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March 20, 2024

CIA chief made secret trip to China in bid to thaw relations

...Paul Haenle, a former top White House China official, said one advantage of sending Burns was that he was respected by Democrats and Republicans and also well known to Chinese officials....

June 2, 2023

FT Live

Global Banking Summit

The world's top gathering of leaders in finance

Bridge - Card game

Bridge: fine slam relies on controls, long suits and some decent fortune

...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...

February 28, 2024

Bridge - Card game

Bridge: excellent lead challenges declarer to think carefully before initial play

...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...

February 7, 2024

Bridge - Card game

Deduction from silence reveals position of missing cards

...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...

December 6, 2023

FT Magazine

Palm Beach waits for the return of Donald Trump

...To fill in the time, she summons Greene to the stage. “You need to listen carefully!” shouts Greene....

February 29, 2024

FT Live

TNW Conference 2024 - The Next Web

Europe’s leading tech event for corporates, startups, investors and governments

HTSI

19 ways to say it with bouclé

...top, €440 Airei wool-mix trousers, £1,045, selfridges.com Pols Potten terry-loop fabric Clover pouf, £255, madeindesign.co.uk The inspiration: Romy Schneider at Coco Chanel’s studio, Paris, c1960 A.W.A.K.E...

January 6, 2024

Bridge - Card game

Recognise suits which offer maximum tricks only if led by opponents

...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game West led 2♥; declarer won, and drew the remaining hearts with a second round. Rather than tackling clubs himself, he sought to compel East-West to assist him....

September 13, 2023

News in-depthRepublican Party US

Republicans reckon with Reagan’s global vision in insular era of Trump

...He pointed to how Congressional Republicans who have adopted Trump’s “America first” ideology — such as Matt Gaetz, Andy Biggs and Marjorie Taylor Greene — have placed future funds for Ukraine in jeopardy...

December 4, 2023

Bridge - Card game

Lacking both entries and confidence, declarer must enlist help of unwilling opponent

...BiddingDealer: NorthE/W Game The singleton A♦ may have put some off from raising no-trumps but, once bid, South is maximum, and must try for game....

August 16, 2023

#techAsia

Huawei’s latest surprise and an unexpected avatar Premium

...Lai has invited J.W....

April 18, 2024

Bank of England

Megan Greene to join Bank of England rate-setting committee

...“I’m sure Brexit has nothing to do w it, Global Britain and all …” she wrote after the central bank forecast a recession last year, adding a face palm emoji....

April 11, 2023

Oren Cass

Republicans are misremembering their record of ‘fiscal discipline’

...George W Bush saw increases of 31 per cent and 36 per cent in his two terms as president. On the one hand, percentage growth may not be the right measure....

November 2, 2023

Bridge - Card game

Unfortunate declarer stymied by key defensive plays not found elsewhere

...Astonishingly, at over 20 other tables, E/W recorded a plus score. Read Paul’s previous Bridge columns at ft.com/bridge-card-game...

May 30, 2023

News in-depthOil & Gas industry

Oil and gas profits triple under Biden even as industry decries him

...It’s more the fundamentals,” said Bob McNally, president of consultancy Rapidan Energy and a former energy adviser to George W Bush....

February 27, 2024

FT Live

Building an AI-First Organisation

How can business leaders use AI to drive value?

Airlines

Airlines rush to avoid cancellations after engine recall

...Paul Geaney, chief commercial officer of lessor Avolon, said aviation’s “fundamental supply and demand imbalance” would last for several years....

August 14, 2023

News in-depthBank of England

BoE expected to leave rates unchanged as inflation remains strong

...While deputy governor Jon Cunliffe, one of the hawks on the committee, will have left the BoE, there will still be three members — Megan Greene, Jonathan Haskel and Catherine Mann — who called for rates...

October 30, 2023

ReviewBiography and memoir

The Maverick — George Weidenfeld, publisher to saints and sinners

...Saints or sinners, newsworthy names found a welcoming home between W&N covers....

September 27, 2023

Special ReportUS Manufacturing

Doubts linger over Biden’s industrial push

...“I certainly think the clean energy stuff is entirely driven by policy,” says Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former official in the George W Bush administration who is now president of the American Action Forum,...

October 18, 2023

ReviewNon-Fiction

The Money Kings — the profound legacy of America’s Jewish banking dynasties

...Readers are carried through the US civil war and its aftermath, multiple financial panics in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Paul Warburg’s contribution in establishing the Federal Reserve in 1913, the...

December 5, 2023

UnhedgedEthan Wu

Why the term premium is rising Premium

...The oil embargo that followed ultimately led to the unanchoring of US inflation and forced the Federal Reserve, under Paul Volcker, to crush the economy. Is that antecedent the right one?...

October 9, 2023

Bridge - Card game

Bridge: delay play of crucial suit until distributional information is revealed

...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game If clubs divide 3-2, all is easy but, if they break 4-1, you can still capture J♣ and score four tricks: you just have to know which opponent holds the length....

March 9, 2023

FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: geopolitics

Nato’s dilemma: what to do about Ukraine’s bid to join?

...At an early morning meeting on the second day of the alliance’s summit that year, then secretary-general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer met with US president George W Bush and his French and German counterparts Nicolas...

July 10, 2023

Bridge - Card game

Relative size of card reveals partner’s true intention

...Read Paul’s previous Bridge columns at ft.com/bridge-card-game...

February 15, 2023

The Big Read

The ungovernable Republicans: ‘Their goal is chaos’

...Viral artists such as Gaetz, Georgia’s Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Colorado’s Lauren Boebert can rake in as much as that in 48 hours....

October 6, 2023

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