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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)Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:41:00 +0000Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:20:04 +0000Newspapers15http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/management/leadership(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/fe734e10-d3ad-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=a386a928-5a6a-11de-8c14-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fe734e10-d3ad-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlThe French finance minister is right to focus on the failure to create competitive marketplaces, in spite of the financial sector's brutal dog-eat-dog reputationTue, 17 Nov 2009 22:12:28 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f36c9c4-d2d0-11de-af63-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://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/fc942d48-d39a-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=8cf8b7ea-0e1c-11de-b099-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fc942d48-d39a-11de-8caf-00144feabdc0.htmlChief executives from various industries and countries in the EU speak of their continued belief in Europe's longer term prospectsTue, 17 Nov 2009 22:41:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/7176c058-d08a-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://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/a1ed46c2-cc8d-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://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/0/86e50446-cb34-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=6cae5056-0734-11de-9294-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/86e50446-cb34-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlWhen Europe's biggest industrial group was hit by a massive bribery scandal, it hired an outsider to transform the company radically. Siemens chief executive Peter Löscher talks to the FT in The Monday Interview Sun, 8 Nov 2009 18:36:06 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/18b1dede-cc9e-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=bad9aef2-ec5d-11dd-a534-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/18b1dede-cc9e-11de-8e30-00144feabdc0.htmlThe job thus defined is going to be very hard, perhaps impossible, to fill. It would require an exceptional political figure, and I struggle to put forward a name. I have my doubts about all the names in public discussion, writes Wolfgang Münchau Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:41:15 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/70b5999c-c8b4-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=a386a928-5a6a-11de-8c14-00144feabdc0.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70b5999c-c8b4-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.html The Afghan leader's ability to split the Taliban will diminish if they see he faces abandonment by his allies. A threat by the alliance to do just that may be the only way to make him change his habitsTue, 3 Nov 2009 20:16:00 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/268bcf66-c8c9-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=782015c4-f2e3-11dd-abe6-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/268bcf66-c8c9-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.htmlMaking sales, hiring new staff, generating a profit are all very well – but what really excites the boardroom is corporate intrigue, writes Luke Johnson Tue, 3 Nov 2009 23:11:02 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/93acedb0-c8af-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=8cf8b7ea-0e1c-11de-b099-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/93acedb0-c8af-11de-8f9d-00144feabdc0.htmlThe European Union's 27 heads of state and government will move swiftly to appoint the bloc's first full-time president after the final obstacle to the job's creation was removed on Tuesday by Vaclav Klaus, the Czech head of stateTue, 3 Nov 2009 22:42:26 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/ebe43b9c-c7e6-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=0e534ef8-0a40-11de-95ed-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ebe43b9c-c7e6-11de-8ba8-00144feab49a.htmlThe uproar about MPs' expenses threatens more serious damage than holding up the nation to ridicule. It promises to rob politics of the people it needs, writes Philip Stephens Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:52:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cdb9572-c70b-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=d7b5a5de-07de-11de-8a33-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cdb9572-c70b-11de-bb6f-00144feab49a.htmlGermany: In going for economic growth rather than a reduced deficit, the chancellor is staking her second term on the success of policies she long rejected and still admits may not workSun, 1 Nov 2009 18:20:18 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2c68e34-c3fc-11de-8de6-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=81377dd2-0733-11de-9294-000077b07658.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b2c68e34-c3fc-11de-8de6-00144feab49a.htmlThe most important role of the European Council president should be internal: to work with the council members and deal with possible problems as a troubleshooter, writes Paavo Lipponen Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:10:21 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8daf4434-c32e-11de-8eca-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=8cf8b7ea-0e1c-11de-b099-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8daf4434-c32e-11de-8eca-00144feab49a.htmlTony Blair is not a candidate and the job does not yet exist. But British politics is already gripped by the possibility that the former prime minister could within weeks become the EU's full-time presidentTue, 27 Oct 2009 19:32:53 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6f33c6e-c2eb-11de-8eca-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=8cf8b7ea-0e1c-11de-b099-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fleadershiphttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e6f33c6e-c2eb-11de-8eca-00144feab49a.htmlFormer UK prime minister faces his first unofficial challenger for the bloc's presidency after Luxembourg's leader indicates he is willing to take the jobTue, 27 Oct 2009 11:43:17 +0000