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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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Latest Episodes:

Personalities 'shape bank risk taking' Jun 21, 2016

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The personality of bankers is a far bigger risk factor than pay or bonuses, an analysis of more than 1,500 top bankers has found. Patrick Jenkins talks to Sascha Steffen, one of the authors of the study, and Laura Noonan, the FT's investment banking correspondent, about the findings. Music by Kevin MacLeod

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Rome elects its first female mayor Jun 20, 2016

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Virginia Raggi, a 37-year old lawyer, has become the first female mayor of Rome after an election that delivered a resounding victory to the populist Five Star Movement and a blow to Italy's centre-left prime minister Matteo Renzi. Joshua Chaffin discusses what the result means for Rome and for the Renzi government with FT correspondent Rachel Sanderson.

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Brexit interviews: John Major on the perils of leaving the EU Jun 20, 2016

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In the final days of the referendum campaign on Britain's European Union membership, Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, spoke to former prime minister Sir John Major about why he is campaigning to stay in the EU.

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Ultrasound device could aid brain cancer treatment Jun 16, 2016

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French scientists have carried out the first human trial of an ultrasound device that pushes drugs through the “blood-brain barrier”, potentially clearing a big obstacle to using chemotherapy on brain tumours. Clive Cookson, the FT's science editor, tells John Murray-Brown how it works. Music by David Sappa.

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Standard Chartered chief tackles 'cancer' of lax controls Jun 15, 2016

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Bill Winters, chief executive of Standard Chartered, tells the FT's Patrick Jenkins and Martin Arnold about the steps he has taken to stamp out a “cancer” of complacency and lax controls that he blames for recent misconduct among senior staff at the emerging markets bank. Music by Kevin MacLeod.

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Microsoft's LinkedIn gambit Jun 14, 2016

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Microsoft has struck a landmark deal to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2bn, its largest acquisition ever, as chief executive Satya Nadella seeks to transform one of the world’s best-known companies. Matthew Vincent discusses the risks and benefits of the deal with the FT's US West Coast editor Richard Waters.

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Who was Orlando shooter Omar Mateen? Jun 14, 2016

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The FT's Barney Jopson reports from the attacker's home town of Fort Pierce, Florida, as details emerge about what happened at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Visit FT.com for more on the story.

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Goldman Sachs faces Libya lawsuit Jun 13, 2016

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A trial in London promises to give a rare glimpse into Goldman Sachs's dealings with one of world’s richest investors. The Libyan Investment Authority claims that Goldman exploited the sovereign wealth fund’s financial inexperience in 2008, forcing it into risky and ultimately loss making derivative trades. Goldman denies this. Matthew Vincent discusses the case with Jane Croft, the FT's law courts correspondent.

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Should G4S have spotted the danger posed by Omar Mateen? Jun 13, 2016

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Omar Mateen, the gunman who left 50 dead when he stormed a gay nightclub in Orlando on Sunday, was an employee of the private security company G4S. What could or should the company have known to alert it to the risk that this individual would turn into a mass killer? John Murray Brown puts the question to the FT's Gill Plimmer and Jonathan Guthrie.

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What are the prospects for Peru's new president? Jun 10, 2016

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Andres Schipani, the FT's Andes correspondent, talks to Jonathan Wheatley, deputy emerging markets editor, about the challenges facing Peru's president-elect Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

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