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Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:33:49 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:15:36 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/editorial http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/comment/editorial http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6bad192a-571e-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product As far as it went – not far enough – it was at least broadly in the right direction but it was a campaigning document, not one to restore US finances Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:33:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6bad192a-571e-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 6bad192a-571e-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e1bc63e-571f-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product Political convenience should not be mistaken for good economic policy. Mr Sarkozy’s fixation with a transaction levy was always a mistake Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:30:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e1bc63e-571f-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 0e1bc63e-571f-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1b4c802-571e-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product The task facing Russia can be summed up in one word – heard often from the current president but rarely the prime minister himself: modernisation Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:01:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e1b4c802-571e-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product e1b4c802-571e-11e1-be25-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f5a5ca00-563d-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product The scale of the credit frenzy risks leaving many of the borrowers in default of loans, more than half of which fall due within three years Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:21:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f5a5ca00-563d-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product f5a5ca00-563d-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0736f1a4-563e-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product Banks (and other private businesses) should not be leant on through political deals. Properly regulated, they must be left to use their commercial judgment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:19:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0736f1a4-563e-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 0736f1a4-563e-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d36d5a70-563d-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product Any journalist attempting subterfuge to obtain a story has a hurdle to jump. In the case of paying police, it should be very high indeed Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:15:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d36d5a70-563d-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product d36d5a70-563d-11e1-a328-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d01cbd24-53e6-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product No public official should be allowed to break the law. But the fact that the crusading human rights judge was singled out raises suspicions Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:10:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d01cbd24-53e6-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product d01cbd24-53e6-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afe835b0-53e6-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product The calls grow louder for external actors in Europe, Turkey and the Gulf to start arming the disparate defectors operating under the Free Syrian Army Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:44:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afe835b0-53e6-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product afe835b0-53e6-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e288eddc-543d-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product It seems that luxury cars are speeding out of showrooms despite the tough economic climate, and the trend is due to strong demand in the developing world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:27:51 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e288eddc-543d-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product e288eddc-543d-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19c13646-543a-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product The metamorphosis that the country desperately needs will happen only if the Greek people want it Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:21:45 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19c13646-543a-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 19c13646-543a-11e1-8d12-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/42939506-53f8-11e1-9eac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product No country should be put in a position where it is forced to choose between justice and the protection of its own citizens Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:37:28 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/42939506-53f8-11e1-9eac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 42939506-53f8-11e1-9eac-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2462afc8-532f-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has chosen to keep a card up its sleeve. Instead it could brandish a weapon – by raising the ceiling on QE by much more Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:50:01 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2462afc8-532f-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 2462afc8-532f-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4676a3c6-532f-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product The global markets are far too fragile for US policymakers to be complacent about the strength of the recovery Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:29:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4676a3c6-532f-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 4676a3c6-532f-11e1-8aa1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a851acee-525d-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product UK government should drop a misconceived bill Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:53:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a851acee-525d-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product a851acee-525d-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b1961fc-5263-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product There must be a significant effort by any new government to promote the rule of law and transparency, the foundations of a stable society Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:53:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b1961fc-5263-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 8b1961fc-5263-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5a54dec-5263-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product Key vote in Uttar Pradesh is an opportunity for change Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:53:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a5a54dec-5263-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product a5a54dec-5263-11e1-9f55-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a95a13fa-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product Madrid is right to force banks to own up to their losses. If Europe ever fixes its banking system, it may be because Madrid has shown the way Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:15:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a95a13fa-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product a95a13fa-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96fc5c72-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product Divided Palestinian leadership has offered Israel the excuse that it has no credible interlocutor; that may no longer necessarily be the case Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:15:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/96fc5c72-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 96fc5c72-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/830f7ea6-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product International dialogue would ease tensions, which threaten to escalate into a trade war. But any deal should be no less ambitious than the EU’s proposal Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:12:49 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/830f7ea6-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 830f7ea6-5196-11e1-a9d7-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/204bc6f8-50d8-11e1-ab40-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product Europe may be able to hide risks in its banking system, but it cannot make them go away Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:09:48 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/204bc6f8-50d8-11e1-ab40-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/comment_editorial/feed//product 204bc6f8-50d8-11e1-ab40-00144feabdc0