Young Americans left out of US boom in housing wealth
America’s housing wealth has staged a complete recovery since the financial crisis, but the holdings are increasingly skewed towards older borrowers and away from the young, according to new research ...
21 Maj 20188min
More Indians are registering to pay tax - how did Modi do it?
A big rise in the number of people registering to pay tax in India has allowed the government to begin to build a stable tax base for the first time in its post-independence history. Jyotsna Singh ask...
18 Maj 20187min
Iraq voters put faith in radical Shia leader
Iraq’s parliamentary election threw up a surprise result after Muqtada al-Sadr, a populist cleric once seen as the face of Shia resistance against the US occupation, looked like being the leader of th...
17 Maj 20187min
Mahathir returns as Malaysia reformer
Mahathir Mohamad has vowed to shed his previous strongman image and undertake widespread political and economic reforms as he returns to power after a stunning election victory. Victor Mallet discusse...
16 Maj 201811min
China tycoon falls from grace
Wu Xiaohui, one of China’s best known tycoon’s, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for financial fraud, cementing the downfall of the one-time car salesman who catapulted himself to the pinnacle...
15 Maj 201812min
Trump blames foreign countries for high drug prices
The White House laid out measures to tackle high list prices for drugs last week, hitting out at "freeloading" foreign countries that benefit from US pharmaceutical research. The FT's David Crow expla...
14 Maj 20186min
Facebook's foray into online dating
Facebook is expanding into online dating - a move some consider surprising so soon after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. So what exactly is the social media company planning and will its data hoard g...
11 Maj 20185min
Argentine president seeks IMF assistance
In 2001, economic policies backed by the IMF brought Argentina to its knees and many Argentines associate the fund with the social and economic chaos that followed. But this week, a run on the curren...
10 Maj 20186min
