©Ingram Pinn John Gapper from COLUMNISTS 7:59pm

Bosses are reining in staff because they can

The lesson from Marissa Mayer’s whip-cracking at Yahoo is that this is an age of harder work

The A-List

His success as US secretary of state will depend on an ability to do more with less
– Ian Bremmer
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
OPINION 2:06pm

Japan’s chance to end its long stagnation

The new leaders of the central bank will have to act in uncharacteristic fashion, says Paul Sheard

Global Insight from WORLD 11:23am

Seoul searches for path to welfare state

Park Geun-hye says South Korean model at turning point

David Pilling from COLUMNISTS 7:34pm

China pushes lending into the shadows

Banks and non-banks alike have proved adept at circumventing regulations

OPINION 7:25pm

China should abandon North Korea

The best way is to take the initiative to facilitate unification with South Korea, says Deng Yuwen

Chris Giles Chris Giles from COLUMNISTS 6:40pm

UK’s official statistics cannot be trusted

That the ONS has not fought to defend measures of the public finances shows it to be supine

FT Editorial
The A-List from OPINION 7:17pm

Obama planned big budget cuts all along

The president had a Faustian pact on tax and spending, says Jeffrey Sachs

Robert Shrimsley from COLUMNISTS 7:06pm

By Gove, now that’s what I call history

The fact that the English are champion invaders appears to drive their new history curriculum

Inside Business from COMPANIES 7:26pm

‘Big intelligence’ to tackle cyberthreats

Old defences aimed at protecting PCs and other devices no longer work

Markets Insight from MARKETS Feb 27, 2013

Sell currencies of serial QE offenders

Fighting central banks is dangerous, writes Bill Gross