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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:44 +0000Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:19:01 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/analysis(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4791a65e-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4791a65e-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlThe K1 affair: In detaining Helmut Kiener, German prosecutors have provoked much intrigue over the hedge fund operator with big banks as clients but a history of regulatory run-insFri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:44 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b09eed6-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b09eed6-d60c-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.html Markets have signalled high hopes in the 'billion-dollar' Dutchman who will lead the British high-street retailer Marks and Spencer Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:18:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/801443aa-d559-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/801443aa-d559-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.html China and America: While Barack Obama may have won Beijing's agreement to collaborate on world problems, his hosts are reluctant to take on the costs of leadershipThu, 19 Nov 2009 22:29:24 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/1eb0ea18-d497-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1eb0ea18-d497-11de-a935-00144feabdc0.htmlGoldman Sachs: On course to pay out bumper bonuses, the bank is drawing sharp public criticism – with potential damage to its brand, if not future earningsThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:10:37 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e22d0fa2-d3ad-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e22d0fa2-d3ad-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlTax havens: With offshore centres such as Guernsey under pressure to tighten up on evaders, what will count most is where not only their deposits but also political backing come fromWed, 18 Nov 2009 02:40:39 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f36c9c4-d2d0-11de-af63-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f36c9c4-d2d0-11de-af63-00144feabdc0.htmlIn a year when finance ministers have had to throw away their usual scripts and improvise on policy, who has come out top of the FT's ranking? Our interactive guide shows how each of the European finance ministers was ranked politically, on economic criteria, on credibility and overallMon, 16 Nov 2009 19:40:27 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/339d6690-d212-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/339d6690-d212-11de-a0f0-00144feabdc0.htmlEnvironment: Although carbon trading schemes now function from Europe to California, abundant deficiencies are evident and any global market will look rather different, write Fiona Harvey and Ed CrooksSun, 15 Nov 2009 18:19:04 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7176c058-d08a-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7176c058-d08a-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlTwenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the role of the former Soviet leader, lauded as the man who 'made this possible', remains divisive, writes John Lloyd Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:24:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0141ac98-d08b-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0141ac98-d08b-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlEntertainment: As a video game launch outgrosses Hollywood in more than one sense, a calculated combination of gore and ingenuity has brought the world its first interactive blockbusterFri, 13 Nov 2009 20:40:19 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a90fdb0-cfc6-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9a90fdb0-cfc6-11de-a36d-00144feabdc0.htmlCentral banking: As the Fed seeks to guide America's recovery, the policy hawks and doves must make nuanced judgments – and the two species are not as distinct as some thinkThu, 12 Nov 2009 21:15:36 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/708b1a50-cef9-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/708b1a50-cef9-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.htmlAmerica and Asia: China may be chief beneficiary of the financial crisis and the latest challenger to US hegemony but a dependence on exports limits Beijing's room for manoeuvreWed, 11 Nov 2009 19:55:01 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd1e8620-ce2e-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd1e8620-ce2e-11de-a1ea-00144feabdc0.htmlGerman manufacturing: State-backed initiatives and groups' own flexibility measures are helping German engineering survive a collapse in orders – but curbs in lending by banks are a big fearTue, 10 Nov 2009 19:59:53 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b12ad38-cd63-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b12ad38-cd63-11de-8162-00144feabdc0.htmlFrance: At the midpoint of his presidential term, Nicolas Sarkozy's zeal for reform appears to be waning – jeopardising longer-term economic recoveryMon, 9 Nov 2009 19:38:22 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1ed46c2-cc8d-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a1ed46c2-cc8d-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlAs Brazil, barely hit by the global crisis, lifts ever more citizens from poverty, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nears his final year in office held in high regardSun, 8 Nov 2009 18:14:57 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a1fc55c-cb22-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fcomment%2Fanalysishttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0a1fc55c-cb22-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlThe EU competition commissioner's political savvy and inherent toughness have come into their own in the financial crisis. No one who has heard her speak about the dangers of protectionism could doubt her conviction Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:31:54 +0000