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Bridge - Card game
Success in five-level contract requires determination, awareness and luck
...BiddingDealer NorthE/W Game Several pairs reached 5C with North passing originally. West led an excellent 5♣....
May 8, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Cheap first trick subsequently costs contract
...BiddingDealer: South E/W Game The bidding went well....
April 23, 2024
FT Live
Investing in America
Foreign companies as drivers of US growth, resilience and competitiveness
Tuesday, 10 DecemberHybrid Conference
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Silence from opponent marks partner with key card
...BiddingDealer: SouthE/W Game East could have raised to 2S — and many would — but, at this vulnerability, it seems a risky option. West led K♠....
March 20, 2024
US-China relations
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
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
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival
Where the FT Weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 7 September London, UK
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
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
Donald Trump
US Supreme Court rules Trump can remain on Colorado ballot
...Last week the high court also decided to hear Trump’s appeal on whether presidential immunity shields him from prosecution for acts committed while in office....
March 4, 2024
UK Budget 2024
Labour claims chancellor will create a £46bn fiscal hole with pledge to scrap NI
...Hunt and Sunak are putting pressure on Labour to say which taxes it would raise to fund its spending plans, but Reeves indicated that she believed she now had a political shield....
March 7, 2024
Purdue Pharma LP
US Supreme Court grapples with Sackler liability releases in Purdue bankruptcy
...“[W]ithout the releases, there is no settlement, the debtors likely would be forced into a Chapter 7 liquidation, and unsecured creditors would probably recover nothing from the debtors’ estates,” Purdue...
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
News in-depthMiddle East military briefing
Military briefing: Israel’s devastating bombing campaign in Gaza
...It also accuses Hamas of breaking international law by using civilians to shield its estimated 30,000 fighters, and of storing armaments in a 400km network of tunnels, many of which run under and exit into...
October 29, 2023
News in-depthMiddle East military briefing
The battle for Gaza City
...Advancing Israeli forces claimed to have found rocket launchers in a children’s scout clubhouse and a mosque, buttressing claims that Hamas uses civilians as shields....
November 8, 2023
FT Live
Business of Art
Market shifts and future growth
Monday, 7 October180 Studios, London, UK
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
News in-depthMiddle East military briefing
Military briefing: Battle for Mosul points to IDF’s ‘fiendish’ task in Gaza
...But Isis fighters then packed hundreds of civilians into government buildings to use as human shields, sometimes moving them through tunnels from one fighting position to another....
October 19, 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
Letter
Letter: Technological tools will enable energy transition
...The decision to go to war is one of the most difficult political decisions that a nation can make, and as Homer’s Shield of Achilles showed, war fighting is a reflection of the entire society....
August 4, 2023
ExplainerLaw
Are US presidents above the law?
...“Although presidents are exceptional actors on the constitutional stage and in the life of the nation, they do not have truly exceptional, if tacit, criminal shields,” Prakash said....
February 6, 2024
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
News in-depthPuig SA
How deal-hungry Puig became beauty’s ‘flexible’ conglomerate
...Jean Paul Gaultier, who sold to Puig in 2011, is still involved with his label even though he has retired....
January 26, 2024
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
Life & Arts
The lessons and legacy of Rwanda’s genocide
...He sought to challenge UN member states on the fundamental notion that sovereignty could be a shield to hide behind if you commit abuses....
April 5, 2024
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

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