Nov 23rd, 2009 · News Corp. and Microsoft are said to be in talks about a "Web pact" aimed at Google. The media company would be paid to "de-index" its news sites from Google, The Financial Times reports.
Apr 20th, 2009 · Companies which observe "fair trade" practices buy raw materials from suppliers that meet certain environmental and labor standards. Alan Beattie is the world trade editor at the "Financial Times." He tells Renee Montagne that some companies that package coffee and some that make chocolate, buy beans only from growers who use environmentally friendly practices and pay their workers fair wages.
Dec 14th, 2008 · Weekend Edition Host Liane Hansen talks to Krishna Guha, Chief U.S. Economics Correspondent for the Financial Times, about possible moves that the Federal Reserve board could make at its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 16.
Mar 11th, 2008 · New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer apologizes following reports that he was caught up in a high-end prostitution ring. Renee Montange talks with Brooke Masters, a senior business reporter with the Financial Times, about the crime-fighting politcian once known as "Mr. Clean." Masters is the author of Spoiling For A Fight: The Rise of Eliot Spitzer.
Feb 26th, 2008 · Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging China to press North Korea to disclose its nuclear programs so that a stalled disarmament deal can move forward. Rice is in China on the second leg of a three-nation tour of Asia. Richard McGregor, Beijing bureau chief for the Financial Times, talks to Steve Inskeep about Rice's visit.
Dec 13th, 2007 · The head of investment bank Goldman Sachs is expected to make $70 million this year, according to the Financial Times. The bank did manage to escape this year's mortgage crisis virtually unscathed. And Goldman's 29,000 other employees will earn on average: $360,000.
Sep 5th, 2007 · China denies hackers from the People's Liberation Army gained access to an unclassified e-mail in the office of Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The Financial Times says the Pentagon is trying to determine how much information was stolen.
Aug 29th, 2007 · Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) wrote in an editorial in the Financial Times that unscrupulous mortgage lenders are to blame for the current credit crisis. Obama wants to fine lenders who sell mortgages to borrowers who can't afford them.