Profitless rally
Even after this week's sell-offs, 2013 has seen an impressive rally in equities. Rob Buckland, chief global equity strategist at Citi, discusses with Long View columnist John Authers why the climb has come despite flat or declining company profits.
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Land of the rising sun and falling yen
This time it is different - for the first time in decades, the yen has fallen against the dollar for eight months running. But Ashraf Laidi, chief market strategist with City Index, tells Long View columnist John Authers that the yen will continue to sink
Oil pricing probe
The European Commission is investigating the energy industry's price-setting mechanisms for oil and gas products after antitrust raids on BP, Shell and Statoil. Lex's Stuart Kirk and Vincent Boland discuss whether investors should be concerned.
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Obama warns IRS on tax targeting
President Barack Obama says it would be "outrageous" if Internal Revenue Service staff targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny, saying anyone found to have done so must be held fully accountable. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video
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Alternative credit on the rise
With complaints about the UK's five biggest banks on the rise, Elaine Moore reports on the rise of the alternative credit sector, from peer-to-peer lenders to payday loans and credit unions. For more personal finance stories, visit http://www.ft.com/personal-finance
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BT turnround
Vincent Boland and Stuart Kirk on what the results from UK telecoms operator BT mean for the company itself, and for the wider telecoms industry. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video
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IT and the boardroom
Kim Stevenson, chief information officer at Intel, discusses with Paul Taylor, the FT's Connected Business editor, her definition of the modern CIO and how the fastest-moving nature of technology has made her a key player in the business decisions taken by the company. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video
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Junk’s heyday is here and now
Junk was king in the 1980s but both defaults and yields are now far lower than they were then. Jim Reid, Deutsche Bank's global head of fundamental credit strategy, explains why to Long View columnist John Authers, and warns that such low default rates may be unhealthy.
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Hardware returns to Silicon Valley
With the advent of crowd funding and dramatic reduction in the cost associated with prototyping, the FT's retail tech correspondent Tim Bradshaw explores how entrepreneurs are moving away from software and returning to hardware in California's Silicon Valley For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video