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Brooke Masters has been the FT’s Comment and Analysis Editor since 2018. She has previously served as Companies Editor, Chief Regulation Correspondent, City correspondent and as a contributor to the Lex column. She spent the first part of her career in the US covering a variety of beats including criminal justice, local politics and education for the Washington Post.

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  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    Language and grammar
    Year in a word: We

    The company’s dramatic fall offers warnings for other tech companies

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Special ReportNorth America Innovative Lawyers
    Trump and opponents use US courts as a battleground

    The American legal system is politicised by both sides

  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2019
    Boeing Co
    Boeing will pay for cosy relations with regulators

    Streamlined testing smoothed the 737 Max’s path to market but softer oversight generally portends scandal

  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    To target real diversity, ask the workers

    Pan-European ranking by FT and Statista takes holistic view of inclusion

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Airbnb Inc
    Airbnb is making a big bet with Olympic sponsorship

    Investors should not overlook the dreaded ‘stadium curse’

  • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
    McDonald's Corp
    McDonald’s and the perils of wooing at work

    In the aftermath of #MeToo, companies are tightening their policies on office romances

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    Long Story Short
    The FT’s biggest stories and best reads every Friday

    Brooke Masters’ top reads this week: Brexit up close; LVMH, Tiffany and the business of diamonds; email like it’s 1999

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    Travel
    Postcard from Montana: luxury dude ranch and huge ribeye steaks

    Enjoying the rustic thrills of America’s mountain west in a pampered family atmosphere

  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
    US & Canadian companies
    The loneliness of the long-distance chief executive

    Wells Fargo’s new CEO is about to get a taste of the perils of the lengthy commute

  • Promoted Content
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Women in business
    Are more women at the top good for banks?

    Alison Rose appointment at RBS will lead to more meaningful comparisons

  • Friday, 11 October, 2019
    Office life
    How to reduce expenses without drawing employee ire

    FT readers share their experiences of penny-pinching employers

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Corporate culture
    Pinching pennies is all too often pound-foolish

    Lock up the stationery for the Christmas holidays and company managers risk real fury

  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2019
    We Company
    WeWork’s humbling is a cautionary tale

    It has taken a big bucket of ice water from profit-minded outsiders to cool the rental group’s backers

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2019
    Tobacco
    Tobacco companies have lessons to learn from the PPI scandal

    Executives too often fall short when it comes to spotting early warning signs

  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2019
    US financial regulation
    This is a dangerous time to deregulate banks

    These days, examiners are much less inclined to put lenders in a ‘penalty box’ to prevent them from growing

  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2019
    Accounting & Consulting services
    Higher audit costs are a price worth paying

    Companies worried about the expense of new regulations should remember that quality is key

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    US opioid epidemic
    The opioid drugs scandal is depressingly familiar

    Court cases targeting big pharma are just a taste of what is to come

  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2019
    Driverless vehicles
    It is difficult for self-driving car companies to go it alone

    Consolidation is sweeping through the sector

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2019
    Moral MoneyEducation
    Plutocrats are shaping the agenda at top universities

    Big donations such as Oxford’s Schwarzman gift come with big dangers

  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    How oil and beef shaped America

    Two new books explain their massive socio-economic impact and how prosperity came at a price

  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2019
    Childcare
    Time to level the playing field for parental leave

    Governments should provide monetary incentives to create a fairer system

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    Global InsightUS politics & policy
    Alabama’s anti-abortion law heralds a long legal fight

    Liberals weigh risks of losing Roe v Wade enshrining a woman’s constitutional right to abortion

  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2019
    Mining
    National courts have global companies in sights

    Well-developed legal systems are being used to bring corporates to account

  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
    Corporate governance
    Big companies are tying themselves in ethical knots

    The likes of JPMorgan and BlackRock cannot ignore such concerns, but also have a duty to make money

  • Friday, 19 April, 2019
    The Top LineGoldman Sachs Group
    It can be hard to make a success of CEO succession

    Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon is far from the only boss to be hit by bad news after replacing a long-serving leader

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