FINANCIAL TIMES News, Apr 28, 2013

Financial Times Video Chief: Short-Form Video to Expand Huffington Post LONDON - The Financial Times is using video to increase its profile, says Josh de la Mare, global editor for Financial Times Video. Beet.TV spoke with him in this video interview at the Financial Times headquarters. FT Video is beginning to use ... See all stories on this topic »

Lufthansa's Europe flights hit by strike CNN Frankfurt (Financial Times) -- Lufthansa passengers face huge disruption to travel plans on Monday after the German airline cancelled almost all its flights in Europe because of a staff strike. Only 20 out of 1,650 planned short-haul flights would ... See all stories on this topic »

The Closer FT Alphaville (blog) (Financial Times). FT round-up: “Libor borrowing rates must be replaced soon as possible as it was “unsustainable” to continue to use them, the top US regulator overseeing a global effort to reform the benchmarks for global financial markets has urged. See all stories on this topic »

Twitter Strikes Major Ad Deal With Agency Worth “Hundreds Of Millions” Marketing Land The Financial Times (FT) is reporting that Twitter has struck a major deal with agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), which is part of agency holding company Publicis. The deal, according to FT, is worth “hundreds of millions of dollars over a ... See all stories on this topic »

FT paints Enrico Letta as capable mediator Gazzetta del Sud english London, April 24 - Enrico Letta is a centre-left Democratic Party (PD) loyalist and seasoned mediator, wrote the Financial Times in profile published online on Wednesday. FT Rome Correspondent Guy Dinmore's description of the 46-year-old politician ... See all stories on this topic »

Financial Times faces weak advertising market, says parent company The Guardian (blog) Pearson, which owns an international education business and book publisher Penguin, said the FT has been hit by the fact that a number of large advertising campaigns have been planned for the second quarter compared with last year, when they ran in the ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)

#FTMedia13: Three major publishers discuss 'disruption' Journalism.co.uk "The younger, digitally-native people need a seat at the table," she said. "That's what will create a shift in your organisation." Mobile John Ridding, chief executive of theFinancial Times, revealed mobile traffic to FT.com was greater than desktop ... See all stories on this topic » Journalism.co.uk

BSGR ENTANGLED IN MINING RIGHTS IMBROGLIO Tacy The Financial Times (FT) reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is using documents in a current indictment against a third party that show that BSGR allegedly paid the wife of a former president of Guinea in exchange for her help in securing the ... See all stories on this topic »

Why Financial Times is starting an online publication for financial advisors ... RIABiz The launch was supposed to be on April 18, but was moved up to coincide with The FT 400, a new top-advisor ranking released by The Financial Times. The list was released the same day FA IQ was launched, so all the advisors on it got the new publication ... See all stories on this topic »

Google search proves to be new word in stock market prediction Financial Times However, the researchers said they honed their sample by checking the daily frequency of a set of financial terms in the Financial Times. Copyright The Financial ... Please don't cut articles fromFT.com and redistribute by email or post to the web ... See all stories on this topic »

Huawei Quits US Market NetworkComputing.com Huawei is getting out of the U.S. market, says a story by the Financial Times (registration required). According to the FT story, Eric Xu, executive VP, said, "We are not interested in the U.S. market any more." Xu's remarks came during a gathering of ... See all stories on this topic »

Migrant workers driving China's economy Financial Times ... economy as manufacturing stalls. James Kynge, principal of China Confidential, explains how a labour shortage is inflating wages and what this mighty consumer cohort is buying. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT ... See all stories on this topic »

Pearson says Financial Times faces a “weak” advertising market The Drum Pearson added that despite the weak trading conditions, the FT was "benefiting from resilient demand for content and services". As the group's revenues fell 1 per cent year on year to £1.2bn in the first quarter, Pearson said it expects its operating ... See all stories on this topic » The Drum

Change for commodities Financial Times Published on Apr 23, 2013. There was a sense of adjustment among chief executives at the FT'sGlobal Commodities Summit in Lausanne this week. ... on an industry in transition. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com ... See all stories on this topic »

Making money from mobile Financial Times The FT's digital media correspondent Robert Cookson finds out how Unilever, Buzzfeed and Google are tackling the move to mobile. He spoke to them at the FT's Digital Media ... For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com ... See all stories on this topic »

Bangladesh outlook bleaker after factory collapse Financial Times ... and killing hundreds will further increase the existing concerns of western retailers about using the country's clothing suppliers. FT south Asia correspondent Amy Kazmin reports. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT ... See all stories on this topic »

Press: Financial Times Faces Weak Ad … Adweek The Financial Times is facing a weak advertising market, despite subscription gains, The Guardian reported. Parent company Pearson said it's because a number of large ad campaigns are planned for the second quarter, whereas last year they ran in the ... See all stories on this topic »

China's car dream sours Financial Times The FT's Patti Waldmeir reports from the picturesque city of Hangzhou on the local government's efforts to clear the air and unclog the streets by promoting the world's biggest public bike rental scheme. Related Article: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0 ... See all stories on this topic »

EU warns US on bank 'protectionism' Financial Times In a pointed letter seen by the Financial Times, Mr Barnier argued that the Fed plans are a “radical departure” from past US policy and could hamper the international economic recovery. He warned that retaliation could “end up with a fragmentation of ... See all stories on this topic »

FT podcast: World Weekly with Gideon Rachman FT.com (blog) Will the coalition be able to rise to the challenges facing Italy, including an economy now entering its eighth consecutive quarter of contraction. Ferdinando Giugliano, FT leader writer, and Guy Dinmore, Rome correspondent, join Ben Hall to discuss. See all stories on this topic »

Bangladesh factory collapse Financial Times Statistics Report. Published on Apr 24, 2013. Reuters: At lest 76 people die and many remain trapped after 8-storey building housing clothing factories collapses in Bangladesh For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com ... See all stories on this topic »

US Stocks: A High-Yielding Oasis Financial Times ... a global slowdown in growth. Jamie Chisholm, FT global markets correspondent tells JA that this may be because US stocks still offer high dividends in a world of very low yields. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT ... See all stories on this topic »

Bad normal for Santander Financial Times Published on Apr 26, 2013. A return to normality was promised by Santander for this year, but that's not how it's turned out. Lex's Julia Grindell and Oliver Ralph discuss what's awry. For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www ... See all stories on this topic »

Pearson gets emerging markets lift Proactive Investors UK The Financial Times (FT) Group is facing weak trading conditions for advertising, with a number of large campaigns focusing on the second quarter this year compared to the first quarter in 2012. On the plus side, the group is benefiting from resilient ... See all stories on this topic » Proactive Investors UK

Welcome aboard, David Stevenson ETF Strategy David is the author of the popular Financial Times Guide to Exchange Traded Funds and Index Funds and writes for the FT, Investors Chronicle and Investment Week. David has also become a shareholder in the company and will play an active role in its ... See all stories on this topic » ETF Strategy

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