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FT News in Focus

News features and analysis from Financial Times reporters around the world. FT News in Focus is produced by Fiona Symon.

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Investors hope for Argentine turnaround Jun 26, 2015

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Investors are hoping for a turnaround in Argentina's economic fortunes after this year's presidential elections, but doubts have begun to emerge that the new regime will represent real change. Benedict Mander, FT correspondent in Buenos Aires, tells Jonathan Wheatley why.

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Atlantic Alliance back in business Jun 24, 2015

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Nato defence ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the reinvigoration of the alliance in the face of Russian aggression. The US is to make the biggest reinforcement of its forces in eastern Europe since the fall of the Soviet Union. Ben Hall discusses the development with Geoff Dyer and Sam Jones

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Apple vs Spotify Jun 23, 2015

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Apple is to change the terms of its upcoming subscription streaming service Apple Music, following an open letter by pop star Taylor Swift. What share of its streaming revenues will Apple pay to artists, and how will these changes affect current market leader Spotify? Ravi Mattu, FT technology editor, is joined by Robert Cookson, digital media correspondent

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Debt crisis takes a toll on Greek banks Jun 23, 2015

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Negotiations to avert a Greek default have been overshadowed by another growing concern: the country's banks, caught up in the turmoil through no fault of their own, are in danger of becoming insolvent. Patrick Jenkins talks to Ferdinando Giugliano and Martin Arnold about the problem.

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UK unveils stringent bank bonus regime Jun 23, 2015

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Senior managers at UK banks risk having their bonuses clawed back for as long as a decade if they take "material risks", under proposals unveiled by regulators that would give the UK one of the world's strictest regimes on bonuses and pay. Patrick Jenkins talks to Caroline Binham about the proposed rules.

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The complexity of US taxes Jun 23, 2015

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The deadline for Americans abroad to file their taxes was June 15th. Lisa Pollack, FT columnist and expat, is joined by tax historian Joseph Thorndike to reflect on the complexity of US taxes for Americans everywhere. How did the system become so convoluted that in the tax year 2010, 59 per cent of Americans used paid preparers to file their returns rather than complete the forms themselves? To read Lisa's column on this topic, go to ft.com/ustaxes.

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The story of Cao Xiuzhen, a Shanghai trashpicker Jun 19, 2015

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As part of the FT's 'End of the migrant miracle' series, Shanghai correspondent Patti Waldmeir tells the story of Cao Xiuzhen who makes a living from the detritus of the city

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Tech bubbles then and now Jun 19, 2015

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Brent Hoberman rose to fame as co-founder of Lastminute.com, a British internet company that came to symbolise the dotcom excess of the year 2000. He’s reinvented himself as a serial entrepreneur and creator of exclusive start-up community Founders Forum. Caroline Daniel, editor of FT Weekend, asks him about regrets, what it’s like to raise money during a bubble and what’s changed in European tech over the last 15 years.

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Best of the FT podcasts: US presidential hopefuls, world's biggest beer company and is there a tech bubble? Jun 19, 2015

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Henry Mance negotiates the week's top stories in the time it takes for Greece and the EU to shout at each other and storm out of the room. This week: US presidential hopefuls, the world's biggest beer company and is there a tech bubble?

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Yellen treads carefully on rates Jun 18, 2015

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Currency investors were looking for signs of lift-off in interest rates this week, but Fed chair Janet Yellen wants the US central bank to tread very carefully. Roger Blitz, FT currencies correspondent, spoke to Stephanie Flanders, chief market strategist for Europe at JPMorgan Asset Management, about the Fed's message.

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