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Italy to bail out Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank

Last-gasp private rescue plan for the world’s oldest bank looks set to fail

Rajoy defies expectations as opposition helps him govern

Spanish premier takes advantage of political fragmentation

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Moscow’s cyber warriors in Ukraine linked to US election

Security firm accuses Russian intelligence’s ‘Fancy Bear’ hackers

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Uber self-driving car registrations revoked in San Francisco

Blow to transport company after permit battle over its 16 autonomous vehicles

Consultancies left to count cost of leaked memo

Deloitte’s insight into government Brexit pains and its penalty have set a precedent

Doctors Without Borders: MSF gives ‘psychological first aid’ to migrants

Team helps desperate arrivals after a harrowing voyage to Sicily

Europe-wide hunt under way for Berlin attack suspect

Germany tried to deport Tunisian man wanted for the murder of 12 at Christmas market

Apple-Nokia legal battle reignites patent wars

Actions revive dispute that appeared to have been settled five years ago

Goldman to pay $120m to settle rate-rigging probe

Traders manipulated Isdafix benchmark to benefit derivatives positions, says CFTC

Johnson & Johnson and Actelion disclose ‘exclusive’ deal talks

Drug groups renew negotiations one week after discussions broke down

Pension official faces lurid ‘pay for play’ charges

Prosecutors say $2bn in orders steered to traders in return for drugs and prostitutes

Asia Pacific news

China province bans GMO crops for five years

Blow to government efforts to turn the country into a world-beating GMO power

Markets Insight Leo Lewis

Corporate Japan acquires a buyback habit

As the biggest source of equity demand in Japan, the outlook for buybacks is pivotal

India: Cooking up a recipe for clean air

Millions still burn solid fuel indoors preparing food but also producing deadly fumes

South Korean prosecutors make new raids over political scandal

National Pension Service and health and welfare ministry are among the targets

Opinion

For Merkel and for Germany, compassion has a price

Rationality will determine what happens next after the Berlin attacks

Tata Group: unmagical Mistry tour Premium

Undercover Economist Tim Harford

Why family traditions make for happy holidays

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Authers’ Note: party like it’s 19,990 Premium

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Features

Inside Brexit: How Britain lost Europe

Inside Brexit: George Parker pieces together how Brexit unfolded

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Berlin attack fuels Merkel opposition

Berlin market atrocity comes at difficult time for Angela Merkel

Life & Arts

Stargazing with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the stars

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Andrei Karlov killing: the fallout

View from Ankara: implications of assassination of Russia’s ambassador

FT Alphaville

Poor worker conditions power gig economy

FT investigation on workers’ living standards

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Improving maternity care in Haiti

MSF's battle to save mothers and babies

Life & Arts

The FT’s best books of the year

FT writers pick their must-read titles in history, fiction and fashion

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Japan and Russia agree Kurils deal

Agreement brings gains for Vladimir Putin but disappointment for Shinzo Abe

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Tattoos and the Japanese constitution

Osaka Police want to close tattoo parlours using a centuries-old law

opinion

Big speeches of 2016 reviewed

Sam Leith analyses some of the most pivotal speeches of the year

Business

Yahoo's new data breach in 90 seconds

A new hack of more than 1bn users' data was announced on Wednesday

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Aleppo truce hit by renewed shelling

Evacuation delayed as fighting resumes between pro-Assad forces and rebels

Highlights

Interview FT Magazine

Stargazing with Neil deGrasse Tyson

America’s superstar astrophysicist on the cosmos, star signs and why he wouldn’t say no to a Trump space commission

Lagarde conviction risks undermining IMF’s authority

Court ruling casts a shadow over chief, but fund faces greater challenges

US policing: Being black and blue

Relations between black communities and the police have always been fraught especially for those caught in the middle

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Big speeches of 2016 reviewed

Year in a Word Miranda Green

Year in a Word: Snowflake

Markets News

Asia bourses slip as Wall Street pulls back

Stocks mostly lower as Dow struggles to reach 20,000-point milestone

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Pound and Brexit: 2017’s unenviable guessing game

UK economy has avoided recession but markets are anxious about next year’s exit talks

Sweden’s krona climbs after central bank split over QE

Riksbank’s monetary easing days may be numbered

Technology

Uber self-driving car registrations revoked in San Francisco

Blow to transport company after permit battle over its 16 autonomous vehicles

Honda in talks over self-driving alliance with Alphabet

Japanese carmaker would be second industry partner for Google’s rebranded Waymo unit

Apple-Nokia legal battle reignites patent wars

Actions revive dispute that appeared to have been settled five years ago

Life & Arts