Legal ambiguities of the gig economy
The gig economy, exemplified by companies like Uber and TaskRabbit, is allowing employees more freedom, but at the same time it remains unclear how relationships between the workers and their employer...
14 Jan 20165min
Jakarta terror attack linked to Isis
Police have linked a terror attack in the Indonesian capital to the jihadi group Isis, heightening fears over the rise of Islamist terrorism in the world’s largest Muslim majority country. John Murray...
14 Jan 20164min
The future of food: What will the world eat in 3016?
The food industry is struggling to find the next technological advancement to feed a growing population. For hundreds of years scientists have sought inventive ways to produce and package calories whi...
14 Jan 201613min
China's Wanda pays $3.5bn for Hollywood studio
The Chinese entertainment conglomerate will acquire Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment for a cash sum of $3.5bn. What does the deal mean for the two leading global theatrical markets, the US and...
12 Jan 20167min
Whose decision was it to drop UK bank culture review?
There's a deepening row over why the UK financial watchdog decided to drop a review into bank culture. Patrick Jenkins, FT financial editor, discusses the controversy with Emma Dunkley, the FT's retai...
12 Jan 20166min
BP sheds jobs as oil price rout continues
BP is cutting 4,000 jobs across its exploration and production business, in a further round of cost cutting as oil companies continue to feel the pain of a plunging oil price. Matthew Vincent asks Chr...
12 Jan 20166min
David Bowie: innovator in all aspects of his life
Just as he blazed a trail through the world of rock and roll, David Bowie also gave the world of finance something it had never seen before: pop bonds. Dan McCrum discusses these and other technologic...
11 Jan 20165min
Free WiFi comes to the streets of New York
New York is ripping out its ageing phone boxes and replacing them with more than 7,000 WiFi routers to give the city free and fast internet access. Senior US business correspondent David Crow talks to...
7 Jan 20162min
