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Labour makes dramatic shift on Brexit commitment

Theresa May’s strategy under pressure as UK opposition looks to stay in single market

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Prime property
US cannabis industry gives rise to joint ventures
US
Catastrophic flood warning as Harvey hits Texas

Category 1 hurricane brings torrential rain to Texas 

US Economy
Fed told public spending can lift ailing economies

Research presented at Jackson Hole symposium opens up scope to stave off downturns

German election
Merkel plays it safe to subdue her opponents on way to fourth term

Polls show the chancellor’s conservative Christian Democrat-led bloc is far ahead of its rivals

Brexit
Vauxhall decision looms as key moment for Brexit

Some fear new owners PSA will end UK production of Astra after nearly four decades

Merryn Somerset Webb
Hanging on bankers’ every word makes little sense
Undercover Economist Tim Harford
The terrible lure of zero-sum thinking

Attacking China, even metaphorically, will do nothing for America’s middle class

Brexit
Brexit’s transition sits top of businesses’ agenda

Government white papers are welcome, but companies need clarity on the short term

Indian Society
Indian court criticises Modi for godman riots

BJP leaders condemned after mob violence over rape conviction of Ram Rahim Singh

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The Big Read
A hard sell for the ad men

Consumer goods groups are cutting costs amid slowing growth – the advertising industry is first to feel the pinch

China Politics & Policy
Chinese rights lawyer faces 20-year sentence

Liu Yao to appeal one of harshest punishments in Beijing’s crackdown on civil society

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Analysis Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Chinese tech groups answer call for digital assistants

Real winners of the smart speaker wars in China will be those controlling big data

Analysis Coal
Coal’s US comeback fuelled by rival

Production and exports increase on back of higher gas prices but outlook still cloudy

Asia Pacific news

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Explosive artist Cai Guo-Qiang on politics and pyrotechnics

Over pork ribs in New York, he talks about his taste for works made with gunpowder — and why the Russians have cancelled his firework performance in Red Square

North Korea nuclear tensions
North Korea fires short-range missiles into Sea of Japan

Launch comes just days after Trump says Kim Jong Un is ‘starting to respect’ US

Telecoms
India challenges Chinese groups on data security

Browser and smartphone makers are asked to show that customer data are kept safe

India Politics & Policy
India’s stellar stock market stirs privatisation hopes

New Delhi sets out most ambitious targets yet, but timing the market can be treacherous

Opinion

Undercover Economist Tim Harford
The terrible lure of zero-sum thinking

Attacking China, even metaphorically, will do nothing for America’s middle class

Video Companies
Robots transform logistics industry

Michael Pooler reports on the rise of automation in UK warehouses

Video Companies
Robots transform logistics industry
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Brexit talks, US jobs data, Nafta's reworking
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The billionaire space race
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Trump's tax reform push

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Life & Arts
The meaning of Rupert Murdoch

He changed Britain, but how much did Britain change him? The story of the Australian mogul is more complex than the popular myth suggests

Lunch with the FT
Explosive artist Cai Guo-Qiang on politics and pyrotechnics

Over pork ribs in New York, he talks about his taste for works made with gunpowder — and why the Russians have cancelled his firework performance in Red Square

Lionel Barber
Women’s rights, cricket unites and an audience with Paul Kagame: Lionel Barber’s Rwanda diary

The FT editor visits an African country determined to go its own way as its steely president marks another landslide election victory

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Markets News

Global Market Overview
Euro above $1.19 after Draghi’s Jackson Hole speech

Oil prices rise as Hurricane Harvey heads for Texas

Analysis Equity Valuation
Sharp swings stir UK equity traders from summer lull

Provident Financial, Carillion, WPP and Dixons hit by bad news and profit warnings

Euro
Investors pull back from European equity funds

Redemptions come as markets turn cautious ahead of Jackson Hole gathering

Technology

Analysis Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Chinese tech groups answer call for digital assistants

Real winners of the smart speaker wars in China will be those controlling big data

China Society
China to demand ID verification for online posts

Beijing censors step up summer’s crackdown on internet speech

Technology
Small-cap focus: recovering tech groups seek investor trust

The challenge is picking out the long-term winners from the pack

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