The Big Read

• Thursday, 29 June, 2017
  UK Social Housing

  Grenfell: the anatomy of a housing disaster

  The tragedy in the London tower block highlighted growing social divisions in the UK and raises questions about housing policy

  Thursday, 29 June, 2017

  
• Wednesday, 28 June, 2017
  Hong Kong politics

  China tensions give Hong Kong an identity crisis

  Twenty years after the handover, many younger residents no longer feel Chinese as divisions deepen with the mainland

  Wednesday, 28 June, 2017

  
• Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
  Internet of things

  The internet of things: industry’s digital revolution

  The likes of GE and Siemens are investing billions in the ‘industrial internet’ but will face competition from IT groups and start-ups

  Tuesday, 27 June, 2017

  
• Monday, 26 June, 2017
  India Politics & Policy

  Narendra Modi’s great tax gamble

  An overhaul of the taxation system, which comes into effect on Saturday, aims to turn India into a single market

  Monday, 26 June, 2017

  
• Sunday, 25 June, 2017
  Advertising

  Advertising agencies squeezed by tech giants

  The industry has benefited from the growth in online publicity but it is starting to feel the impact of disruption

  Sunday, 25 June, 2017

  
• Friday, 23 June, 2017
  Opinion

  Barclays reels from its costly Qatar cash call

  Side deals struck with the gas-rich state in 2008 have put the bank and four former executives on trial

  Friday, 23 June, 2017

  
• Friday, 23 June, 2017
  Big Read podcast

  Corporate leadership: The war for talent

  Friday, 23 June, 2017

  
• Thursday, 22 June, 2017
  Leadership

  Executive choice: to build or buy the next leader?

  In an era of looser networks and job-hopping, GE’s painstaking method of selecting its new CEO is becoming the exception

  Thursday, 22 June, 2017

  
• Wednesday, 21 June, 2017
  FT Secondary Schools

  North Korea: From feudalism to crony capitalism

  Kim’s reforms have led to higher wages and private enterprise — making it harder to pressure the state with sanctions

  Wednesday, 21 June, 2017

  
• Promoted Content
• Tuesday, 20 June, 2017
  Agricultural Commodities

  Why soyabeans are the crop of the century

  Farmers in the US and Brazil are in a race to meet demand for livestock feed as meat consumption in China soars

  Tuesday, 20 June, 2017

  
• Monday, 19 June, 2017
  Opinion

  Investors welcome push to prise open Kazakhstan

  A sluggish economy adds impetus to President Nazarbayev’s aim to begin privatisation and reforms

  Monday, 19 June, 2017

  
• Sunday, 18 June, 2017
  Capital Markets

  Blackstone’s struggle to win over investors

  Founder Stephen Schwarzman frustrated with share price ten years on from private equity firm’s listing

  Sunday, 18 June, 2017

  
• Friday, 16 June, 2017
  Insurance

  China’s Anbang: a deal too far

  The apparent fall from grace of the founder Wu Xiaohui has shone a spotlight on a brand of Chinese capitalism that has taken root in the financial industry

  Friday, 16 June, 2017

  
• Thursday, 15 June, 2017
  US Employment

  Paying young Americans to learn the right skills

  With more than 6m jobs unfilled, business is becoming the driving force behind a rethink of how to organise training

  Thursday, 15 June, 2017

  
• Wednesday, 14 June, 2017
  Electric Vehicles

  Subsidies drive Norway’s electric car dream

  Norwegians are the world’s leading buyers of electric vehicles but politicians are reviewing the incentives

  Wednesday, 14 June, 2017

  
• Tuesday, 13 June, 2017
  China trade

  Chinese investment in Africa: Beijing’s testing ground

  The country’s politicians, lenders and businesses eye opportunities for growth and greater geopolitical influence

  Tuesday, 13 June, 2017

  
• Tuesday, 13 June, 2017
  Big Read podcast

  Medical science: Cancer challenge

  Tuesday, 13 June, 2017

  
• Monday, 12 June, 2017
  Medical science

  Cancer treatment: scaling up a vein-to-vein solution

  Cell therapies could win regulatory approval but can the process ever be economically viable to satisfy investors?

  Monday, 12 June, 2017

  
• Sunday, 11 June, 2017
  Russian politics

  Russia’s activists find their voice

  Opposition leader Navalny hopes protests will help challenge Putin ahead of elections

  Sunday, 11 June, 2017

  
• Friday, 9 June, 2017
  Middle East & North Africa

  Crisis in the Gulf: Qatar faces a stress test

  The emirate’s neighbours have joined forces to isolate the tiny state and curb its ambitions, threatening stability in the region

  Friday, 9 June, 2017

  
• Thursday, 8 June, 2017
  Prime property

  Gilded glut: demand falls for luxury property

  Developers in London, New York and other cities have a surplus of high-end flats on their hands as overseas buyers retreat

  Thursday, 8 June, 2017

  
• Thursday, 8 June, 2017
  Big Read podcast

  Real estate: The global luxury condo glut

  Thursday, 8 June, 2017

  
• Wednesday, 7 June, 2017
  US Inflation

  Is it finally time for a pay rise for American workers?

  Wages and inflation should be poised to go up with interest rates but there are doubts over the health of the US economy

  Wednesday, 7 June, 2017

  
• Tuesday, 6 June, 2017
  Arab-Israel conflict

  Israel Inc: a nation’s calling card helps it defy isolation

  Fifty years after the Six Day War, the state’s high-tech defence industries are bolstering diplomatic and commercial ties

  Tuesday, 6 June, 2017

  
• Tuesday, 6 June, 2017
  UK Politics & Policy

  UK election: the unlikely rise of Jeremy Corbyn

  Despite expectations of a disaster, Labour has turned the election into a serious contest

  Tuesday, 6 June, 2017