FT News in Focus

By Financial Times

News features and analysis from Financial Times reporters around the world. FT News in Focus is produced by Fiona Symon.

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December 03, 2018 How the ultra-rich hide their properties
The FT's Judith Evans reports on what some of the world's wealthiest homeowners do to maintain secrecy about the properties they buy and sell, and how the UK government's efforts to combat money laundering are bringing these practices into focus.
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November 30, 2018 What to watch for at the G20 summit
Leaders from the world's most powerful countries are gathering for the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina to discuss matters such as trade and market regulation. But this year's meeting is set to be particularly dramatic. The FT's James Politi explains what to expect.

Contributors: James Politi, world trade editor, Jennifer Sigl. Producer: Eric Krupke

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November 29, 2018 How dangerous is the Ukraine-Russia flare-up?
Russia captured three Ukrainian boats and their crews off the coast of Crimea at the weekend, prompting Ukraine to impose martial law in 10 border regions and to warn of the threat of full-scale war with Russia. Hannah Murphy asks Henry Foy and Roman Olearchyk what’s behind the latest flare-up

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor; Hannah Murphy, City reporter; Henry Foy, Moscow bureau chief and Roman Olearchyk, Kiev correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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November 28, 2018 How will López Obrador address the US-Mexico border crisis?
Ahead of the inauguration of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as president of Mexico, the FT's Jude Webber reports on the state of the migrant crisis along the US-Mexico border, and what we can expect for relations between the new leader and US president Donald Trump.
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November 26, 2018 Concerns raised over Google and DeepMind health data
Google's decision to move the health unit of its London-based DeepMind subsidiary from London to California has raised questions about what will happen to the UK patient data it has been given access to. Malcolm Moore discusses what’s behind the move and why it has raised concerns with Madhumita Murgia.

Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Malcolm Moore, technology news editor and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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November 23, 2018 Syrian refugee family faces bleak future as debts mount
The FT's Chloe Cornish visits a family of Syrian refugees in the mountains of Lebanon and hears the story of their struggle to survive

Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor and Chloe Cornish, Middle East correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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November 22, 2018 Despite records, a mixed bag at New York's art auctions
A few trophy sales made headlines last week at the New York art auctions, including paintings from Edward Hopper and David Hockney that each sold for more than $90m. In total, Christie’s, Phillips and Sotheby’s sold close to $2bn worth of art during the week. But some marquee works also went unsold. So what do the sales signal about the mood among art collectors and investors? The FT’s Eric Platt reports on the auctions and the state of the art market.

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Contributors: Eric Platt, U.S. mergers & acquisitions correspondent. Producers: Jennifer Sigl and Aimee Keane.

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November 21, 2018 Can Carlos Ghosn's legacy survive Nissan allegations?
Carlos Ghosn, one of the most powerful figures in the auto industry, was arrested this week after an internal investigation at Nissan that uncovered what the Japanese automaker called numerous “significant acts of misconduct”. Tom Braithwaite talks to Kana Inagaki, Peter Cambell and Vanessa Houlder about what this means for Mr Ghosn and the three way alliance he built between Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi.

Contributors: Tom Braithwaite, companies editor; Kana Inagaki, Tokyo correspondent, Peter Campbell, motor industry correspondent and Vanessa Houlder, Lex writer. Producer: Fiona Symon

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November 20, 2018 Whistleblower points to Deutsche Bank's role in Danske money laundering scandal
The first public testimony of the British man who exposed one of the world’s largest money laundering cases has pointed to the involvement of two US banks and a European bank’s US subsidiary, identified by the FT as Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America. Patrick Jenkins discusses the revelations with Richard Milne.

Contributors: Katie Martin, capital markets editor; Patrick Jenkins, financial editor and Richard Milne, Nordics correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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November 19, 2018 How the mafia infiltrated Italy's food chain
Italy’s food chain has been thoroughly infiltrated by the mafia, from field to fork. Hannah Roberts investigated the problem and told Josh Noble what she found

Contributors: Suzanne Blumsom, executive editor, Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Hannah Roberts, Rome-based investigative reporter. Producer: Fiona Symon

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