The Financial Times

The Financial Times (FT) is one of the longest established newspaper titles in the world. Its only equivalent for global influence in the commercial world is probably the Wall Street Journal. To many casual readers it is probably largely incomprehensible. A huge source of data on currency markets, stock exchanges in the UK, US, Europe and indeed throughout the world as capitalism is now the dominant economic force since the collapse of the Soviet communist economies. Of course one can quickly point out that it is unlikely you will have a casual reader of the FT. Quite simply because you would have to have much more than a passing interest in economics to read ...  Read the complete review

I love the F.T. I first started reading it about six years ago to check the price of some shares my parents gave me, and I have been reading it faithfully ever since. It's not just that it's taught me everything I know about finance, but I also feel it's the most neutral, least politically biased newspaper published in Britain. First some background: The Financial Times was first published in 1888 and adopted the distinctive salmon coloured paper in 1893 to distinguish itself from other papers. The paper is owned by Pearson Plc (who publish Penguin). In 1997, it launched the US edition and by 1998 it became the first UK-based paper to sell ...  Read the complete review

The Financial Times (FT) is one of the longest established newspaper titles in the world. Its only equivalent for global influence in the commercial world is probably the Wall Street Journal. To many casual readers it is probably largely incomprehensible. A huge source of data on currency markets, stock exchanges in the UK, US, Europe and indeed throughout the world as capitalism is now the dominant economic force since the collapse of the Soviet communist economies. Of course one can quickly point out that it is unlikely you will have a casual reader of the FT. Quite simply because you would have to have much more than a passing interest in economics to read ...  Read the complete review

For thirty years I have recoiled in horror at the mere sight of this newspaper, until recently I was encouraged to read it as part of a course I am doing. Well, the distinctive colour makes a nice change. And if you brace yourself for the lack of celebrity revelations, celebrity gossip and celebrity columns, you may be in a good position to learn something from a newspaper for a change. And red braces aren't compulsory in order to get something out of it. No gimmicks, free supplements, advertising features, or any of the other battery of modern circulation-war accoutrements, this is a refreshingly straightforward publication. Of course, it is ...  Read the complete review

What is it? Broad Sheet news paper giving news with an economic focus. The FT is not for everyone. It is not for a paper down the local, or one that you can hear some of the lighter news. It is however, the best printed paper out there. The reason for this last someone out there statement is because FT brings the news that really matter and displays very raw news if you can read between the lines. Now not wanting to sound unsympathetic however, there is a lot of evil in this world and unfortunately what happens to immigrants in Thailand or protesters in China is not going to effect what I do today or this weekend. Finding out about arrested ...  Read the complete review