From: FT.com on Mon, May 16 2011 11:17 AM

US regulators are understood to have been the stumbling block which forced Nasdaq OMX and IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) to pull out of the battle for control of NYSE Euronext. Jeremy Grant, FT Trading Room editor, discusses with Philip Stafford why there is now a spate of exchange consolidation...

From: FT.com on Thu, May 12 2011 5:22 PM

Video debate: From US special forces killing top terrorists in night time raids to hi-tech battles in cyberspace – is this the new warfare? And in UK politics, for all the talk of a new style of government, the battles within the governing Lib-Con coalition are starting to look remarkably old-fa...

From: FT.com on Thu, May 12 2011 1:12 PM

Defining SEFs: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission still differ on what a "swap execution facility" (SEF) should look like. So what are the prospects for compromise? Richard McVey, chief executive of MarketAxess, a bond and derivatives trading plat...

From: FT.com on Wed, May 11 2011 2:20 PM

Ralph Atkins, Frankfurt Bureau Chief, talks to Jurgen Stark, a member of the executive board of the ECB, on why debt restructuring will not help Greece and why the ECB is raising interest rates while the Bank of England and the US Fed are not.

From: FT.com on Tue, May 10 2011 7:20 PM

Colin O Shea, head of commodities at Hermes, on why it is still a good time to invest in commodities. He says the recent price falls were a healthy correction and commodities remain a good way to diversify a portfolio. Going forward, Hermes favours crude oil, copper and corn.

From: FT.com on Tue, May 10 2011 12:34 PM

The battle to takeover NYSE Euronext has a crucial bearing on the future of London as a global financial centre. Lynton Jones, chairman of Bourse Consult, explains to Jeremy Grant, why he thinks the Nasdaq/ICE deal will be beneficial while the Deutsche Börse bid would erode London’s standing.

From: FT.com on Mon, May 09 2011 10:24 AM

The UK banking industry has dropped its long-running legal dispute over widely mis-sold loan insurance. Barclays and HSBC have this morning followed Lloyds' surprise decision last week to make provision for compensation of consumers. Sharlene Goff, retail banking correspondent, explains how...

From: FT.com on Mon, May 09 2011 6:10 AM

A series of desirable devices has seen the maker of the ipad leapfrog Google in terms of the value of the company’s brand

From: FT.com on Sun, May 08 2011 6:41 PM

Geoff Cooper, chief executive of Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest builders' merchant, talks to Ed Hammond, construction reporter, about why the latest figures from the ONS, which show construction down by almost 5 per cent, are a big surprise. He says around 30 basis points of growth should...

From: FT.com on Sun, May 08 2011 6:41 PM

In this week’s View from the Top, Geoff Cooper, chief executive of Travis Perkins, the UK's largest builders' merchant, talks about his surprise at the latest construction data from the ONS, his outlook for the industry and M&A. The FT's Ed Hammond and Daniel Garrahan analyse the...

From: FT.com on Sun, May 08 2011 6:41 PM

Geoff Cooper, chief executive of Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest builders' merchant, plays long/short, betting on the news agenda from AV to house prices and oil.

From: FT.com on Sun, May 08 2011 5:45 AM

David Blitzer, chairman of the index committee at S&P Indices, says ETFs are finally taking off as defined contribution pension plans start to embrace them. Alongside this expanding market there is a huge drive to innovate with increased demand for alternative weighted indices as well as alterna...

From: FT.com on Fri, May 06 2011 12:21 PM

The results for the UK’s local elections could spell the end of the ruling Lib-Con coalition well before its maximum five-year term, says Philip Stephens, FT senior political commentator. He analyses the results with Brian Groom, FT business and employment editor, for both England and Wales, and...

From: FT.com on Fri, May 06 2011 12:21 PM

Anxious to avoid a repeat of January’s violent riots, Algerians have been slow to take to the streets. Eileen Byrne reports from the Algerian border on simmering unrest and cautious protest as government concessions fail to satisfy the opposition.

From: FT.com on Fri, May 06 2011 7:30 AM

A rout in commodity markets has raised anxiety; a similar tumble preceded the 2008 financial crash. Lex’s John Authers and Edward Hadas discuss whether the recent fall is an overdone technical correction or the precursor to something more serious.

From: FT.com on Thu, May 05 2011 4:46 PM

A year on from the precipitous plunge of the Dow Jones that wiped $1,000bn from the US stock market in a matter of minutes, Jeremy Grant, FT Trading Room editor, talks to the FT’s Seb Morton-Clark about the causes of the crash and the measures that have been taken to prevent a repeat of events.

From: FT.com on Thu, May 05 2011 12:28 PM

The steady rise in commodity prices has stalled. Is that signalling a similar slowdown to last summer’s, where a 23 per cent fall in copper starting in April heralded a dip in equities? James Mackintosh, investment editor, says unexpectedly weak economic data already has bond traders digging in ...

From: FT.com on Thu, May 05 2011 7:49 AM

Lousy property lending and mis-selling of payment protection insurance, for which a £3.2bn provision is being made, continue to haunt Lloyds Banking Group. Lex’s John Authers and Richard Stovin-Bradford discuss whether the bank, 41 per cent owned by the UK government, is being overly pessimistic.

From: FT.com on Wed, Apr 27 2011 9:48 PM

Is the Royal Wedding a symbol of greater UK social mobility? In the week of the Royal Wedding, Analysis Review debates whether social mobility has improved in the UK since the Second World War, and what impact the Lib-Con coalition can have, as austerity measures take effect to reduce the public...

From: FT.com on Wed, Apr 27 2011 3:00 PM

The old stock market adage says 'Sell in May and go away, come back on St Leger’s day', and more often than not it's a good strategy. James Mackintosh, investment editor, analyses the maxim's record and considers whether to heed it this year.