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Joe Cummings' illustration of Jamie Dimon

Person in the news May 17, 2013

Jamie Dimon, the last king of Wall Street

JPMorgan’s chief executive has overcome dark times before

JPMorgan investors take heat off Dimon
JPMorgan trading robust ahead of vote
Business blog Dimon should lose his chairmanship, not his job
Gary Silverman After the laughter, who quizzes Dimon?
Editorial Dimon needs help to hunt the whales

The A-list

Washington really needs a better class of scandal

The Benghazi and IRS stories are not solid enough to stick,

– Jacob Weisberg

Coming to terms with China’s growth prospects

Beijing has run out of good options to further stimulate the economy as a strategy to buy time until western economies rebound

– Yukon Huang

Austerity has only now become an option

Remember, the financial markets originally pushed government spending cuts on to the weaker nations not politicians

– Roger Altman

Christopher Caldwell from COLUMNISTS May 17, 2013

The dilemmas of genetic screening

Some awkward questions arise with new medical technology

Clive Cookson The lucrative allure of the double helix
Editorial Gene patents put patients at risk

OPINION May 17, 2013

Dangerous talk of Frogs and the Boche

‘National characteristics’ say less about those seen than those who see them, writes Tony Barber

OPINION May 17, 2013

The name’s Bond. I’m a programmer

The world of cyber espionage is moving out of the shadows, writes Chris Morgan-Jones

Undercover Economist from OPINION May 17, 2013

Mile-high bid to step up to a better class

Auctions seem a fine way of assessing willingness to pay, writes Tim Harford

Jurek Martin from COLUMNISTS May 17, 2013

Obama can’t escape the second-term curse

Re-elections probably make administrations careless and overconfident

The A-List Washington really needs a better class of scandal
Editorial Tax must be blind

Editorial

FT Editorial

Britain’s looming energy shortage

Coalition’s reform bill looks like a last-minute botch
Separating scandal from the serious

Immigration reform is a prize worth preserving in the US
David’s final kick

Beckham had more fame than skill but used both well

Gillian Tett from LIFE & ARTS May 17, 2013

The ducks are coming home to roost

The issue of farm labour cuts to the heart of much bigger ideological divides in America

OBITUARIES May 17, 2013

Scientist who beat Nasa to the ozone hole

Joe Farman, physicist and environmental hero, 1930-2013

Obituary Terence Beckett, father of the Ford Cortina
Nigel Andrews Ray Harryhausen, film animator

Philip Stephens from COLUMNISTS May 16, 2013

Britain is hurtling to the exit from Europe

Cameron’s strategy to staunch pressure for a departure is falling apart

Samuel Brittan from COLUMNISTS May 16, 2013

Britons want more work – let’s help them

There is very substantial spare capacity in the British economy

Featured

Ingram Pinn

Visual comment of the week

Monday book review

The ethics and efficacy of Obama’s drones

Obituary

Terence Beckett addressing a conference in 1978

©Getty Terence Beckett, motor executive

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ANALYSIS

Chinese cyber crime

Weird computer

©Alamy More crooks than patriots: The biggest threat is posed by online criminals that the state is ill-equipped to police

RUSSIA

Pavel Durov of Vkontakte

©Getty Mystery surrounds the events leading to the disppearance of the founder of Russia’s largest social networking site

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