From: FT.com on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:37 PM

John Martin, chief executive of Gilead, the US pharmaceuticals company behind flu and HIV drugs, places long or short bets on the news agenda from an HIV cure and Obama to US R&D and Google.

From: FT.com on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:37 PM

The rich are getting richer but so are the poor. It is the workers in the middle who are feeling the pinch. Prof Alan Manning from the London School of Economics says technology is the main reason why middle ranking jobs are on the decline. However, he also thinks that banking regulations put in...

From: FT.com on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:37 PM

Kevin Corrigan, head of credit at Lombard Odier Investment Managers, thinks there is an under-explored niche opportunity between investment grade and high yield bonds and that is why his company has launched its 5Bs fund. He says the risk characteristics of triple B and double B rated bonds are ...

From: FT.com on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:37 PM

Gilead was founded 30 years ago and now the biotech start-up has become a leading US pharmaceutical company behind flu and HIV treatments, Tamiflu and Atripla. Pharmaceuticals correspondent Andrew Jack assesses chief executive John Martin’s views on drug access for poorer countries, innovation a...

From: FT.com on Fri, Jul 15 2011 1:37 PM

Gilead was founded 30 years ago and now the biotech start-up has become a leading US pharmaceutical company behind flu and HIV treatments, Tamiflu and Atripla. Pharmaceuticals correspondent Andrew Jack assesses chief executive John Martin’s views on drug access for poorer countries, innovation a...

From: FT.com on Fri, Jul 15 2011 9:09 AM

Rebekah Brooks has finally surrendered to relentless popular pressure and resigned as chief executive of News International. Lex’s Edward Hadas and Luke Templeman consider the timing of her exit, and whether Rupert Murdoch's mistake was holding on to his British newspaper business for too l...

From: FT.com on Thu, Jul 14 2011 5:48 PM

Video debate: As a deadline looms of August 2nd to raise the US debt ceiling or risk default, can Republicans and Democrats find any common ground on the budget? Plus do growing concerns in Brazil about an overheating economy and rising inflation mark the end of "Lulismo", the economic model of ...

From: FT.com on Thu, Jul 14 2011 1:27 PM

Robert Wright, FT transport correspondent, takes a trip across the US to discover why the country’s railroad system is enjoying rapid traffic growth and improving earnings

From: FT.com on Thu, Jul 14 2011 11:17 AM

The vogue for stand alone business schools has faded but Professor Dominique Turpin, president of Lausanne-based IMD, insists that independence works in the business school’s favour even though it does limit the scope of classes that it can offer.

From: FT.com on Thu, Jul 14 2011 9:04 AM

The tone of the American political debate over the county’s debt obligations has become frightening - Moody's, the credit ratings agency, has put the country on review for a downgrade. Lex's John Authers and Edward Hadas discuss the pros and cons of public rhetoric, both by politicians...

From: FT.com on Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:05 PM

China’s overheating economy is on the boil again. Earlier this year the markets were pleased by signs China was heading for a soft landing. James Mackintosh, investment editor, is disturbed that investors are now cheering data showing little sign of a slowdown. A painful hard landing may be the ...

From: FT.com on Wed, Jul 13 2011 2:05 PM

Rupert Murdoch is not regarded as a quitter, but he has bowed to public opinion over News Corp’s bid for BSkyB. Ben Fenton, chief media correspondent, explains why and examines what this means for mergers and acquisitions in the future.

From: FT.com on Wed, Jul 13 2011 7:27 AM

Banks' plan to get rid of cheques in the UK by 2018 has been abandoned. Lex’s John Authers and Edward Hadas debate the self-indulgence of persevering with old technology.

From: FT.com on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:02 PM

Over the last few days Italy has joined the eurozone’s periphery countries, Greece, Portugal and Ireland, while core country France has slipped into the "soft core" Italy used to inhabit. James Mackintosh, investment editor, warns that it's time for the European Central Bank or Europe'...

From: FT.com on Tue, Jul 12 2011 7:40 AM

Italy’s 10-year bonds yields have been pushed to 5.8 per cent for little good reason. Lex's John Authers and Vincent Boland explain that the solution to this latest bout of sovereign debt contagion lies not in Italy but in dealing toughly with Greece's debt.

From: FT.com on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:30 AM

How did Unilever, the consumer goods group, implement far-reaching strategic changes under a new chief executive in challenging times? The FT’s Ravi Mattu speaks to management and human resources experts.

From: FT.com on Mon, Jul 11 2011 9:23 AM

High frequency trading has been labelled as a potential systemic risk for markets by a senior official at the Bank of England. In an interview recorded before the comments were made public, Professor Alex Frino of the University of Sydney and head of Capital Markets Research, explains to Philip ...

From: FT.com on Mon, Jul 11 2011 9:23 AM

What do troubleshooting experts offer ailing companies? Andrew Hill, the FT’s management editor; Richard Boyes-Stones, of PwC's turnround team; and Lord James, the troubleshooting expert and Conservative peer, explore the issues.

From: FT.com on Sun, Jul 10 2011 1:31 PM

Uganda has been brewing beer since the 1950s, and the market is growing fast. Katrina Manson, East Africa Correspondent, reports on SABMiller taking on home brew, encouraged by tax incentives, by brewing its cheapest bottled beer from crops grown by local farmers.

From: FT.com on Sun, Jul 10 2011 2:50 AM

Remy Briand, head of index and ESG at MSCI, says pension funds are driving the adoption of ESG strategies. He says ESG helps with managing low frequency, high impact events such as an oil spill or a nuclear accident, but over the long term there is evidence that is also outperforms.