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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US financial regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The US audit regulator created in the wake of the Enron scandal has been granted a reprieve after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that Republicans’ plan to shutter the agency as part of their giant … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Europe’s biggest steel producer has abandoned plans to convert two German steel plants to green production and warned that it could also close a flagship biofuels plant in Belgium in a blow to Europe’s plans … Read more

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Friends suspect the root of my rude mental health is a Sydney upbringing. Who can ponder their inner selves on the dunny when redback spiders lurk under every seat? As anxious as Steve Waugh, they … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Three decades ago I became fascinated by the concept of “social silence” — or the idea advanced by intellectuals such as Pierre Bourdieu that what we do not talk about is more important than what … Read more

Record-high gold prices are fuelling a surge in mining in Sudan, unlocking a crucial source of revenue for the country’s warring parties and allowing them to finance the conflict. The country’s gold mining industry last year reached its highest output in six years, with swelling numbers of artisanal miners and readily available imported mining chemicals … Read more

It was 25 years ago that the world of investment and funds in Europe experienced a revolution, with the arrival of the continent’s first exchange- traded funds (ETFs). The choice available now is staggering and, as with all transformative changes, there is a mix of hype, extremely useful stuff, and frankly, scary elements. I wrote … Read more

Israel’s attacks on Iran threaten to cut China off from critical oil trading partners, highlighting its need for greater energy independence and disrupting Beijing’s hopes for a bigger role in the region.  For years, China has used its relationship with Iran to expand its influence in the Middle East, while making cheap Iranian crude, and … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hedge fund moguls keen to cement their fortunes should try to emulate their counterparts in the private equity industry. Millennium Asset Management, the giant hedge fund seeking to sell a minority stake in itself at … Read more