From COMPANIES 5:53pm

Gun makers’ margins caught in crosshairs

Michael Kiefer, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., checks out a display of rifles at the Rock River Arms booth ©AP

US gun control would ban most profitable products

Retired NASA astronaut and Navy Capt. Mark Kelly (R) and his wife, shooting victim and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) (C) arrive for a Senate Judiciary Committee followed by Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) before hearing about gun control on Capitol Hill January 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. Giffords delivered an opening statment to the committee, which met for the first time since the mass shooting at a Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticu ©Getty From US POLITICS & POLICY 11:09pm

Gun control debate moves to Senate

NRA and proponents of tighter restrictions present their views

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 30, 2013

US pension fund eyes selling oil holdings

Seattle investor under pressure to divest over climate change

HSBC London ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES Jan 30, 2013

HSBC sets up crime-fighting unit

Panel includes former HMRC and SOCA heads

composite aerial image of USA at night which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires, and reflected moonlight. ©NASA From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 27, 2013

Flares take shine off shale boom

Industry fails to act over loss of potentially useful gas

composite aerial image of USA at night which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to near-infrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights, gas flares, auroras, wildfires, and reflected moonlight. ©NASA From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 27, 2013

Shale gas boom now visible from space

Flaring hydrocarbon plants trigger political and environmental dispute

From COMMENT Jan 25, 2013

Coke: Out for the calorie count

A backlash against the group’s anti-obesity ads underscores the dilemma food and drink companies face

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 25, 2013

Budget cuts put US science to the test

FT Series: How financial pressures are affecting US research capacity

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 24, 2013

President’s choice for SEC has daunting task

Nominee has reputation for being straight shooter and hard worker

Jan 24, 2013

Making a big difference with a small grant

FT Seasonal Appeal: Dan McCrum reports on how charities are doing more with less in straitened times

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 23, 2013

US to allow women in combat units

Move could open up more than 200,000 jobs in army and marines

From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

Super Bowl ads stand out from the crowd

Marketers turn to real-time and web offerings to drive sales

From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Healthcare is America’s real problem

Improved value would have more fiscal impact than any policy change, says Peter Orszag

From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Immigration: The road to recognition

There is growing optimism across the spectrum that a broken system will be fixed

Jan 19, 2013

Armstrong’s past haunts cycling’s future

Doping confession throws light on sport’s dark hinterland

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 19, 2013

Fed minutes show slow crisis reaction

Transcripts from 2007 reveal subprime seen as ‘quite a good thing’

Person in the news from COMMENT Jan 18, 2013

Wayne LaPierre calls the gun lobby to arms

The National Rifle Association’s public face meets his biggest challenge. By Richard McGregor

Jan 18, 2013

Armstrong confession cuts little ice

Ex-cyclist admits to using drugs since 1990s

From COMPANIES Jan 16, 2013

Cycling bodies clash over image clean-up

Truth and reconciliation panel proposal rejected

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 16, 2013

Obama signs executive orders on guns

Proposed laws are the toughest in two decades

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