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Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

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Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

Chinese society

British boarding schools learn how to tap China’s market

Partnerships are spreading just as Beijing is tightening ideological control of education

1 hour ago

Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

Brazil

Brazilian football pays penalty as clubs resist reform

Mismanagement and corruption leave some of nation’s biggest teams on brink of collapse

1 hour ago

Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

FT CollectionsEnvironment

Best of our weekend letters 2019

From climate change and Kylie Jenner’s wealth to sex strikes and Lucy Kellaway’s maths

2 hours ago

Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

Janan Ganesh

Partisanship sates Americans’ lust for belonging

For millions in the US, politics now is less a means to an end than a source of identity

3 hours ago

Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

Streaming services

Cineworld chief accuses Netflix of crushing box-office sales

Platform released Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ for limited time in cinemas

3 hours ago

Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

Rishi Sunak

Johnson’s ‘favourite minister’ tipped for new job

Rishi Sunak impressed in television debates during the general election campaign

Wednesday, 25 December, 2019

UK manufacturing

Battle over Britain’s historic bell foundry far from over

Campaigners for a full revival of East End site await ministerial decision

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc

Travis Kalanick to step down from Uber board

Co-founder’s departure comes after he sold his stake in ride-hailing group

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Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Markets

‘Santa rally’ caps strongest US market since 2013

Stimulus from the Federal Reserve put a rocket under all kinds of assets in 2019

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

ReviewDance

Tap-dancing New York Nutcracker swings, but doesn’t sizzle

Michelle Dorrance’s dancers shine at the Joyce Theater, but you yearn for them to make more of Duke Ellington’s jazzed-up Tchaikovsky

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Bridge - Card game

Ambitious grand slam requires simple suit

Quality of suits irrelevant when length can be made to pay

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Emirates

Sir Tim Clark to stand down as president of Emirates

Move comes as Middle East’s largest airline looks to grow beyond global headwinds

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Turkey

Turkish court defies European ruling over activist

Osman Kavala denies accusations of organising protests against government

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Brexit Briefing

Squaring the Brexit circle

EU withdrawal bill underlines government’s intention to aim for a minimal trade deal next year

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Lunch with the FT

Best of Lunch with the FT 2019

Whose back feels like an anatomy textbook in Braille? Who sparred with Trump? Who’s too posh for her target base? Have lunch again with Federer, Schwarzenegger and Beckham . . .

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

AnalysisThe Big Read

Fifty people who shaped the decade

The game-changing politicians, influential businesspeople, record-breaking sports stars and brave activists who make up the FT’s list

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Izabella Kaminska

Year in a word: Libra

Regulators and privacy campaigners united in distrust of Facebook’s cryptocurrency

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Eoin McSweeney

Year in a word: Greenland

Donald Trump wanted to buy the resources-rich island but the Danes called him ‘absurd’

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

ReviewMusic

Christmas number one taste test: Mariah Carey or sausage rolls?

The American singer has finally claimed the festive crown in the US, but the UK is stuck with novelty baked goods

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Channel Islands

Will the lights go out on Sark this Christmas?

Not unless there’s a power cut (we just wanted to get Christmas into the headline). But they could, possibly, go out on New Year’s Day...

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

FT AlphavilleMarkets

Festive Reading

Alphaville gets a visit from St. Nick.

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

AnalysisAutomobiles

German automakers do U-turn on car-sharing push

Fading spectre of ‘peak car’ diminishes appeal of investing in vehicle-sharing and ride-hailing apps

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

FT CollectionsData protection

Best of our weekday letters 2019

From China’s economic miracle to Friedman, GDPR and the yellowhammer’s song

Tuesday, 24 December, 2019

Central banks

Bank of Canada deputy governor leads race for top job

Frontrunner Carolyn Wilkins would become first woman to take helm at the central bank

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