ide Fragmented health system exposes struggling social care providers By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 03:00:44 GMT Pandemic has added to pressure on companies already facing tough financial conditions Full Article
ide Coronavirus: return to work divides US meat industry By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 04:00:44 GMT Donald Trump wants to reopen meatpacking plants amid fears of food shortages but unions warn of ‘sacrificial workers’ Full Article
ide Insider trading trial, HSBC and Huawei and Credit Suisse tax dispute By play.acast.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:40:54 GMT Patrick Jenkins discusses the Financial Conduct Authority's latest insider trading case and what it tells us about how market abuses are being tackled, why HSBC is on the defensive in China, and why Credit Suisse is suing the UK tax authorities.With special guest Mark Steward, Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight for the Financial Conduct Authority.Contributors: Patrick Jenkins, financial editor, Caroline Binham, financial regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, and James Kynge, global China editor. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide The Arab medics battling coronavirus in Israel’s divided society By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:00:38 GMT Community is politically marginalised but makes up one-fifth of doctors and a quarter of nurses Full Article
ide Billionaire vs president — Assad family dispute grips Syria By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 04:00:10 GMT Rami Makhlouf’s complaints against his cousin show strains in power structure Full Article
ide The #stayhome essential grooming guide By howtospendit.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 10:35:59 GMT Men — Resist the clippers with these eight hair savers Full Article
ide Prada’s Raf Simons on his upholstery sideline By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:00:28 GMT Why one of the biggest names in fashion also designs furniture textiles Full Article
ide Coronavirus tracked: has your country’s epidemic peaked? | Free to read By ig.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 19:28:47 GMT Find any country in the customisable version of the Covid-19 trajectory charts Full Article
ide Domestic tourists provide Chinese economy with a boost By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 23:02:09 GMT After months of lockdown, citizens are keen to move around but not across borders Full Article
ide Faith, hope and video: Peter Aspden on art and religion By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 02 May 2014 14:45:00 GMT As St Paul’s Cathedral prepares to unveil a Bill Viola installation, the FT’s arts writer considers the potentially enriching relationship between sacred settings and contemporary art See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide The loser’s guide to movie-going By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:35:00 GMT Film screenings are becoming ever more inventive, with fine dining, unusual venues and even hot tubs thrown in to lure audiences. But for Antonia Quirke, nothing can match the downbeat charm of a black-box cinema on a weekday afternoon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide Keep it complex: Peter Aspden on art and identity By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:10:00 GMT Politicians love to keep things simple, at least in their public pronouncements. Artists, by contrast, embrace complication, nuance and imagination – so who better to tackle slippery questions of national identity as the UK prepares for a general election? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide The life of a song: Walk on the Wild Side By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:36:03 GMT David Cheal explores how Lou Reed got prostitution, transvestism, oral sex and drugs past the BBC commisariat with a group of white English 'coloured girls'. Credits: RCA/Legacy, Spectralite, Sony BMG Music Entertainment See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide The best Christmas music: a definitive guide By play.acast.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT What makes a good Christmas song? Should it be cheesy or serious? And why do millennials love them? FT pop writers discuss festive classics old and new - from carols to Mariah Carey, Greg Lake to Phil Spector, Sufjan Stevens to Run-DMC. Plus, which 2017's best Christmas song: Gwen Stefani's 'You Make it Feel Like Christmas' or Sia's 'Santa's Coming for Us'? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide Investment trusts: family trusts, dividend heroes and compared to other investments By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 05:00:00 GMT On this week's FT Money show we discuss investment trusts and the different ways investors can use them in their portfolios. Presenter Emma Agyemang, FT Money reporter, talks to Jason Hollands, managing director at Tilney Group and Moira O'Neill of interactive investor about how listeners can invest alongside the wealthiest families. Plus, the dividend heroes - which offer the most consistent income and are they still a good option for investors? And finally, Merryn Somerset Webb tells listeners why she thinks investment trusts have a better chance of lasting a lifetime compared to other assets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide Africa’s scientists learn from past epidemics to fight Covid-19 By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:00:54 GMT Experience with other outbreaks could compensate for poor healthcare infrastructure Full Article
ide Why we should be selfish and provide Africa debt relief By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 13:02:17 GMT These governments desperately need financial breathing space to fight the pandemic Full Article
ide Abba Kyari, chief of staff to the president of Nigeria, 1952-2020 By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 17:01:24 GMT A self-effacing intellectual who rose to the very centre of power Full Article
ide South Africa’s mass screening helps stem the coronavirus tide By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 04:00:30 GMT Use of community health workers to identify cases draws heavily on experience battling tuberculosis and HIV Full Article
ide White House considers winding down coronavirus task force By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 22:27:26 GMT Vice-president makes suggestion even as number of deaths across the country spikes Full Article
ide Demographics, economy and death tolls boost Biden in polls By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 09:00:44 GMT Data give snapshot of shifting battlegrounds ahead of November’s presidential election Full Article
ide Biden struggles to raise money in era of Zoom soirées By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 04:00:47 GMT Democratic candidate wrestles with new realities as he tries to close cash gap with Trump Full Article
ide Enter the Aardvark — a secret gay lover. And taxidermy By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:23:38 GMT Can Jessica Anthony’s parody nail the challenge of satirising US political life? Full Article
ide Comcast rides broadband wave during lockdown By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:59:40 GMT US cable company enjoys rising demand for high-speed internet but movie business suffers Full Article
ide Murdochs hire US TV news veteran for UK video push By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 23:50:30 GMT David Rhodes to report to Rebekah Brooks as group seeks to challenge BBC’s broadcast dominance Full Article
ide Could cash end up inside a museum? By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 04:00:30 GMT Bank of England marks its 325th anniversary with exhibition of objects reflecting changing world of payments Full Article
ide Wanted: bright ideas on how to tax the wealthy By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:37:23 GMT Ahead of the Budget, chancellor Sajid Javid has some tough choices to make Full Article
ide Rachel Maddow: ‘I’m not trying to end the Trump presidency’ By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:35:10 GMT US liberals’ favourite TV host on polarisation, the primaries and staying sane Full Article
ide Glencore defers $2.6bn dividend decision By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:19:32 GMT Group seeks to ‘protect capital structure’ as uncertainty swirls over Covid-19 impact Full Article
ide Chinese buyers consider return to international property markets By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 04:00:28 GMT Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries Full Article
ide Peso slides as Argentina seeks more time to pay By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 16:56:47 GMT Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed Full Article
ide Inside Samsung’s fight to keep its global supply chain running By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 03:00:46 GMT Korean electronics group draws on lessons from past epidemics to tackle coronavirus crisis Full Article
ide EU divided over reforms to maligned fund performance rules By www.ft.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 10:00:02 GMT European Commission and MEPs warn regulator over watering down Priips performance scenarios decried as misleading Full Article
ide Poland postpones presidential vote after bid to defy pandemic fails By www.ft.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:54:43 GMT With its candidate favourite to win, Law and Justice party was insisting poll should go ahead on May 10 Full Article
ide Kamala Harris and the race for the Democratic presidential nomination By play.acast.com Published On :: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:00:00 GMT The race for the US Democratic presidential nomination is hotting up with a huge field of 23 candidates all hoping run against Donald Trump in 2020. Courtney Weaver has focused in on one of the candidates, Kamala Harris, and she talks to Neville Hawcock about how the campaign for the Democratic nomination is shaping up. Read Courtney's article hereContributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Neville Hawcock, acting deputy editor, FT Weekend Magazine, and Courtney Weaver, Washington correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide Shakespeare on Merseyside By play.acast.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:39:07 GMT Thanks to its links to Shakespeare and his players that were until recently a well kept secret, a deprived suburb of Liverpool is to house a new playhouse. Local investors have high hopes that it will woo some of the tourists that flock to Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare’s Globe in London. Andy Bounds went to Prescot to speak to some of the project's supporters.Contributors: Andy Bounds, Enterprise editor and North of England correspondent. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide Inside the Hong Kong protests By play.acast.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:21:41 GMT The FT's Sue-Lin Wong spent several months with members of Hong Kong's youthful pro-democracy movement and their supporters. She tells Andreas Paleit what she learnt about their hopes and fears for the future.Read Sue-Lin's magazine story hereContributors: Andreas Paleit, companies desk editor, and Sue-Lin Wong, South China correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide Rana Foroohar on the trillion dollar fightback, Biden sweep By play.acast.com Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 05:00:00 GMT The FT News Briefing is a rundown of the global business stories you need to know for the coming day, from the newsroom of the Financial Times. If you enjoy it, subscribe to the FT News Briefing wherever you get your podcasts, or listen at FT.com/newsbriefing. Western governments pledged trillions of dollars in stimulus measures to limit the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. The FT’s global business columnist Rana Foroohar explains what it could mean for Wall Street and Main Street. Plus, Impossible Foods raises $500m in a round that will help the US-plant based burger group to see through the economic upheaval caused by the current crisis, and Joe Biden solidifies his status as the frontrunner to take on Donald Trump in November. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Full Article
ide Coronavirus gives Bolivia’s ‘interim’ president chance to extend rule By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 13:43:11 GMT Jeanine Añez settles in for long haul as pandemic adds to political uncertainty Full Article
ide Argentina ready to consider ninth sovereign default, says Guzmán By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 04:00:30 GMT Finance minister tells FT that government has rejected counter-offer from BlackRock-led group of creditors Full Article
ide Coronavirus vaccine: an epidemic of nationalism By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:54:35 GMT First country to get a vaccine could have an economic as well as a health advantage Full Article
ide Centrica suspends dividend as Ovo furloughs 3,400 workers By www.ft.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 10:26:58 GMT First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector Full Article
ide Credit risk inside the hall of mirrors By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 20:19:52 GMT Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets Full Article
ide Biden is struggling to win voters’ attention By www.ft.com Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:30:48 GMT Candour about the fiscal deficit might return the Democrat to prominence Full Article
ide Even in a pandemic, politicians must decide By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 09:00:26 GMT Being ‘guided by the science’ does not mean hiding behind it Full Article
ide Rolls-Royce ditches profit targets and suspends dividend By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 08:01:40 GMT Grounding of aircraft around the world due to coronavirus crisis takes toll on UK aero-engine maker Full Article
ide Boeing investors could wait ‘years’ for dividend to return By www.ft.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:55:56 GMT Aircraft maker’s chief executive says focus will be on rebuilding balance sheet post-pandemic Full Article
ide Boeing taps bond market for $25bn to tide it over corona crisis By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 01:16:44 GMT Aircraft maker says strong demand for offering has removed need for government funding Full Article
ide LSE to pay dividend after riding market turbulence By www.ft.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 13:33:33 GMT Frantic trading across financial markets pushes revenues up at the exchange and financial data group Full Article
ide The Ride of a Lifetime — life at the top of Disney By www.ft.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:45:31 GMT The story of Robert Iger’s career as a leader is a thoughtful tale of surviving disruption Full Article