http://www.ft.com/lex/best The week in Lex from the Financial Times en (PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1)) © Copyright The Financial Times Ltd 2012. "FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times. See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:20:19 GMT Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:34:47 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/lex/best http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/lex/best http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/952d41e2-4d2f-11e1-bdd1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product Facebook needs to be assessed differently, if no less cautiously, than the internet IPOs that have gone before it Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:20:19 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/952d41e2-4d2f-11e1-bdd1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product 952d41e2-4d2f-11e1-bdd1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/71553096-4d97-11e1-b96c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product As the companies discuss an $80bn merger of equals, the creation of the first mega vertically-integrated commodities business looms Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/71553096-4d97-11e1-b96c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product 71553096-4d97-11e1-b96c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/b43811f8-4cde-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product NYSE Euronext is the biggest loser as the proposed $7.5bn merger with Deutsche Börse is blocked by European antitrust regulators Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:04:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/b43811f8-4cde-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product b43811f8-4cde-11e1-8741-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/02154396-4d98-11e1-bb6c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product There is no happy ending for Sir Howard Stringer or investors as the company’s first foreign head bows out Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:03:41 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/02154396-4d98-11e1-bb6c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product 02154396-4d98-11e1-bb6c-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/b5969802-4ce4-11e1-8b08-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product If Dassault seals a $20bn deal to supply Indian jet fighters, it could delay much-needed sector consolidation Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:46:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/b5969802-4ce4-11e1-8b08-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product b5969802-4ce4-11e1-8b08-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/3f6c0c5c-4cdf-11e1-8b08-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product The risk of holding Benetton shares is greater than the probable rewards. The label has years of restructuring ahead of it and dividends will be cut Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:40:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/3f6c0c5c-4cdf-11e1-8b08-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product 3f6c0c5c-4cdf-11e1-8b08-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/1c060bf8-4b74-11e1-b980-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product The big pharmas will rely on their pipelines or acquisitions to turn things around – a chancy business either way. Biotechs look a better bet Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:55:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/1c060bf8-4b74-11e1-b980-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product 1c060bf8-4b74-11e1-b980-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/78b09ad2-4da2-11e1-bb6c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product The business that will emerge at the end of its new four-year strategy is unlikely to look very different from that of today Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:58:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3/78b09ad2-4da2-11e1-bb6c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/lex_best/feed//product 78b09ad2-4da2-11e1-bb6c-00144feabdc0