Financial Times Commet 12/27

Financial Times - Comment

Britain needs to adopt a more German face

Its economy is hardly exciting but as a model of dealing with a sudden slowing, Berlin has achieved a better result than Tokyo, writes Chris Giles http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/HIFH9Y/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

London’s ‘white flight’ deserves attention

The studied indifference of the city’s political and media elite appears to be in sharp contrast to the feelings of many white British people, writes David Goodhart http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/K9P8RT/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

Asia must free itself from western chains

We not only struggle with the forces released by the industrial revolution, we are failing to cope with its ideologies too, writes Chandran Nair http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/3C5E2H/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

A year in a word: Princeling

(noun) the child or grandchild of a top leader in the Communist Party of China http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/XBVW6T/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

Asian jitters drive race for strategic ties

Revived tensions in the South China Sea have given new impetus to moves towards more co-operation between India and the nations of southeast Asia http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/HIFH9P/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

FT.com - Technology

Marvell hit with $1.2bn patent verdict

Jury awards damages against semiconductor maker for infringing hard drive-related patents owned by Carnegie Mellon University http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/WHC481/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

Digital Globe Services seeks Aim listing

US online advertising group looks to Aim to raise £9m next year with plans to use the funds to aid its expansion into Europe, Latin America and Asia http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/CWQPKZ/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

Rise of the incognito internet

Increasingly aware of how online activities are monitored, consumers are using technology to hide their tracks, writes Duncan Robinson http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/MJ1ONJ/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27

Samsung seeks Ericsson sales ban in US

Move counters lawsuit filed by the Swedish group in November and is the latest legal action in an escalating patent battle in the mobile phone market http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/CWKJ60/ZBHOFE/C488DH/NRL0NI/QR/h?a1=2012&a2=12&a3=27