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Letter
Letter: Infrastructure commission boss won’t shirk his role
...James Heath Chief Executive, National Infrastructure Commission, London EC4, UK...
August 21, 2022
Camilla Cavendish
Britain must break out of its doom loop
...We can’t shirk the truth of our situation. But we can tell the positive as well as the negative stories. The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine was distributed at cost to developing countries....
June 30, 2023
FT Live
Investing in America
Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness
Tuesday, 10 DecemberHybrid Conference
The Big Read
China’s plan to reset the economy and win back friends
...“China would always have opposed the use of nuclear weapons,” says Susan Shirk, chair of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California in San Diego....
January 10, 2023
Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon’s departure leaves Scotland searching for a new independence flag-bearer
...“She doesn’t shirk from difficult tasks.” Nor is anyone under the illusion that Labour can easily win back Scottish hearts....
February 17, 2023
Andrew Adonis
Short-term politics hobbles UK infrastructure projects
...Letter in response to this article: Infrastructure commission boss won’t shirk his role / From James Heath, Chief Executive, National Infrastructure Commission, London EC4, UK...
August 15, 2022
The Big Read
Rupert Murdoch at 90: Fox, succession and ‘one more big play’
...Since the Disney deal, James has charted a starkly independent course from the family business....
March 1, 2021
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
News in-depthThe Big Read
China, Hong Kong and the world: is Xi overplaying his hand?
...But it is now fighting on a much broader front, spurring what Ms Shirk says may become a “global coalition” against it....
July 10, 2020
FT SeriesBest Books of the Year 2020
Best books of 2020: critics’ picks
...Rory Stewart WRITER AND FORMER CABINET MINISTER James Rebanks sketches through his family farm the evolution (and near destruction) of British agriculture in English Pastoral: An Inheritance....
November 20, 2020
Mexico
Violence strains Mexico’s relationship with the US
...Businesses tend to see cartel violence as “manageable risk”, according to James Bosworth, founder of consultancy Hxagon....
November 12, 2019
LombardMatthew Vincent
GSK’s $300m genetic testing deal shows changes in its DNA
...Stobart: a journey too far Allan Leighton does not shirk trouble, writes Kate Burgess....
July 25, 2018
Chinese politics & policy
China’s hawks find their voice as Kim infuriates Beijing
...Now, however, the dovish voices are being squeezed out, said James Reilly, professor at Sydney University and author of an upcoming book on Chinese economic statecraft....
September 5, 2017
Mergers & Acquisitions
Boutique doldrums
...Arash, James, Don, Sujeet, Javier & Neil....
August 8, 2017
US & Canadian companies
Wall St lawyer with skills honed by financial crisis heads to SEC
...“I don’t think he will shirk from enforcement when necessary, but I don’t think he’ll seek it out to make a name for himself either.”...
February 6, 2017
World
Cameron says Briton’s beheading will strengthen UK resolve against Isis
...It is the third beheading, following those of the US journalists Steven Sotloff and James Foley....
September 14, 2014
French politics
Hollande faces pressure over jobs pledge
...some French company chiefs have warned that Mr Hollande’s reforms are far from the needed “shock therapy” and said ministers should not use the strong euro and broader eurozone problems as an excuse to shirk...
March 7, 2013
FT Live
Capitalising on Shifting Consumer Behaviour in Asia
What is driving consumption and where are the opportunities?
Wednesday, 22 MayDigital Conference
ReviewLife & Arts
Folk of ages
...The wider Child Ballads on which Mitchell draws – 305 numbered texts and their variants – are named, for short, after their compiler, Francis James Child (1825-96)....
February 22, 2013
ReviewLife & Arts
Summer books guide
...James Lovegrove …………………………………………………………….....
June 28, 2013
Middle East protests
Dalai Lama to retire from politics
...“My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility,” he said in a speech that also asked Tibetans to heed the recent success of non-violent struggles in the Middle East...
March 10, 2011
Opinion
Frostages forced to shirk from home
...Titanic, another film directed by James Cameron, is often cited as the highest-grossing film ever. It made over $600m in the US alone in 1997, according to statistics website boxofficemojo.com....
January 7, 2010
News in-depthRetail & Consumer industry
Racing: Horses and courses
...Racing leaders protest that the relocation offshore of bookmakers’ businesses is a deliberate ploy to shirk the levy....
August 20, 2010
Middle East protests
US candidates shun Mideast issue
...James Zogby, a pollster and head of the Arab-American Institute, which represents 3.5m Americans, says the leading Democratic hopefuls had a plausible reason to shirk the conference in Dearborn – the Democratic...
November 20, 2007
Energy sector
Sale of tainted EMP arm to US-led group collapses
...The Financial Times earlier this month revealed that James Belcher, the US businessman behind the Freehold Group, had a longstanding relationship with the Bakrie Group, of which EMP is part....
November 29, 2006
US politics & policy
Bush's fighting talk focuses on new bogeyman
..."He's the guy who cuts people's heads off and hopes we'll cringe and shirk our duty."...
September 15, 2004

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