Hunting for opportunities
Growth appears to be non-existent in the developed world, or sluggish at best, but markets are at all-time highs. Hans Stoter, chief investment officer of ING Investment Management, discusses with John Authers, Long View columnist, where the opportunities for investors can be found. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video
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Booming Bollywood turns 100
India boasts a $2bn film industry with cinema screenings still accounting for more than 72 per cent of a film's revenue. The FT's Jyotsna Singh looks at the future of film in the country
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Specialized’s electric bike venture
California bicycle brand Specialized has brought out an electric bicycle that joins a new generation of ebikes with sleek, integrated designs. Chris Nuttall dons the special cape and saddles up for a super-charged bike ride. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video
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Tony Blair: Africa Poised to Be a Great Economic Story of the 21st Century
The BRICs? So yesterday. China?
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Former British PM Tony Blair: ‘It’s About Power, That’s The Rationale for Europe Today’
As was widely expected, the European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time in close to a year from 0.75% to 0.50%. The rate cut was driven by an economy in recession, with unemployment hitting a record high in April and inflation dropping the most in more than four years
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Shell should seek longplay chief
Peter Voser is to step down as chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell next year. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Vincent Boland discuss Mr Voser's unexpected move and what type of CEO the Anglo-Dutch oil major should now be looking for
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Will ‘Super Mario’ come to the rescue?
Although it has avoided break-up, the eurozone economy remains in a fragile state.
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China auto sales hit by antigraft drive
Watch this FT video for free: China has been the bright spot in the luxury car universe for years, but in the first quarter of this year growth slowed to only 4 per cent. The FT's Patti Waldmeir reports on how the Chinese government's anti-corruption drive and a slowing economy are hitting luxury car sales.
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Some austerities are more austere than others
Attitudes towards austerity are diverging across the globe. Some, like the UK, want to stay the course, others feel it is time to ease the pain
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Banks for sale
The Co-operative has pulled out of a deal to buy 630 Lloyds bank branches. Santander pulled out of a similar deal to buy RBS branches last year.
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