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Research presented at Jackson Hole symposium opens up scope to stave off downturns

Polls show the chancellor’s conservative Christian Democrat-led bloc is far ahead of its rivals

World’s most valuable alcohol group builds training school to counter skills shortage

Consumer goods groups are cutting costs amid slowing growth – the advertising industry is first to feel the pinch

Person in the News Murad Ahmed

Ireland’s king of mixed martial arts sets his sights on the boxing ring

Government white papers are welcome, but companies need clarity on the short term

Analysis Coal

Production and exports increase on back of higher gas prices but outlook still cloudy

Beijing censors step up summer’s crackdown on internet speech

Latino organisations slam president’s decision over former Arizona police officer

Belgian national of Somali origin attacked patrol with knife in centre of Brussels

US bars institutions from trading in several bonds issued by Caracas authorities

Europe News

Macron attacks Warsaw’s refusal to drop opposition to overhaul of rules

France has proved reluctant to surrender citizens in prior rate-rigging cases

Carles Puigdemont says Spanish government has underfunded local police

Anna Kinberg Batra’s resignation plunges centre-right into crisis a year before elections

Opinion

Video Companies

Michael Pooler reports on the rise of automation in UK warehouses

Highlights

He changed Britain, but how much did Britain change him? The story of the Australian mogul is more complex than the popular myth suggests

Over pork ribs in New York, he talks about his taste for works made with gunpowder — and why the Russians have cancelled his firework performance in Red Square

The FT editor visits an African country determined to go its own way as its steely president marks another landslide election victory

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Markets News

Oil prices rise as Hurricane Harvey heads for Texas

Provident Financial, Carillion, WPP and Dixons hit by bad news and profit warnings

Redemptions come as markets turn cautious ahead of Jackson Hole gathering

Technology

Real winners of the smart speaker wars in China will be those controlling big data

Beijing censors step up summer’s crackdown on internet speech

The challenge is picking out the long-term winners from the pack

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