Financial Times Commentary 6/10

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Why Berlin is resetting its compass

Global power has shifted eastward and so too have the opportunities for Germany’s fabled manufacturing industry, writes Philip Stephens http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/VLUHQG/HDKQA6/7280IZ/GK41ZC/E4/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=10

Good servants can make bad masters

The free movement of artificial electronic money across frontiers is not on a par with that of goods and services, writes Samuel Brittan http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/VLUHQG/HDKQA6/7280IZ/WLPMFM/E4/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=10

A morning-after tonic for the Middle East

In September the UN General Assembly is likely to pass a resolution recognising a Palestinian state, putting pressure on all parties to resume talks, writes Martin Indyk http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/VLUHQG/HDKQA6/7280IZ/GK41Z6/E4/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=10

How the Brics are building on their history

As China and India rise towards global pre-eminence, they are becoming less neurotic about their imperial pasts, writes Tristram Hunt http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/VLUHQG/HDKQA6/7280IZ/FX5UA1/E4/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=10

How the mightily busy are fallen

Some high-fliers don’t take a walk on the wild side – they take a run, finds Gary Silverman http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/VLUHQG/HDKQA6/7280IZ/IYXT5H/E4/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=10

Pirelli gains traction with return to F1

The return to Formula 1 has created an intriguing marketing paradox for the Italian tyremaker http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/VLUHQG/HDKQA6/7280IZ/8ACSG6/E4/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=10