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Corporate tie binds US to a slow internet

Comcast’s meteoric rise has coincided with a drastic decline in service

The A-List

When Mark Carney takes over as governor, the strategic debate within the MPC is likely to intensify
– DeAnne Julius
The looming sequestration must be avoided at all costs
– Roger Altman
The longer unconventional monetary policy persists, the greater the scale of QE’s ‘costs and risks’
– Mohamed El-Erian
Markets Insight from MARKETS 11:20am

Fate sealed on pound’s loss of haven status

Fiscal tightness and weak growth will encourage easy monetary policy

Wolfgang Munchau from COLUMNISTS Feb 24, 2013

Austerity obstructs real economic reform

An article of faith that means different things to different believers

OPINION Feb 24, 2013

The cyber age demands new rules of war

A system to check covert violence is needed, writes Zbigniew Brzezinski

OPINION 7:03pm

Public interest merits inquiry into Bumi

The credibility of the authorities in enforcing agreements is at stake, writes Jonathan Ford

Global Insight from WORLD 5:31pm

Egypt needs more than an IMF loan

Genuine political consensus is crucial to implementing reforms

FT Editorial
On Monday from COMPANIES 5:27pm

BP stuck in holding pattern

The promise of improved profitability remains just that – a promise

Martin Wolf from COLUMNISTS Feb 23, 2013

A government at the mercy of events

The most significant effects of the downgrade are likely to be political

Mamphela Ramphele Person in the news Feb 22, 2013

Mamphela Ramphele, taking on the ANC

South Africa’s post-apartheid politics finally has an insurgent force standing ready to take on the establishment party

Christopher Caldwell from COLUMNISTS Feb 22, 2013

Partisan bias is only natural

The issue is not the rights or wrongs of a policy so much as its author