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An ability to stay calm in a crisis will prove useful in Threadneedle Street, writes Sam Fleming

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The time for tightening by the Fed could be nigh
Any changes in wage growth will force the central bank to act
– Philipp Hildebrand
Crimea fallout clouds Moscow’s financial markets
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There are parallels with the global banking panic of 2007-08
– Patrick Jenkins
How the universe cast its oldest light on its oldest secret
Scientists offer clues to how the Big Bang made something out of nothing
– Anjana Ahuja
Mar 21, 2014 OPINION

Putin bites where predecessors growled

For Russia’s leader the crisis is about the defence of fundamental interests, says Tony Barber

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Mar 21, 2014 John Kay from COLUMNISTS

A step towards abolishing income tax

Tax people on what they take out of society. The pension reforms are fair

Mar 21, 2014 Christopher Caldwell from COLUMNISTS

The internet, controlled by the powerful

An organisation that is being regulated by everybody might as well be regulated by nobody

Mar 21, 2014 John McDermott from COLUMNISTS

No high-speed line to oasis of prosperity

HS2 promises to bring business and jobs wherever it goes. It might also take them away

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Mar 21, 2014 OBITUARIES

Obituary: Gerard Mortier, arts administrator, 1943-2014

Opera iconoclast who deployed discord as a creative catalyst

Mar 21, 2014 John Authers

A default pension option is needed from the sector

Giving people more freedom sounds good, but it often works out badly

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Mar 21, 2014 Gillian Tett from LIFE & ARTS

Has the nation state had its day?

‘You only need to look at a map to see how inappropriate – if not crazy – it is to apply this concept to some parts of the world’

Mar 21, 2014 On Wall Street from MARKETS

Retail investors join the US equity party

ETF flows now positive for 2014 as optimism in rally improves

Mar 21, 2014 The Top Line from COMPANIES

Pensions move a timely reminder on risk

No evidence UK insurers saw changes coming

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People react after the end of a referendum in Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 16 March 2014. More than 90 per cent of Crimeans voted for the Ukrainian region's accession to Russia, according to an exit poll published after a controversial referendum ended on 16 March. The referendum was widely condemned by Western governments, who referred to it as 'illegal'. The European Union and the US threatened sanctions against Russia, which they accuse of invading and annexing the Ukrainian territory. ©EPA Russia’s return: A month characterised by military movements and political propaganda has changed the borders of Europe

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