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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comSun, 11 May 2008 22:04 BSTSun, 11 May 2008 23:14:13 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/economy(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/c6536028-1f9b-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6536028-1f9b-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlA large Middle East private equity company has been quietly buying farmland in Pakistan as part of plans by the United Arab Emirates to increase food security and damp inflationSun, 11 May 2008 22:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/760dc186-1f72-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/760dc186-1f72-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlThe end of a $10bn loan agreement removes an anchor for Ankara's economic and structural reform programme just as the economy appears to be heading into difficultiesSun, 11 May 2008 17:15 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bfc56d6-1df6-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bfc56d6-1df6-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlAnother doubling in oil prices is about conceivable. It would cause serious economic disruption, global tension and currency crises for some poor nationsFri, 9 May 2008 19:50 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/502c10fc-1df2-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/502c10fc-1df2-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlCampaigners hope they can capitalise on pressure for greater transparency, writes Michael Peel Fri, 9 May 2008 19:16 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f88c004-1d45-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f88c004-1d45-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlFour more food commodities added to list despite warnings, including from the government-appointed market regulator, that such measures will do nothing to quell inflation Thu, 8 May 2008 22:42 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f30215fc-1d3d-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f30215fc-1d3d-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlGlobal inflation has re-emerged as a major threat to the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said in a stark warning that marked an abrupt change of tone from its emphasis on the risks to growthThu, 8 May 2008 21:44 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41afd266-1d2a-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/41afd266-1d2a-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlVerbal intervention on the US currency and euro is welcome – but it is time for verbal intervention on the rupee and renminbi as wellThu, 8 May 2008 19:35 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b428dc0-1d0f-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4b428dc0-1d0f-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlThe beginning of wisdom is to recognise that booms and busts have been a feature of capitalism from the start, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 8 May 2008 18:21 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19aa18ea-1cfc-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19aa18ea-1cfc-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlEthics is not only acting correctly; it is also not trying to avoid regulation even if one thinks one can get away with it, writes Evelyn de Rothschild Thu, 8 May 2008 18:08 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94e2baa2-1c8f-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/94e2baa2-1c8f-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlA sharp rise in the number of transactions in the emissions trading market brought the value of trades to about $64bn last year, says the World Bank in an annual reviewThu, 8 May 2008 03:02 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f5097f2-1c6f-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1f5097f2-1c6f-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlThe US and Europe now have a united desire to see the dollar strengthen against the euro, senior officials have told the Financial TimesThu, 8 May 2008 02:01 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c70f7ba-1c63-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4c70f7ba-1c63-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlPeter Mandelson says the protectionist stances taken by the US presidential candidates risk taking the world trading system back by decadesWed, 7 May 2008 23:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e20552e-1c7b-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0e20552e-1c7b-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlThe US general in charge of military operations in space said China's destruction last year of an orbiting satellite had dispelled the notion of space as a sanctuary and called for heightened international co-operation to share information about what was orbiting the earthWed, 7 May 2008 22:24 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b173102-1c52-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3b173102-1c52-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.htmlThe Commission is right to claim the euro is a success. It is also right to admit the euro has fallen short, say Jean Pisani-Ferry and André Sapir Wed, 7 May 2008 18:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21628aa0-1b8e-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/21628aa0-1b8e-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlEmerging markets will face grave problems in controlling inflation and money supply because of the expansionary economic policies of industrialised countries, writes Quentin Peel Tue, 6 May 2008 23:02 BST