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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.support@ft.comWed, 23 Jul 2008 03:00 BSTFri, 25 Jul 2008 12:13:38 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/world/us/society(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/0/369213ac-584f-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/369213ac-584f-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlA study of top US companies showed that those with a big number of female board directors had more women in senior managerial positions than those with male-dominated boardsWed, 23 Jul 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5595ea06-57d9-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5595ea06-57d9-11dd-b02f-000077b07658.htmlThe Democratic candidate is portrayed as a protectionist but in fact he is a trade enthusiast who sees it as a means to the end of enhancing human welfare, writes Susan Aaronson Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:32 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45827516-5767-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45827516-5767-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlEstimates for the first half of 2008 show that the rush into wind power in the US has enabled it to become the world's biggest generator of such energy, surpassing GermanyTue, 22 Jul 2008 03:50 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8aa89ec8-5766-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8aa89ec8-5766-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlUS federal court rules that the network cannot be held liable for the singer's 'wardrobe malfunction' and rebukes the media regulator for issuing a $550,000 indecency fineTue, 22 Jul 2008 03:07 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bac96a32-5753-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bac96a32-5753-11dd-916c-000077b07658.htmlOfficials in Massachusetts are negotiating with federal regulators to renew a Medicaid waiver programme they say is vital to sustaining the state's universal healthcare planMon, 21 Jul 2008 21:47 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45e40f66-54f5-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45e40f66-54f5-11dd-ae9c-000077b07658.htmlComedy has never been more important to American politics, writes Christopher Caldwell. Perhaps as a consequence, it has never been less funnyFri, 18 Jul 2008 19:54 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e59b5fa-5454-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6e59b5fa-5454-11dd-aa78-000077b07658.htmlThe former vice-president urges the presidential candidates to take up the challenge to produce all of the US's electricity from zero-carbon sources within a decadeFri, 18 Jul 2008 01:34 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39cc475a-5362-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39cc475a-5362-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.htmlUS health care has failed to improve since 2006 while access has got worse and the country should expect "a far better return" on its massive investment in health, the Commonwealth Fund, the New York based health think tank said Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:06 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e8e04ea-5381-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7e8e04ea-5381-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.html The US federal government said it would open 3.9m acres of land in a designated petroleum reserve in Alaska for drilling as a means to help curb rising petrol prices Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:57 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/874858d2-535f-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/874858d2-535f-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.htmlWhile McCain and Obama trade barbs over US strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan, thousands of customers are queueing to withdraw their savings from the stricken IndyMacWed, 16 Jul 2008 19:04 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/828a1830-4f72-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/828a1830-4f72-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlSir John Templeton – phrase-maker and philanthropist, whose sound judgments made him an outstanding figure – showed today's investors how to do itFri, 11 Jul 2008 19:08 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1926860-4f4c-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1926860-4f4c-11dd-b050-000077b07658.htmlThe battles within the Anglican Church's are a symptom of the newfound might of African Christianity, writes Christopher Caldwell Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:39 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d98c73e-49f5-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9d98c73e-49f5-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlTo many around the world and to those in America who would consider themselves of the political centre or to the left of it, Jesse Helms, the Republican Senator from North Carolina who died on Friday aged 86, was little less than a monsterFri, 4 Jul 2008 19:26 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3d4941c-49e7-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3d4941c-49e7-11dd-891a-000077b07658.htmlGenerosity often means relinquishing power. It does not mean assigning armies of the less wealthy to tasks of one's own devising, writes Christopher Caldwell Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:25 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b8ac13a-490f-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0b8ac13a-490f-11dd-9a5f-000077b07658.htmlA safer way of helping the poor would be through increases in taxes at all incomes or targeted cuts in spending, writes Samuel Brittan Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:13 BST