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China’s forex reserves continued to fall in December

Pressure on the renminbi continues as Chinese seek to get money out of the country

Beijing signals end of China-UK ‘golden age’

Officials play down prospect of second state bond auction in London

China warns US of retaliation if Trump imposes tariffs

Commerce secretary Penny Pritzker says risk of trade war between two largest economies

Republicans put their focus on cutting red tape

Congress takes first steps to enact Donald Trump’s promise of reducing regulation

Theresa May struggles through fractious start to 2017

Negativity in Westminster has not fed through to the rest of the country

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Five killed in Fort Lauderdale airport shooting

Police say one person in custody after gunman opened fire in Florida

Artificial intelligence: the dash to connect the consumer

Exhibitors at CES insist the ‘internet of things’ is moving closer to reality. But will these smart gadgets prove useful?

Missed targets take a bite out of Apple chiefs’ pay

Tim Cook and senior staff feel the impact of slowing iPhone sales

On Wall Street Ben McLannahan

‘Anti-GAAP’ reporting proves a growing menace

Industry watchdog SEC looking at custom reporting to see if enforcement action needed

US wages grow at fastest rate since financial crisis

Final jobs report of Obama era indicates growing inflationary pressure

Asia Pacific news

Taiwan tries to keep Central American allies away from China

Beijing launches diplomatic drive in response to Trump’s overtures towards Taipei

Bumpy road for Chinese entrepreneur’s driverless car ambitions

Jia Yueting, the charismatic backer of Faraday Future, has admitted cash flow problems

Bangladesh garment-making success prompts fears for wider economy

Warning dominance of sector hampers diversification and depresses wages

Samsung set for best quarterly profit in three years

Smartphone maker projects 50% operating profit jump as chip sales offset Note 7 fiasco

Opinion

How to be a true citizen of nowhere

‘To some, The Guy in the Park is blessed with unfakeable contentment. To others, he radiates a kind of male defeat’

Video

19,999 Red Balloons

Markets

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PBoC raises renminbi’s daily fix

2:35min

Brexit after resignation of Rogers

Shanghai surprise

Companies

1:21min

Apple's booming app sales

8:17min

UK economy defies Brexit predictions

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AI is everywhere at CES

Motoring ahead

1:54min

Mexico faces battle over auto industry

China's future economy: stagnation?

Highlights

Gene genius Siddhartha Mukherjee on why ‘doctors shouldn’t be gods’

The philosophical physician and Pulitzer Prize-winning author talks about life, death, and lamb chops

Review Books

Books to look out for in 2017

From Uber to Auster, the FT looks ahead to some of this year’s big titles

Vera Rubin, astrophysicist, 1928-2016

Stellar scientist whose work illuminated unseen realms

Markets News

Dow at fresh record but still unable to break through 20,000

Dollar and Treasury yields jump after jobs report

Contrarians sidelined for now by Trumpflation trade

There is far too much uncertainty to be anything other than diversified

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Bearish bets against US Treasuries climb to new record

Big short positions accompany a steep sell-off in US government debt

Technology

Week in Review, January 7

Christmas blues for retailers, Apple’s App boost, Airbnb, Alibaba and Moutai

Facebook appoints former CNN anchor to media role

Campbell Brown will oversee social network’s relationship with news industry

Artificial intelligence: the dash to connect the consumer

Exhibitors at CES insist the ‘internet of things’ is moving closer to reality. But will these smart gadgets prove useful?

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