Finiancial Times Comment 614

Financial Times - Comment

Why Syria will get away with it

The west’s failure to intervene in Syria is likely to be a more accurate guide to the future than the decision to bomb Colonel Gaddafi’s forces in Libya, writes Gideon Rachman http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/408JAT/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14

Labour must own its past to build its future

Anything interesting that Ed Miliband’s party might have to say about government policy is being drowned out by introspection and infighting, writes Philip Stephens http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/408JAU/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14

Time to put the southern Silk Road on the map

There are many hurdles still to cross but they are slowly falling, paving the way for a period of turbocharged South-South trade growth, writes Stephen King http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/RNJM1Q/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14

A plan to rescue Greece and save the euro

This means that haircuts on Greek government bonds are arithmetically unavoidable, given EU taxpayers are unlikely to provide almost €100bn to Greece in aid, writes Sony Kapoor http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/FX5BI2/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14

Humber warriors sue for peace

Harmony has finally broken out – at least for now – across the Humber, a place where it is sometimes lacking, writes Brian Groom http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/JIKOS7/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14

Turkish tolerance key to realising full democracy

As Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged in his victory speech, the new arithmetic of parliament needs cross-party consensus behind the new constitution http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/HDW8QV/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14

US demands tax tolerance of foreign financial groups

The ‘Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act’ threatens to impose a withholding tax of up to 30% on sales of US assets by groups that it deems to be ‘non-compliant’ http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/BMA1XH/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14

FT.com - Markets Insight

Markets may regret Bank's regulatory policy

Investors need to recognise that these changes in regulatory structure could have a significant impact on growth http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/TU3OB8/8A25BP/18LOYK/KED0JA/AZ/h?a1=2011&a2=6&a3=14