FT News in Focus

The FT's James Fontanella-Khan travels to Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, for a rare interview with Fethullah Gulen, the man Turkish President Recap Tayyip Erdogan accuses of masterminding the failed coup ...

19 Jul 20162min

Devotees love spreadsheets for their directness. You click the formula that you want, edit it instantly and it updates, live. But their use can also lead to problems, as the UK retailer Marks and Spen...

19 Jul 201613min

SoftBank, the Japanese telecoms giant, has agreed to buy UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings in a deal worth more than $32bn. It's an enormous bet by chief executive Masayoshi Son that the UK company...

18 Jul 20167min

Turkey has sacked thousands of police officers and detained up to 8,000 in the wake of a failed coup in which some 290 people were killed. The government's political opponents came out against the att...

18 Jul 20162min

Theresa May, Britain's new prime minister, has revealed some contentious cabinet choices which mark a significant break with the past. What does her line-up say about the future direction of the gover...

14 Jul 20166min

Double-digit pay rises became the norm on Wall Street in 2015, while European banks proved they were willing to pay big to get the chief executives they wanted, data compiled by Equilar shows. Patrick...

12 Jul 20165min

Nintendo's smartphone game Pokémon Go has jumped to the top of the highest grossing charts in the US. Within 24 hours of its launch last week, the game had crashed company servers, driven atheists to ...

12 Jul 20167min

China has warned of increased tension in the South China Sea if a UN tribunal rules against its claim to disputed waters that are also claimed by the Philippines. Chinese warships have been conducting...

11 Jul 20165min