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High-end computer to be made in Texan city amid escalating US trade war with China
Views of 200 institutions that oversee a combined $4.1tn in assets paint gloomy picture
Trade tensions, Hong Kong and economic slowdown pose threats to the Communist party
Pension and sovereign wealth funds are pouring into tech, infrastructure and property
India has the world’s third largest economy, but it is in the grip of a sharp slowdown. Are its banking reforms too timid? Also: how the central bank has been forced to focus on growth, the start-ups fighting to dominate mobile payments, and what banks can learn from shampoo sachets.
Banking reforms and mergers are too little to allow for faster lender growth
Government wants to reach the unbanked but its reforms are seen as too timid to boost economic growth
Technology enables banks to redesign financial products that suit the needs of poorer Indian customers
Swedish retailer plans store openings and revamps to counter sharp sales growth slowdown
Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
The west is at risk of losing the ideological war
Thousands of production houses to close as authorities crack down and financing dries up
Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets
Optimism for agreement takes another hit as Beijing delegation cancels state farm visits
Narendra Modi cuts rates in $20bn bid to reverse slowing growth
There’s potential for gigantic miscalculation between a rising power and a defensive hegemon
CIC reports full-year loss as it seeks to forge international partnerships
Logistics group has been probed by authorities repeatedly amid trade tension with US
David Marcus says Libra is an “instrument of development” that will (somewhat paradoxically) allow Western nations to preserve their influence.
The market looks very stretched, but it is hard to predict when a crunch will come
Approval would be required when taking stakes in strategically important industries
Central bank holds overnight interest rate at minus 0.1% as it frets over economic slowdown
The rest of the world will be pressured to make a choice between Washington and Beijing
