Will the US peer-to-peer lending bubble burst?
Some of the leading names in the US peer-to-peer lending industry have been hit by governance problems as well as a withdrawal of some of the big institutional investors. Martin Arnold, FT banking ed...
31 Touko 20166min
Trader uses $1bn dividend to sever ties with Russian oligarch
The boss of Gunvor, one of the world’s biggest oil traders, has awarded himself a bumper $1bn dividend to sever his ties to a former Russian business partner who is the subject of US sanctions. Neil H...
31 Touko 20164min
Attacks in Syria and Iraq put pressure on Isis
US-backed forces this week launched an attack on Raqqa in Syria, close to the de facto capital of the Islamic State, as the Iraqi government launched its own attack on Fallujah. Siona Jenkins asks the...
26 Touko 20166min
Obama seeks closer ties with Vietnam
President Barack Obama used a visit to Hanoi this week to announce that the US was ending a 50-year arms embargo on Communist Vietnam, in the latest push to strengthen opposition to China's territoria...
26 Touko 20162min
Why are carmakers investing in taxi apps?
Volkswagen has put $300m into Israeli taxi start-up Gett on the same day Toyota announced an undisclosed investment in US ride-hailing app Uber. Matthew Vincent asks the FT's motor industry correspond...
25 Touko 20167min
What chance for the Bayer Monsanto megadeal?
Bayer, the German aspirin to week killer conglomerate has made a $62bn all cash offer for Monsanto, the US agribusiness. If agreed, the deal would create a huge global company providing farmers with e...
24 Touko 201610min
Strikes hit French oil refineries
Motorists in France are facing long queues for petrol after unions opposed to the government's labour reforms tightened their blockade of the country's oil refineries. Joshua Chaffin asks the FT's Par...
24 Touko 20165min
Transforming London's Tate Modern
London's Tate Modern is the world's most popular museum of modern and contemporary art, with 5m visitors a year. Only 20 years ago it was the shell of a defunct power station on the banks of the Thame...
23 Touko 20166min
