Financial Times – World News
Panel appointed by the government recommends splitting holdings in a move that would force tycoons to divest assets worth billions of dollars
Budapest condemns ‘unfounded and unfair’ European Commission plans to suspend nearly €500m of funding because of an excessive budget deficit
The intensifying assault on the city of Homs killed dozens, including two western journalists, sparking fresh pleas for international action
The president has proposed slashing the US corporate tax rate from 35 to 28 per cent in a move that could determine where global companies choose to invest
Steffen Seibert, spokesman for Angela Merkel, insisted that Berlin saw no need to increase the size of the €500bn European Stability Mechanism
Former head of the International Monetary Fund is released after police questioning over his links to an alleged French prostitution ring
A controversial anti-piracy agreement faces delays after the EU opted to ask its own courts whether the treaty was in line with European law
As confidence in the White House about the election grows, the president may be enjoying his best moment in office since his January 2009 inauguration
The failure of talks between Iran and the IAEA over Tehran’s nuclear programme has triggered dismay among western powers
With commodity prices soaring and land values at record highs, agriculture is enjoying a windfall but the good times have not escaped notice in Washington





