How is pollution affecting our health?
The UK is among six EU member states referred to Europe’s highest court this month over a failure to clean up “significant and persistent” air pollution. So how bad is the problem and what impact is i...
31 Maj 201816min
JAB takes on Nestlé with Pret A Manger deal
Investment group JAB has agreed to buy UK sandwich and coffee shop chain Pret A Manger as part of its bid to take on Nestlé - the world’s biggest food company. Elaine Moore talks to the FT's Arash Mas...
30 Maj 20187min
Italy's political uncertainty roils markets
Financial markets have reacted with alarm to news that Italy will have to hold fresh elections after the anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the far-right League, failed to form a coalition gove...
29 Maj 20187min
India’s growing water crisis
India is facing severe water shortages, with rivers drying up and water disputes erupting across the country. Yet there is little action from the government or public awareness about the need for cons...
29 Maj 20187min
Will Italy spark Europe's next crisis?
Giuseppe Conte, a relatively unknown academic, is to become the next prime minister of Italy after months of negotiations that followed an inconclusive election. But the new coalition has alarmed inve...
25 Maj 201811min
Philip Roth: iconoclast and chronicler of the American condition
Philip Roth, one of America’s greatest novelists, has died aged 85. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author rose to fame with Portnoy’s Complaint but was perhaps best known for his 1997 historical novel Ame...
24 Maj 201810min
GDPR is here at last. What does it mean for consumers and their data?
New European Union rules come into force this week, promising to give consumers in Europe and beyond more control over how their data is used. But are people ready to exercise this new power and how p...
23 Maj 201813min
UK court dismisses charges against Barclays over Qatar loan
The decision is a setback for the Serious Fraud Office after years of investigation into the fundraising deal. However four former executives at the British bank, including its ex-chief executive John...
22 Maj 20186min
