Deutsche Bank ©Bloomberg 9:39pm

Deutsche Bank: Show of strength or a fiction?

Three former employees tell US regulators that trades were valued in a way that hid billions in losses

people celebrating as a balloon carrying fireworks takes off during the hot-air balloons festival in Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan state. Every year in November as the full moon approaches, tens of thousands of people from all over the country gather in Taunggyi for the colourful hot-air balloons festival during which balloons lift fireworks or lanterns which illuminate the sky at night while balloons of all shapes are flown during the day ©AFP Dec 4, 2012

Myanmar: A nation rises

The impact of the rapid shift to democracy is far-reaching but barriers remain

Dec 4, 2012

New ‘super cabinet’ drives rapid change

Myanmar inner circle of ministers hailed as crucial to reform

Striking mine workers confront police as they attempt to prevent the gathering of labour unions in Rustenburg, South Africa, Saturday, Oct 27, 2012. Police fired rubber bullets at striking miners at the Anglo American Platinum mine in Rustenburg Saturday as the company announced it had agreed to reinstate 12,000 South African workers dismissed earlier this month for staging illegal strikes. ©AP Dec 3, 2012

Painful extractions

As Anglo American’s chief steps down, her replacement will face tough competition and renewed tensions with workers

A man walks along a steel beam ©AFP Dec 2, 2012

Uncertain foundations

Debate is raging about the effectiveness of how China’s murky shadow banking system is regulated

Person in the news Nov 30, 2012

Morsi has squandered Egypt’s goodwill

Power grab suggests he is no longer a unifier, write Roula Khalaf and Heba Saleh

France's Minister for Industrial Recovery Arnaud Montebourg (L) talks to ArcelorMittal workers from Florange ©Reuters Nov 30, 2012

France: Aux barricades

Hollande’s efforts to mend relations with business have been dealt a new blow

People stand on destroyed boardwalk debris from Superstorm Sandy at Rockaway Beach ©Getty Nov 29, 2012

Climate: Storm warning

To protect New York, the US needs to invest in infrastructure

Blackrock CEO Larry Fink ©Reuters Nov 28, 2012

BlackRock: Ahead of the Street

Its higher profile may attract regulatory scrutiny

A woman looks at old currency during the opening of the Foreign Debt Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina ©AP Nov 27, 2012

Markets: An unforgiven debt

A US ruling against Argentina could switch initiative in bond markets back to creditors

Nov 26, 2012

Spain: Hollow victory

The Catalan parliament has a separatist majority but the chances of an independence referendum have faded

Nov 25, 2012

From the ground up

For ‘grassroots’ charities working with vulnerable young people, small cash injections can later deliver big gains

Nov 23, 2012

Hewlett-Packard: Down in the valley

HP is vowing to focus on new technology and end the dealmaking that has put it deep in debt

Nov 22, 2012

Property: The lure of London

Asian investors drawn by low prices have helped make the city a coveted commercial market

Nov 21, 2012

A vital ally of the euro

Wolfgang Schäuble tops the FT’s annual ranking of EU finance ministers for the second time

Nov 21, 2012

Ranking Europe’s finance ministers

Which EU Treasury chiefs impressed the judges in 2012?

Nov 20, 2012

EU budget: the trillion-euro split

Negotiations over the bloc’s budget are never easy but the current round has exposed deep ideological fissures

Nov 19, 2012

Medicine: An end to the agony

Drug companies and doctors are starting to tackle pain as an ailment in its own right

Nov 18, 2012

Bond markets: A false sense of security

Investors seek perceived refuge in bonds but fears are rising that their faith has been ill-placed

Nov 18, 2012

Equities: ‘Aristocrat’ rally meets the fiscal cliff

Dividend stocks have been marketed as the ‘new fixed income’