Financial Times Commentary 6/5

Financial Times - Comment

America owes a lot to Bernanke

Those who criticise the Fed’s policies either lack imagination or are indifferent to what would have happened if the central bank had sat on its hands http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/NRZC5X/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5

Directors’ duty is not just to investors

Businesses pay far too much attention to meaningless noise in the financial markets and not enough to improving their operational performance http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/SUW7DS/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5

Great powers’ ties hinge on the Pacific

The summit presents the leaders with an opportunity to set out their aims and how far they will go to achieve them http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/A5L3BB/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5

Poor nations offer healthcare advances

A system utilising mobile phones and other services but tailored to the needs and resources of low-income patients is testing its upmarket counterpart http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/CWHU86/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5

Inside the People’s Republic of Taksim

The protesters occupying the heart of the great city know they will have to go at some point but until then it is theirs http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/SUW7Y3/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5

China’s ‘great power’ call could stir friction

Unilaterally upgrading its partnership with the US to one between equals would mean Beijing downgrading its ties with everyone else http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/VTD4EJ/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5

Dishonour is staining India’s cricket business

Decision for N Srinivasan to move aside was an unsatisfactory fudge by a cricketing establishment that shows few signs of cleaning up its sport http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/3CRQ3T/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5

Bond market jitters boost bears’ argument

When mere talk of Federal Reserve ‘tapering’ has such an impact on financial markets, good economic news becomes bad news http://link.ft.com/r/6NPSBB/HITH2E/JIYS70/B5A8NF/6A3J16/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=5