http://www.ft.com/comment/mostreadhttp://www.ft.com/rss/comment/mostreadFT.com - Most readen© Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2008. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comWed, 14 May 2008 23:27 BSTFri, 16 May 2008 00:38:16 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/comment/mostread(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c1d002-213e-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c1d002-213e-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlThe US Federal Reserve is reconsidering the way it deals with asset price bubbles in the wake of the housing and credit bust, in a move that could see the central bank using regulation – or even interest rates – to fight unjustified increasesTue, 13 May 2008 23:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3dba448-212b-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3dba448-212b-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlUS authorities charged two bankers, including a former employee of UBS, with helping a US billionaire evade income taxes on about $200m of assets deposited in Swiss and Liechtenstein bank accountsWed, 14 May 2008 01:14 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/219fcbde-2108-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/219fcbde-2108-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlOil is a finite resource; it drives global transport; and if emerging economies consumed it as Europeans do, world consumption would jump by 150 per cent. Don't blame the high price on speculators and big bad oil companies, says Martin Wolf. The reality is differentTue, 13 May 2008 19:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c614c8a-219b-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c614c8a-219b-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlSterling had a volatile session against the dollar after US inflation data contrasted with the Bank of England's hawkish projections for UK consumer pricesWed, 14 May 2008 16:35 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffbd6340-213a-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ffbd6340-213a-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlThe mortgage lender has become the latest UK bank to bolster its balance sheet as it launched a deeply discounted 16 for 25 rights issue, following similar moves by RBS and HBOSWed, 14 May 2008 14:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7095674-21a7-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f7095674-21a7-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlThe UK economy is set for a sharper, more prolonged slowdown in growth than the Bank thought likely in February, but the short-term spike in inflation will be much more severe and persistent than anticipatedWed, 14 May 2008 21:36 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/326a172a-2145-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/326a172a-2145-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlHillary Clinton vowed to fight on with her presidential bid after a landslide victory in the West Virginia primary but promised to "work my heart out" to ensure a Democratic victory in November whoever wins the nominationWed, 14 May 2008 03:41 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c44bc2d8-2113-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c44bc2d8-2113-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlJPMorgan Chase is to take a charge of about $9bn to clean up Bear Stearns' balance sheet and pay for redundancies and litigation arising from its cut-price takeover of the investment bankTue, 13 May 2008 22:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdac7efe-2178-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fdac7efe-2178-11dd-a50a-000077b07658.htmlMining stocks were the standout performers in a London market that crept higher in spite of more worrying inflation newsWed, 14 May 2008 23:27 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f62a02ce-20eb-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f62a02ce-20eb-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlIdeological competition on the idea of a new international organisation is already under way, writes Robert Kagan Tue, 13 May 2008 19:13 BST