John Gapper from COLUMNISTS 5:07pm

Big Steel is a very big problem for China

Wisco is a large part of an ailing, inefficient industry that Beijing appears unable to discipline

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Britain’s limited public money attracts much more from other sources
– Shankar Balasubramanian
Excluding the Chinese in favour of Canada or Italy is insulting
– Nick Butler
History will render its own judgment on our moral by-standing. Those in power today will hang their heads in shame
– Anne-Marie Slaughter
OPINION 6:04pm

End the nuclear stand-off with Tehran

Rohani has the authority to craft a compromise, writes Ayatollah Seyed Salman Safavi

David Pilling from COLUMNISTS 6:52pm

America cedes cyber moral high ground

After the NSA leaks it will be more difficult for Washington to cast aspersions on China

Robert Shrimsley from COLUMNISTS 6:56pm

The trial of Fred Goodwin

How might a charge of ‘recklessly mismanaging a UK bank’ have applied to the ex-RBS chief?

Chris Giles Chris Giles from COLUMNISTS 9:19pm

Britain’s banks are still a danger to the real economy

Is the UK economy now protected from the City? The simple answer is No

Inside Business from COMPANIES 7:49pm

GE has second chance to grab IT prize

Company sees itself as industrial version of Facebook

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US President Barack Obama (L) holds a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort near Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013 ©Getty Global Insight from WORLD 8:36pm

US and Russia  find common ground on Syria

At the rhetorical level, relations have gone from bad to worse in recent months

Markets Insight from MARKETS 9:08am

Japanese patient needs stronger medicine

The problem remains yen strength, not weakness

OPINION Jun 18, 2013

Make reckless banking a crime

Many banks would still be around if their chiefs had faced prosecution, writes Philip Augar

John Kay from COLUMNISTS Jun 18, 2013

Don’t blame the havens for tax dodging

Authorities have preferred to cut deals with big companies rather than pursue costly legal action