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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

Ingram Pinn illustration ©Ingram Pinn Jun 12, 2013

Big data has to show it’s not Big Brother

We do not know yet what this new technology of data analysis and artificial intelligence means

A screen full of alphanumerics depicting encryption and the word 'password' emphasized by a magnifying glass ©Dreamstime Jun 7, 2013

US and China are in a web of warfare

America is exploiting domestic companies such as Apple to monitor foreign citizens

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Google is this era’s General Electric

Larry Page has boundless ambition and the capacity to deliver unexpected products

©Pancho May 29, 2013

Worry about the jobs revolving door

It is becoming usual for public servants to cash in by taking private-sector posts

Ingram Pinn illustration May 22, 2013

Wall Street needs open-court justice

If he is innocent, Steve Cohen’s good name should be restored. If guilty, he should be punished

©Ingram Pinn May 15, 2013

Bloomberg can’t take customers for granted

The privacy error could prompt banks and fund managers to reassess the relationship

May 8, 2013

Microsoft has just blown its oldest trick

A computer that people cannot switch off or find their way around is not useful

May 1, 2013

Business must lead in Bangladesh

Western companies should not withdraw from the country but work to raise standards

Le Carre's ©Le Carre From LIFE & ARTS Apr 25, 2013

Spies like us

Spooks, oligarchs and spin in Le Carré’s modern-day London. John Gapper reviews ‘A Delicate Truth’, by John Le Carré

Mar 27, 2013

A Royal Charter for the British internet

The iPast shall consider effectiveness, fairness and objectivity, and dismiss them

Mar 20, 2013

Investors have a right to ask for cash

There is no harm in challenging executives if they hoard money

Mar 17, 2013

Hedge funds’ reputation in the balance

An entire industry can be discredited over the sins of a few

Mar 13, 2013

Drinking yourself to death is not a right

Societies should try to limit alcoholism and obesity, as they have with tobacco use

Mar 6, 2013

Billionaires’ club has become less exclusive

Those yearning for recognition of their wealth should consider giving their riches away

Feb 27, 2013

Bosses are reining in staff because they can

The lesson from Marissa Mayer’s whip-cracking at Yahoo is that this is an age of harder work

Feb 20, 2013

Europe takes its bite from the City

Business may switch to New York or Hong Kong to evade EU rules

From MANAGEMENT Feb 20, 2013

An epic told by the man at its centre

The AIG Story by Maurice R. Greenberg and Lawrence A. Cunningham

Feb 13, 2013

Perils of supermarket cost-cutting machines

The switching of horsemeat for beef is a spectacular signal that a limit has been reached

Feb 8, 2013

Wave of money eludes the real economy

The spate of dealmaking contrasts oddly with sluggish economies and risk-averse banks

ABOUT JOHN

John Gapper John Gapper is associate editor and chief business commentator of the Financial Times. He writes a weekly column, appearing on Thursdays on the comment page, about business trends and strategy. He also contributes leaders and other articles.

He has worked for the FT since 1987, covering labour relations, banking and the media. In 1991-92, he was a Harkness fellow of the Commonwealth Fund of New York, and studied US education and training at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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