Financial Times Commentary 3/28

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A Royal Charter for the British internet

The iPast shall consider the concepts of effectiveness, fairness and objectivity of standards. It shall dismiss them as antiquated, writes John Gapper http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/B4POH0/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

Cyprus finds not all nations are equal

The treatment of the island shows that the eurozone is a group where the interests of the big nations stand highest, says Christopher Pissarides http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/4V9L3O/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

Indonesia’s wimp trumps a strongman

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has provided relatively weak leadership but his country has benefited in economic and democratic terms, says David Pilling http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/A536TV/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

South Africa should forget the Brics era

The ANC’s liberation dividend is running out and the economy needs investment and a more business-friendly environment, writes Ruchir Sharma http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/YGKFQ1/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

Personal banking, the eurozone way

As the Eurozone’s banks deal with the fallout from Cyprus, it is managers as well as customers who are feeling the pressure, writes Robert Shrimsley http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/YGKFQ3/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

Fed must return to trusted reserves policy

A policy of raising reserve requirements is a win-win for the Federal Reserve, banks and the economy – and satisfies many of the Basel III provisions http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/B4POH8/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

Virtual world’s future lies underground

Deregulating manholes represents the latest creative approach to the concept of ‘unbundling’ – forcing network companies to rent infrastructure http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/1OIPJB/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

Too early to bank on a Brics lender

Many hurdles remain in the way of creating such an institution. Leaders need to take care they remain realistic about the scope of their co-operation http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/K96525/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28

New York’s wonder shows planners’ limits

There are clear analogies between Yahoo’s retreat from home teleworking and one woman’s rout of town planners half a century ago, says John Kay http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/9MEFQL/HDKQA6/DW2R34/87FG1O/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=28