FT News in Focus

Greece is approaching a crunch point - again. Six years after its first bailout, the government in Athens is looking to its creditors, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission, for ...

15 Feb 20179min

Switzerland's bid to align its corporate tax system with international norms has come unstuck with voters rejecting the reforms at the weekend. Where does that leave the Alpine country's business regi...

13 Feb 20179min

News that Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka was a trustee for a bloc of shares belonging to Rupert Murdoch’s two youngest daughters has underscored the closeness of ties between US president’s family and...

9 Feb 20178min

Revelations that dozens of wealthy Americans have taken New Zealand citizenship as a kind of hedge against the collapse of the capitalist system have shone a spotlight on the phenomenon of disaster pl...

8 Feb 20177min

Gary Cohn, former number two at Goldman Sachs, has become President Trump’s point man for financial deregulation. Will he go too far in unpicking post-crisis reforms? Patrick Jenkins puts the questio...

7 Feb 201712min

German officials fear Russia may try to influence the outcome of its September election, in the same way it was alleged to have interfered in the US presidential election. Christine Spolar discusses ...

6 Feb 20179min

There’s no shortage of advice about diet, but it doesn’t seem to be working. People are getting fatter, and this has spawned a surge in lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart di...

5 Feb 201710min

As the transfer window slams shut for Europe’s top football leagues, Daniel Thomas asks Murad Ahmed, FT leisure correspondent, which clubs have spent their money most wisely, according to analysis o...

3 Feb 20176min