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From WORLD 9:53pm

US jobs boost lifts global sentiment

US employment

Unemployment rate drops as economy adds 243,000 workers

From UK 8:14pm

Church of England doubles hedge fund investments

Anglican portfolio now among biggest investors

From COMPANIES 8:50pm

Bakrie vehicle moves to oust Rothschild from Bumi

Family and partner target financier and directors

FT Alphaville Bumi AGM requisition
Bumi loan move raises questions for Rothschild

Global Market Overview from MARKETS 10:46pm

Stocks surge on strong US jobs data

Hopes for global economy lift sentiment

From COMPANIES 8:08pm

Facebook chief faces tax bill of $1.5bn

Money due on profit on stock options

In depth Facebook
Sheryl Sandberg A social, networked executive
Facebook millionaires eye new exploits

Magazine

Cindy Sherman

Photographer Cindy Sherman talks to Simon Schama about how she looks at herself and sees everyone else

Demographic timebomb

Pet dog portrait

It’s not just humans that are living longer and as our pets grow older they face many of the same health problems

silvio Berlusconi during interview with the Financial Times 3rd feb

From WORLD 3:46pm

Berlusconi to abandon frontline politics

Former Italian PM gives first interview since resignation

Berlusconi and life outside limelight
Interactive timeline Berlusconi’s career
Berlusconi vacuum salesman to PM
Philip Stephens Europe rests on Monti’s shoulders

From COMPANIES 3:54pm

Glencore and Xstrata turn to City dealmaker

Michael Klein paved way for proposed $88bn merger

Dinner that put Glencore-Xstrata on the menu
beyondbrics Glencore/Xstrata – a good deal for S Africa
On London A mining marriage, but pregnant pause in M&A

People walk past an RBS branch

From UK 3:03pm

RBS considers dropping banker bonuses

State-controlled lender sets up team to review pay policy

Andrew Hill Bonuses of contention
Flashpoints ahead for RBS pay committee
Martin Dickson Burn a banker – tempting, but wrong
Spain caps senior pay at bailed-out banks
Lex Pick a number

From UK 3:38pm

Huhne resigns as UK energy secretary

Ed Davey promoted after ex-minister charged in speeding case

From COMPANIES 4:50pm

Taste for Horlicks lures UK brands to India

Consumer groups push into fast-growing economy

beyondbrics India
Retailing Problems in store for ambitious incomers
Luxury retailers Big names look beyond obstacles

Weekend

house and home

A fight to save one of Hong Kong’s last Chinese Renaissance style mansions is propelling a new heritage movement

visual Arts

‘Jewish Cemetery, Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem’, by Gilles Peress

Ways of seeing: What happened when leading photographers came together to discuss art and Israel and bear costumes

Science

Banana trees are viewed from the ground through a fish-eye lens in order to measure leaf cover

Exercise calms nightmare bosses, the sexually isolated banana is ripe for GM and how elephants keep their cool

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