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ThyssenKrupp and Tata Steel agree steel merger

German and Indian groups will create Europe’s number two steel producer

FT Series The Europopulists
German election: AfD’s advance in six charts

How the populist party could upend the country’s politics on Sunday

Natural disasters
Mexico earthquake kills more than 200

Volunteers help rescuers search for trapped survivors including children

Europe
Spanish police raid Catalan government headquarters

13 arrests made as referendum on independence looms

US Politics & Policy
Trump sparks global push on Iran nuclear deal

Tehran and Europe lobby US on merits of agreement after president’s scornful UN speech

Analysis Retail
Toys R Us buckled under private equity ownership

Retailer’s debts played a bigger role than Amazon or Walmart in its bankruptcy

Analysis US Economy
Fed set to press the button to unwind QE
David Pilling
The end may well be nigh for the ANC

Eternal power will elude South Africa’s liberation movement as economic apartheid lives on

Americas
School quake collapse tugs at Mexicans’ heartstrings

Rescuers race to free children and teachers trapped beneath rubble

Analysis Brexit
Brexit bill battle switches from principle to price

May is preparing to make an opening offer but will it be enough?

Technology
Toshiba to sell memory chip unit to Bain-led group

$19bn disposal of prized asset aims to rescue Japanese conglomerate from delisting

Natural disasters
Hurricane Maria brings more pain to battered Caribbean

‘Potentially catastrophic’ storm makes landfall in Puerto Rico

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Financials
Questions mount over founder’s role at Guggenheim

Mark Walter said to have faced investor pressure over rift with Scott Minerd

Wearable Technology
Amazon working on first wearables to interact with Alexa

Company’s ‘smart glasses’ would come with in-home virtual assistant embedded

US News

US tax
Key senators remove hurdle to Republican-led tax cuts

Bob Corker and Pat Toomey reach pact on parameters of a critical budget resolution

Interview Markets
Hurricanes highlight Puerto Rico’s vulnerability

Control board head says recent natural disasters bring to light lack of investment

US healthcare reform
Republicans battle over ‘last hope’ healthcare bill

Party leaders urge lawmakers to pass new effort to repeal and replace Obamacare

Coal
The future of coal in seven charts

Trends in the US and internationally show how difficult it will be to ‘bring back coal’

Opinion

Edward Luce
Alabama primary pits Trump against Bannon

Do Republican voters want their president to be a demagogue or a dealmaker?

Video Inside Business
Big Tech's power remains unchallenged

Our global business columnist on why tech leaders build monopolies

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Big Tech's power remains unchallenged
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Ryanair's cancelled flights
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Myanmar leader fails to deal with Rohingya concerns
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Germany gets tough on refugees

Highlights

Special Report Brazil: the Road Ahead
Brazil infrastructure: the long haul to recovery

The country’s need for upgrades is urgent but, with government funds in short supply, opportunities abound for investors

Career Change
Meet the Switchers: a club for French career changers

Tired of their jobs, two women made it their business to help others get off the treadmill

Review Non-Fiction
Silicon Valley and the limits of ‘leaning in’

Ellen Pao’s account of her failed discrimination lawsuit makes a strong case about sexism in technology

Markets News

High Yield Bonds
Aggressive term in Stada bond sale causes outcry

‘Carve-out’ creates new way for drugmaker’s private equity owners to strip cash out, say investors

Global Market Overview
Stocks unsettled as Fed looms large

Havens rise as Trump hits out at N Korea, pound fails to hold retail sales data gains

Islamic finance
Dana Gas accused of ‘frustrating’ London sukuk trial

BlackRock criticises UAE energy company as court case over $700m Islamic bond is delayed

Technology

Technology
Toshiba to sell memory chip unit to Bain-led group

$19bn disposal of prized asset aims to rescue Japanese conglomerate from delisting

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Toshiba to sell memory chip unit to Bain-led consortium in ¥2.1tn deal

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