports to world's least developed countries

Italian business grows restless with Renzi

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:52 AM PDT

Leaders of some of Italy's biggest businesses have welcomed Italian prime minister's reforms but urge him to move faster

Silva to seek trade deals for Brazil

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 10:33 AM PDT

The front-runner's economic adviser says the country should shake off the shackles of the Mercosul trade block and forge agreements with the EU and US

India over the moon after Mars success

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 11:05 PM PDT

Mangalyaan, or 'Mars craft', was launched from India in November last year and reached its destination after a nine-month voyage

Jordan clears Abu Qatada of terror charge

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 03:20 AM PDT

British officials say the radical Muslim cleric cannot return to the UK despite his acquittal of second terror charge by a Jordanian court

Australian housing market ‘unbalanced’

Posted: 24 Sep 2014 09:21 AM PDT

Reserve Bank of Australia says it is considering action to tackle a surge in property investment that is causing prices to rise sharply in big cities

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

US says attacks on Isis could last years

US says attacks on Isis could last years
Coalition allies have different targets
Syrian rebels dismayed by US air strikes
Russia moves to cap foreign media ownership
Italy seizes Putin ally’s assets
Finance joins fight against climate change
Spain scraps plan to tighten abortion law
Valls demands end to Air France strike
Google case may be bigger than Microsoft
Ebola cases could hit 1.4m by January

US says attacks on Isis could last years

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 10:02 AM PDT

Air strikes in Syria, conducted with Arab allies, hit training camps and command centres and are 'beginnings of a sustained campaign' says Pentagon

Coalition allies have different targets

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 09:50 AM PDT

Risks posed by different jihadi groups divide countries taking part rather than uniting them, according to western security officials

Syrian rebels dismayed by US air strikes

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 10:03 AM PDT

The targeting of non-Isis groups, such as the Jabhat al-Nusra, in US-led air attacks sparks concern among anti-Assad forces

Russia moves to cap foreign media ownership

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 10:31 AM PDT

Legislator warns the proposed law, which will restrict foreign ownership of the country's media properties to 20%, will destroy Russia's media business

Italy seizes Putin ally’s assets

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 10:39 AM PDT

Tax police seize €30m in assets, including a luxury hotel in Rome and two villas in Sardinia, as tensions continue between Russia and EU over Ukraine

Finance joins fight against climate change

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 10:09 AM PDT

Commercial banks, pension providers and insurance companies have committed billions of dollars to the fight against global warming

Spain scraps plan to tighten abortion law

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 07:37 AM PDT

Prime minister's U-turn on the plan comes after it threatened to divide his party ahead of next year's general election

Valls demands end to Air France strike

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 05:14 AM PDT

PM's call for an end to the pilots' strike that has crippled the national carrier comes as figures suggest a contraction in French business activity

Google case may be bigger than Microsoft

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 03:52 AM PDT

Joaquín Almunia cast his four-year probe into Google as merely the start of the kind of epic battle that embroiled Microsoft for more than a decade

Ebola cases could hit 1.4m by January

Posted: 23 Sep 2014 08:34 AM PDT

Researchers signal deadly virus is spreading far faster than previously forecast and warn it could become a permanent feature of life in west Africa

Monday, September 22, 2014

Rockefeller fund to ditch fossil fuels

Rockefeller fund to ditch fossil fuels
Syrians flood into Turkey as Isis advances
Banks hope for ballot blow to Dodd-Frank
Shaky start for Afghan power sharing deal
Sarkozy picks tough path for comeback
Hong Kong students strike for democracy
Rebels seize home of Yemeni general
Azerbaijan probed over NGO crackdown
China war on graft hits outbound deals
Teenager takes Hong Kong democracy baton

Rockefeller fund to ditch fossil fuels

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 11:02 AM PDT

Move is the latest that dozens of foundations, colleges and charities have taken over the past year in response to a grassroots campaign

Syrians flood into Turkey as Isis advances

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 05:35 AM PDT

Unprecedented numbers of civilians flee amid reports of atrocities by Islamists fighting Kurds for control of the border town of Kobani

Banks hope for ballot blow to Dodd-Frank

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 08:57 AM PDT

A Republican victory in November's elections could mean changes to the landmark financial reform act if the law's critics take power in the Senate

Shaky start for Afghan power sharing deal

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:50 AM PDT

The public remains in the dark over voting in the disputed presidential elections and are expressing disillusionment with the political process

Sarkozy picks tough path for comeback

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 08:01 AM PDT

Former French president's strategy has some scratching their heads as he plots his return via the presidency of the deeply indebted UMP

Hong Kong students strike for democracy

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 02:47 AM PDT

Thousands participate in launch of civil disobedience campaign, one week before Occupy Central is expected to block a business district

Rebels seize home of Yemeni general

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 10:29 AM PDT

Militiamen seize the home of a Yemeni general in the capital Sana'a just a day after signing a peace deal aimed at removing fighters from the city

Azerbaijan probed over NGO crackdown

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 05:54 AM PDT

Azerbaijan faces scrutiny by Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative over crackdown on human rights activists and non-governmental organisations

China war on graft hits outbound deals

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 07:58 AM PDT

Rare decline in overseas direct investment reverses a decade-long trend of sharp rises

Teenager takes Hong Kong democracy baton

Posted: 22 Sep 2014 01:14 AM PDT

Joshua Wong, the 17-year-old founder of Scholarism, has defeated the Chinese territory's government before – in a campaign against educational changes

Sunday, September 21, 2014

US urges EU to do more to aid economy

US urges EU to do more to aid economy
Libyan Islamists push hardline agenda
Afghan presidential rivals to share power
Blast in central Cairo kills at least two
Brazil election is a battle of styles
Clinton works behind the scenes for Jordan
Narendra Modi tackles India Licence Raj
Japan still on track for second tax rise
Labour leader moves on English MPs’ role
Hill prepares for Brussels’ baiting

US urges EU to do more to aid economy

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:50 AM PDT

US calls on eurozone to boost short-term demand to stimulate growth, amid concerns the bloc could impede a global recovery

Libyan Islamists push hardline agenda

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:19 AM PDT

Three years after Muammer al-Gaddafi was overthrown, Libya is in chaos. Two rival governments now claim to rule it, each bolstered by its own militias

Afghan presidential rivals to share power

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 09:45 AM PDT

Afghanistan's rival presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah agree a US-brokered deal to share power and paves the way for a transition of power

Blast in central Cairo kills at least two

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 03:50 AM PDT

Attack near the foreign ministry is the latest in a string of bombings and shootings targeting the Egyptian security services

Brazil election is a battle of styles

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 04:54 AM PDT

The rise of Marina Silva is forcing incumbent Dilma Rousseff to transform her campaign for re-election in the closest election in 25 years

Clinton works behind the scenes for Jordan

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 10:22 AM PDT

Former president urges investment for state struggling with Syrian refugee influx, as Isis banners are raised in recent weeks during protests in poor provincial cities

Narendra Modi tackles India Licence Raj

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 12:44 AM PDT

Analysts say making life easier for companies is a logical first step towards attracting more investment to manufacturing industry

Japan still on track for second tax rise

Posted: 20 Sep 2014 10:04 PM PDT

Akira Amari, in charge of Abenomics project, says a second consumption tax increase is 'necessary' and extra stimulus will protect Japan's recovery

Labour leader moves on English MPs’ role

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 05:14 AM PDT

Labour leader says he is not against greater scrutiny of legislation by English MPs but says commission needed to examine constitutional change

Hill prepares for Brussels’ baiting

Posted: 21 Sep 2014 06:24 AM PDT

Britain's nomination for the financial services commissioner is likely to face a rocky hearing over his links with the City when he faces MEPs