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An easy way to integrate FT news into the classroom

  • Comment on FT articles and share academic notes with your class and a global community of students and business schools
  • Bring subjects to life with up-to-date news and information, connecting current events with course principles
  • Equip students with the international experience and awareness needed to implement global strategy and work in cross-cultural environments
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Add notes on FT articles to provide background or explanations of key points to help your class understand the implications of news stories.

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Mar 28, 2014

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'The Fed is incredibly opaque when it comes to this qualitative process, which is incredibly bad for confidence in the financial system,' says analyst

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Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also took the decision to ban Twitter in Turkey after the microblogging platform was used to distribute corruption allegations against his government

Mar 28, 2014

Total and Lukoil in talks over Russian shale deal

France’s Total and Russia’s Lukoil are talking about shale project partnerships in Russia at a time when production from traditional fields is falling

Mar 28, 2014

Facebook works on drones and lasers

A new team is working on planes and satellites to provide internet connectivity from above, with the social media group also hiring experts from Nasa

Mar 28, 2014

Microsoft opens the door to a world beyond Windows

Company is ready to move beyond the PC and it now needs to win over mobile customers one user at a time

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Regenerative medicines that were once the domain of science fiction and alchemy are moving into the mainstream

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Television advertising is back at record levels. In the UK alone, companies spent an estimated £4.6bn on TV ads last year. But how long will the good times last?

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