Financial Times Comment 12/17

Financial Times - Comment   Obama’s year of reckoning awaits on Iran As Washington debates the fiscal cliff, the US president faces uninvented threats from around the world, says Edward Luce http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/Z82XTE/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17   How to fix costly and unjust US tax system Why should companies be able to locate the lion’s share of their foreign income in small, low tax jurisdictions, asks Lawrence Summers http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/B4INZB/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17   Politics undermines hope of banking union The ECB’s OMT programme has killed any appetite for a fiscal union and has turned the banking union into a phantom, writes Wolfgang Münchau http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/K93GYV/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17   The fight to keep a state-free internet The online world has flourished beyond the control of governments, fostering staggering innovation and growth, writes Gordon Goldstein http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/GYJLWH/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17   Gun control could still elude Obama In his first term, Obama studiously steered clear of antagonising the gun lobby, not that it did him much good with the industry’s political wing http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/524QO9/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17   Why Canada is better bet for gas exporters North American companies seeking to sell natural gas to Asia are faced with a difficult choice http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/LSP8IC/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17   FT.com - Technology   Record China sales for Apple’s iPhone 5 Strong China sales give much-needed boost to Apple, which has been suffering amid growing competition in smartphone and tablet markets http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/FDS146/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17   New Indian IT push targets UK and US Government and defence contracts could become one of the sector’s most important growth areas over the next decade, despite controversy http://link.ft.com/r/FG6LAA/IEQABR/D45D0H/PFW8UP/207YGQ/SN/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=17

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