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82-513: Mastersportal (which would later form the basis for Studyportals) started in 2007 as a spin-off from the international student organisation ESTIEM . Their members identified a massive information gap, wherein students struggled to find English -taught Master's degree options in Europe . This informational gap that was especially pronounced following the Bologna Process - a process that resulted in

164-562: A European Securities and Markets Authority investigation for its response to the scandal. An investigation by the Intercept , the Nation , and DeSmog found that FT is one of the leading media outlets that publishes advertising for the fossil fuel industry. Journalists who cover climate change for FT are concerned that conflicts of interest with the companies and industries that caused climate change and obstructed action will reduce

246-684: A hard Brexit . In respect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine , FT commentator Martin Wolf expressed support for Ukraine. Two years before the invasion of Ukraine by Russia , the FT offered an interview to the Russian President Vladimir Putin . The interview received praise, as it offered an unusual access to the Russian leader's thinking. President Putin used the interview to state his opinions about

328-732: A results-based system. By 2013, Studyportals defined its mission and core values, enabling them to hire colleagues and brand the company according to specific principles, values, and ideals. In the years that followed, the company's platform continued to increase its popularity, becoming the European market leader for English-taught Masters's programmes in 2009. As of October 2017, the company had over 180 employees, with offices in Bucharest , Boston , Melbourne , Manchester , Monterrey and while maintaining headquarters in Eindhoven . Currently Studyportals

410-430: A "New Newsroom" project to integrate the newspaper more closely with FT.com. At the same time it announced plans to cut the editorial staff from 525 to 475. In August 2006 it announced that all the required job cuts had been achieved through voluntary layoffs. A number of former FT journalists have gone on to high-profile jobs in journalism, politics and business. Robert Thomson , previously the paper's US managing editor,

492-671: A 50% shareholding in The Economist , which was sold to the Agnelli family for £469 million. Related publications include the Financial Times , FT.com, FT Search Inc., the publishing imprint FT Press and numerous joint ventures. In November 2013 it agreed to sell Mergermarket , an online intelligence reporting business, to the London private equity investor BC Partners. In addition, the FT Group has

574-606: A Conservative peer), John Kingman (former head of UKFI and a banker at Rothschild's ), George Graham ( RBS banker), Andrew Balls (head of European portfolio management at PIMCO ) and Jo Johnson (former Conservative Member of Parliament for Orpington ). The FT publishes a Saturday edition of the newspaper titled the Financial Times Weekend . It consists of international economic and political news, Companies & Markets , Life & Arts , House & Home and FT Magazine . HTSI (originally How to Spend It )

656-807: A German corporate, focusing on the lead author of the FT series, Dan McCrum . The Public prosecutor's office in Munich subsequently launched an investigation. After the formal complaint of an investor, Wirecard and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the responsible state's attorney announced investigations into several FT journalists. On 22 June 2020 and after 18 months of investigations and an external audit, Wirecard announced that €1.9 billion worth of cash reported in its accounts "may not exist". The company subsequently filed for insolvency . BaFin itself became subject of

738-529: A business-related game called "In the Pink" (a phrase meaning "in good health", also a reference to the colour of the newspaper and to the phrase "in the red" meaning to be making a loss). Each player was put in the virtual role of Chief Executive and the goal was to have the highest profit when the game closes. The winner of the game (the player who makes the highest profit) was to receive a real monetary prize of £10,000. The game ran from 1 May to 28 June 2006. In 2019,

820-531: A financial information company that provides sales and market intelligence for investment professionals in North America, Europe and Asia. FT Knowledge is an associated company which offers educational products and services. FT Knowledge has offered the "Introducing the City" course (which is a series of Wednesday night lectures and seminars, as well as weekend events) during each autumn and spring since 2000. FT Predict

902-466: A financial newspaper, it does also contain TV listings, weather and other more informal articles. In 2021 and 2022, the outlet began focusing more on the cryptocurrency industry, launching a Digital Assets Dashboard, publishing multi-asset crypto indexes, starting a Cryptofinance newsletter dedicated to digital assets, and recruiting more journalists to cover the sector. About 110 of its 475 journalists are outside

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984-482: A former defence correspondent and Lex columnist, was chief executive of the publishing company CMP before becoming chief executive of TSL Education, publisher of the Times Educational Supplement . David Jones, at one time the FT ' s Night Editor, then became Head of IT. He was a key figure in the newspaper's transformation from hot metal to electronic composition and then onto full-page pagination in

1066-406: A joint venture with a German publishing firm, Gruner + Jahr . In January 2008 the FT sold its 50% stake to its German partner. FT Deutschland never made a profit and is said to have accumulated losses of €250 million over 12 years. It closed on 7 December 2012. The Financial Times launched a new weekly supplement for the fund management industry on 4 February 2002. FT fund management (FTfm)

1148-505: A limited number of free articles during any one month before asking them to pay. Four years later the FT launched its HTML5 mobile internet app. Smartphones and tablets now drive 12% of subscriptions and 19% of traffic to FT.com. In 2012, the number of digital subscribers surpassed the circulation of the newspaper for the first time and the FT drew almost half of its revenue from subscriptions rather than advertising. The FT has been available on Bloomberg Terminal since 2010 and on

1230-488: A month later as the Financial Times . It was first circulated around metropolitan London by James Sheridan , who, along with his brother and Horatio Bottomley , sought to report on city business opposite the Financial News . The succeeding half-century of competition between the two papers eventually culminated in a 1945 merger , led by Brendan Bracken , which established it as one of the largest business newspapers in

1312-402: A one-page consumer goods feature in the newspaper, which was edited by Sheila Black, the FT 's first female journalist, a former actor. To celebrate its 15th anniversary, FT launched the online version of this publication on 3 October 2009. Some media commentators were taken aback by the online launch of a website supporting conspicuous consumption during the financial austerity of

1394-430: A personal finance magazine and website; "FT Money", a weekly personal finance supplement in "FT Weekend"; FT Wealth , a magazine for the global high-net-worth community and FTfm, a weekly review of the global fund management industry, Money Management and FT Adviser . The institutional segment includes: The Banker , This Is Africa , fDi Intelligence and Professional Wealth Management (PWM). Money-Media,

1476-457: A reporter for the Financial Times generated a controversy about the editorial independence of the paper from outside political pressure. The controversy followed the withdrawal by the newspaper's editor of an opinion piece by FT 's Brussels correspondent Mehreen Khan that was critical of French President Emmanuel Macron 's policy towards Muslim minorities in France. The piece was withdrawn from

1558-436: A separate arm of Financial Publishing, delivers a range of digital information services for fund management professionals around the globe, including: Ignites, Ignites Europe, Ignites Asia, FundFire and BoardIQ. Financial Publishing includes publications ( Pensions Expert and Deutsche Pensions & Investmentnachrichten ) and events ( Investment Expert ) for the European pensions industry. The group also publishes MandateWire,

1640-485: A set of points he or she can receive. After a certain number of points, students are given a symbolic laurel along with a gift. Some students are even eligible for taking a Studyportals Road Trip. In 2017, the League of Student Ambassadors held their first road trip, in which four ambassadors travelled to 5 cities around Europe as a reward for collecting points. In 2015, Studyportals formed a data-driven consultancy team within

1722-496: A unification of higher education throughout Europe. In 2009 Studyportals B.V. was officially founded, undergoing several processes of professionalization. In the same year, they won the Dutch New Venture award and managed to secure start-up venture capital . Over the years, Studyportals continued to adjusted its business and marketing model. In 2011, Studyportals changed its university advertising model, one largely based upon

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1804-450: A unit called FT Specialist, which is a provider of specialist information on retail, personal and institutional finance segments. It publishes The Banker , Money Management and FT Adviser (a publication targeted to the financial intermediary market), fDi Intelligence and Professional Wealth Management (PWM). In 2013, FT Specialist acquired a majority stake in medical publisher Endpoints News. The Financial Times Group announced

1886-575: Is a non-profit , non-governmental and non-political student organisation that connects European students that combine technological understanding with management skills. The goal of this organisation is to establish and foster relations between students across Europe and support them in their professional and personal development. As of June 2024, the ESTIEM network counts over 8,000 students that are registered in 78 universities from 28 countries. ESTIEM has its seat in Eindhoven , Netherlands The idea of

1968-650: Is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs . Based in London , the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nikkei , with core editorial offices across Britain, the United States and continental Europe. In July 2015, Pearson sold the publication to Nikkei for £ 844 million ( US$ 1.32 billion) after owning it since 1957. In 2019, it reported one million paying subscriptions, three-quarters of which were digital subscriptions. In 2023, it

2050-408: Is a weekly magazine published with FT Weekend . Founded and launched by Julia Carrick with Lucia van der Post as founding editor, its articles concern luxury goods such as yachts , mansions , apartments , horlogerie , haute couture and automobiles , as well as fashion and columns by individuals in the arts, gardening, food, and hotel and travel industries. How to Spend It started in 1967 as

2132-555: Is an editorial service on forecasted economic events hosted by the Financial Times that allows users to buy and sell contracts based on future financial, political and news-driven events by spending fictional Financial Times Dollars (FT$ ). Based on the assumptions displayed in James Surowiecki's The Wisdom of Crowds , this contest allows people to use forecasted economic events to observe future occurrences while competing for weekly and monthly prizes. The Financial Times also ran

2214-583: Is headquartered in Bracken House at 1 Friday Street, near the city's financial centre, where it maintains its publishing house, corporate centre, and main editorial office. The FT was launched as the London Financial Guide on 10 January 1888, renaming itself the Financial Times on 13 February the same year. Describing itself as the friend of "The Honest Financier, the Bona Fide Investor,

2296-533: Is published in London. The name of the magazine was changed in 2022 from How to Spend It to HTSI . The FT advocates free markets , and is in favour of globalisation . During the 1980s, it supported Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan 's monetarist policies. It has supported the UK Labour Party in the past, including at the general election in 1992 when Neil Kinnock was Labour leader. The FT 's editorials tend to be pro-European . The FT

2378-460: Is the owner of the following websites: In 2015 Studyportals, in cooperation with the ISIC Association and British Council launched The Global Study Awards. The award was introduced in order to support students who are interested in studying abroad and exploring new countries. Every year, applications for The Global Study Awards undergo 4 rounds of selection before two recipients are chosen at

2460-475: The 2024 United States presidential election . On 23 July 2015, Nikkei, Inc. agreed to buy the Financial Times Group, a division of Pearson plc since 1957, for £844m (US$ 1.32 billion) and the acquisition was completed on 30 November 2015. Under the transaction agreement, Pearson retained the publishing rights to FT Press and licensed the trademark from Nikkei. Until August 2015 the FT group had

2542-527: The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (later BP ), British-American Tobacco , Lever Brothers (later Unilever ) and Shell . The oil and financial sectors were included decades later. The FTSE All-Share Index , the first of the FTSE series of indices, was created in 1962, comprising the largest 594 UK companies by market capitalisation. The letters F-T-S-E represented that FTSE was a joint venture between

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2624-713: The EAIE Rising Star Award for his notable contribution to international education. In 2014 Studyportals won the FD Gazellen Award for best International growth achievement in the Netherlands. The company was also honored as one of the fasted growing technology companies within the BENELUX during the Deloitte Fast50 Awards, having occupied place 7. With this result the study choice platform has also qualified for

2706-495: The FT publishes a variety of financial indices , primarily the FTSE All-Share Index . Since the late 20th century, its typical depth of coverage has linked the paper with a white-collar , educated, and financially literate readership. Because of this tendency, the FT has traditionally been regarded as a centrist to centre-right liberal , neo-liberal , and conservative-liberal newspaper. The Financial Times

2788-590: The FT to reverse course and back Labour from 1992 until 2010 , when the FT returned to the Conservative Party. Euroscepticism further drove a wedge between the FT and the Conservatives in 2019 , when the paper refused to make an endorsement, opposed to Labour's socialist economic policies (for wanting to "reverse, not revise, the Thatcherite revolution of the 1980s") and the Conservatives' commitment to

2870-408: The FT website on the same day as its publication. President Macron subsequently published a letter in the FT directly responding to the arguments of the original opinion piece, even if the original opinion piece was no longer available on the website of the newspaper. The editor of the FT , Roula Khalaf , who took the decision to withdraw the initial article, acknowledged having been contacted by

2952-691: The FTSE 350 Index , the FTSE SmallCap Index , the FTSE AIM UK 50 Index and FTSE AIM 100 Index as well as the FTSE AIM All-Share Index for stocks, and the FTSE UK Gilt Indices for government bonds. In 2021, the Financial Times started publishing three multi-asset indexes with Wilshire Associates covering combinations of the top five cryptocurrencies. In July 2006, the FT announced

3034-795: The Financial News in the 1930s, and moved to the Financial Times when the two merged. Lex boasts some distinguished alumni who have gone on to make careers in business and government—including Nigel Lawson (former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer ), Richard Lambert ( CBI director and former member of the Bank of England 's monetary policy committee), Martin Taylor (former chief executive of Barclays ), John Makinson (chairman and chief executive of Penguin ), John Gardiner (former chairman of Tesco ), David Freud (former UBS banker and Labour adviser, now

3116-643: The Financial News to form a single six-page newspaper. The Financial Times had a higher circulation, while the Financial News provided much of the editorial talent. The Lex column was also introduced from Financial News . Gordon Newton , a Cambridge graduate, took over as editor in 1949, and immediately introduced a policy (then most unusual in Fleet Street ) of direct recruitment of new university graduates, mainly from Oxbridge, as its trainee journalists. Many of them proceeded to have distinguished careers elsewhere in journalism and British public life and became

3198-401: The Financial Times centres on economic liberalism , particularly advocacy of free trade and free markets . Since its founding, it has supported liberal democracy , favouring classically liberal politics and policies from international governments; its newsroom is independent from its editorial board, and it is considered a newspaper of record . Due to its history of economic commentary,

3280-663: The Financial Times ( F-T ) and the London Stock Exchange ( S-E ). On 13 February 1984 the FTSE 100 was introduced, representing about eighty per cent of the London Stock Exchange's value. FTSE Group was made an independent company in 1995. The first of several overseas offices was opened in New York City in 1999; Paris followed in early 2000, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and San Francisco in 2001, Madrid in 2002 and Tokyo in 2003. Other well-known FTSE indices include

3362-470: The Financial Times announced it was investing in Sifted , a digital-only news site and newsletter covering European startups . The Financial Times' initial 25% stake was subsequently diluted to 14% due to later investments from others. This marked the start of a planned 7-year strategic relationship with Sifted. The Financial Times collates and publishes a number of financial market indices , which reflect

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3444-611: The WSJ was second. In 2022, the FT launched FT Edit, a low-price app aimed at attracting a younger audience. The FT is split into two sections. The first section covers domestic and international news, editorial commentary on politics and economics from FT journalists such as Martin Wolf , Gillian Tett and Edward Luce , and opinion pieces from globally renowned leaders, policymakers, academics and commentators. The second section consists of financial data and news about companies and markets. Despite being generally regarded as primarily

3526-573: The Wisers platform since 2013. From 2015, instead of the metered paywall on the website, visitors were given unlimited free access for one month, after which they needed to subscribe. Pearson sold the Financial Times Group to Nikkei, Inc. for £ 844 million ( US$ 1.32 billion) in July 2015. In 2016, the Financial Times acquired a controlling stake in Alpha Grid, a London-based media company specialising in

3608-569: The late-2000s recession . The magazine has been derided in rival publishers' blogs, as "repellent" in the Telegraph and "a latter-day Ab Fab manual" in the Guardian . A 'well-thumbed' copy of the supplement was found when rebel forces broke into Colonel Gaddafi 's Tripoli compound during the 2011 Libyan Civil War . In September 2021, an Arabic version of HTSI was launched by Othman Al Omeir , founder of Elaph online newspaper. HTSI Arabic

3690-461: The Élysée Palace regarding the article, and defended her decision on the basis purely of several factual errors in the original piece by Mehreen Khan. In January 2019, the FT began a series of investigative articles detailing fraud suspicions at German payments group Wirecard . When the Wirecard share price plunged, German news media speculated that market manipulation was behind this attack on

3772-573: The 1970s, the FT began international expansion, facilitated by developments in technology and the growing acceptance of English as the international language of business. On 1 January 1979 the first FT (Continental Europe edition) was printed outside the UK, in Frankfurt; printing in the U.S. began in July 1985. Since then, with increased international coverage, the FT has become a global newspaper, printed in 22 locations with five international editions to serve

3854-572: The 1990s. He went on to become Head of Technology for the Trinity Mirror Group. Sir Geoffrey Owen was the editor of the Financial Times from 1981 to 1990. He joined the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics as Director of Business Policy in 1991 and was appointed Senior Fellow, Institute of Management, in 1997. He continues his work there. During his tenure at

3936-631: The Eurosceptic elements in her party. The FT declared 2019 general election a "fateful election" that "offers no good choices". In the 2024 general election , the FT endorsed the Labour Party again, expressing the need for a "fresh start", while cautioning "Labour's interventionist instincts and fervour for regulation". In the 2008 United States presidential election , the Financial Times endorsed Barack Obama . While it raised concerns over hints of protectionism , it praised his ability to "engage

4018-565: The League of Students. This project is designed in order to create a community of international student ambassadors. These ambassadors are students who are enrolled at one of the top 500 universities in Europe, allowing them to represent Studyportals at their respective universities. Participating ambassadors write blogs, create videos, give tours of their universities, assist fellow students through Skype, and promote studying abroad through social media. Each activity that an ambassador performs comes with

4100-636: The Respectable Broker, the Genuine Director, and the Legitimate Speculator", it was a four-page journal. The readership was the financial community of the City of London , its only rival being the more daring and slightly older (founded in 1884) Financial News . On 2 January 1893 the FT began printing on light pink paper to distinguish it from the similarly named Financial News : at the time, it

4182-530: The UK, continental Europe, the U.S., Asia and the Middle East. The European edition is distributed throughout continental Europe and Africa. It is printed Monday to Saturday at five centres across Europe, reporting on matters concerning the European Union, the euro and European corporate affairs. In 1994 FT launched a luxury lifestyle magazine, How To Spend It . In 2009 it launched a standalone website for

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4264-484: The United Kingdom. The Lex column is a daily feature on the back page of the first section. It features analyses and opinions covering global economics and finance. The FT calls Lex its agenda-setting column. The column first appeared on Monday, 1 October 1945. The name may originally have stood for Lex Mercatoria , a Latin expression meaning literally "merchant law". It was conceived by Hargreaves Parkinson for

4346-488: The acquisition of Alpha Grid, and conferences and events through Financial Times Live and extends the FT 's traditional commercial offering into a wider set of integrated services. In 2020, reporter Mark Di Stefano resigned from the Financial Times after hacking into Zoom calls at other media organisations including The Independent and the Evening Standard . In 2020, the retraction of an opinion piece by

4428-455: The beta launch of newssift, part of FT Search, in March 2009. Newssift.com is a next-generation search tool for business professionals that indexes millions of articles from thousands of global business news sources, not just the FT . The Financial Times Group acquired Money Media (an online news and commentary site for the industry) and Exec-Appointments (an online recruitment specialist site for

4510-509: The changing value of their constituent parts. The longest-running of these was the former Financial News Index , started on 1 July 1935 by the Financial News . The FT published a similar index; this was replaced by the Financial News Index — which was then renamed the Financial Times (FT) Index — on 1 January 1947. The index started as an index of industrial shares, and companies with dominant overseas interests were excluded, such as

4592-543: The company. The Analytics & Consulting Team (ACT), offers comprehensive, data-driven research to universities worldwide; through market analyses, training, and insights, the ACT team is able to assist universities with student recruitment and international education. In 2009 Studyportals won the New Venture award as most promising innovative and social start-up in the Netherlands. In 2013 CEO and co-founder Edwin van Rest received

4674-410: The country's attention", his calls for a bipartisan politics, and his plans for " comprehensive health-care reform ". The FT favoured Obama again in the 2012 United States presidential election . The FT endorsed Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton in the run-up to the 2016 United States presidential election , Joe Biden in the 2020 United States presidential election, and Kamala Harris in

4756-552: The credibility of their reporting on climate change and cause readers to downplay the climate crisis . According to the Global Capital Markets Survey, which measures readership habits among most senior financial decision makers in the world's largest financial institutions, the Financial Times is considered the most important business read, reaching 36% of the sample population, 11% more than The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), its main rival. The Economist , which

4838-523: The development and production of quality branded content across a range of channels, including broadcast, video, digital, social and events. In 2018, the Financial Times acquired a controlling stake in Longitude , a specialist provider of thought leadership and research services to a multinational corporate and institutional client base. This investment built on the Financial Times ' recent growth in several business areas, including branded content via

4920-627: The executive jobs market). The FT Group once had a 13.85% stake in Business Standard Ltd of India, the publisher of the Business Standard . It sold this stake in April 2008 and has entered into an agreement with Network 18 to launch the Financial Times in India, though it is speculated that they may find it difficult to do so, as the brand 'Financial Times' in India is owned by The Times Group ,

5002-643: The final rounds. Eligible participants have the chance receive an award up to £10,000 that can be applied towards tuition fees, paid directly to the Higher Education Institution. According to the ISIC Association, British Council, and Studyportals, they select candidates based on their "potential to contribute to society through their studies," their "commitment to developing their career", and their "sincere interest in increasing intercultural understanding and exchange". In 2016, Studyportals created

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5084-483: The global 2007–2008 financial crisis , but on balance it backed the Conservatives , while questioning their tendency to Euroscepticism . In the 2015 general election , the FT called for the continuation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed for the previous five years. In the 2017 general election , an FT editorial reluctantly backed Conservative Theresa May over Labour Jeremy Corbyn , while warning about her stance on immigration and

5166-546: The international pendant, the Deloitte Fast500 EMEA, ending up on place 54 in this ranking. In 2015 Studyportals was again awarded for the Deloitte Fast50 Awards. In 2016, Studyportals won EdTechXGlobal All Stars Growth Award. They also the FD Gazellen Award (for the third year in a row), and Studyportals CEO Edwin van Rest won the High Tech Peak Award. In 2017, Financial Times recognized Studyportals among Europe's fastest growing companies. ESTIEM ESTIEM (European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management )

5248-453: The late 1990s. Between 1997 and 2000, the site underwent several revamps and changes of strategy, as the FT Group and Pearson reacted to the changes online. FT introduced subscription services in 2002. FT.com is one of the few UK news sites successfully funded by individual subscription. In 1997, the FT launched a U.S. edition, printed in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando and Washington, D.C., although

5330-402: The magazine. On 13 May 1995 the Financial Times group made its first foray into the online world with the launch of FT.com. This provided a summary of news from around the globe, which was supplemented in February 1996 with stock price coverage. The second-generation site was launched in spring 1996. The site was funded by advertising and contributed to the online advertising market in the UK in

5412-481: The mainstay of the paper's own editorial strengths until the 1990s. The first such 'direct recruit' was future leading British economist Andrew Shonfield; the second was (later Sir) William Rees-Mogg who went on, via The Sunday Times , to edit The Times in 1967 following its acquisition by Roy Thomson. Other FT Oxbridge recruits included the future Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson . The FT ' s distinctive recruitment policy for Fleet Street journalists

5494-409: The network was created during the WIFO 1990 seminar that was held in Darmstadt in January 1990. During the mentioned meeting participants from Darmstadt , Dresden , Graz , Helsinki and Karlsruhe decided to integrate a network of IEM Students and graduates to "enhance communication and co-operation". This network was called EAIM (European Association of Industrial Management). In November 1990

5576-401: The newspaper was first printed outside New York City in 1985. In September 1998 the FT became the first UK-based newspaper to sell more copies internationally than within the UK. In 2000 the Financial Times started publishing a German-language edition, Financial Times Deutschland , with a news and editorial team based in Hamburg. Its initial circulation in 2003 was 90,000. It was originally

5658-911: The print run is approximately 3000 copies. The network consists of its Local Groups, which function as independent entities connected to IEM study programmes at universities over Europe. The purpose of the central level is to support the Local Groups in their activities. The decision-making body of the network is the General Assembly, which meets twice a year in autumn and in spring at the Council Meeting . Each university, represented by its so called "Local Group", sends two student representatives. ESTIEM offers students opportunities to develop themselves, including seminars, case study competitions, summer academies and training . These activities are set in an intercultural context, where individuals may find that different mentalities challenges their way of thinking. Making friends and exploring Europe by participating in European wide events that encourages open-mindedness, paving

5740-402: The publisher of The Times of India and The Economic Times . The group also publishes America's Intelligence Wire , a daily general newswire service. The Financial Times' Financial Publishing division (formerly FT Business) provides print and online content for retail, personal and institutional finance audiences. Examples of publications and services include: Investors Chronicle ,

5822-609: The statute of ESTIEM was signed in Berlin by representatives of 14 student groups from 6 countries. ESTIEM is an official student organisation registered in Eindhoven, since 1995. Annually, ESTIEM delivers over 160 European wide events to its network of over 8,000 students. These events aim to support students in their personal and professional development by educating them in: Soft skills , IEM Seminars , Case Study competitions and Entrepreneurship . ESTIEM publishes two Magazines annually that claim to provide insight into "forward-looking topics" in Industrial Engineering and Management,

5904-551: The then British Prime Minister, Tony Blair , and was given a job as an education minister and a seat in the House of Lords after the 2005 election. Ed Balls became chief economic adviser to the Treasury, working closely with Gordon Brown , the chancellor of the exchequer (or finance minister), before being elected a Member of Parliament in 2005, and became Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in July 2007. Bernard Gray ,

5986-462: The value of liberal democracy. The Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post accused the FT of asking President Putin softball questions, and said the interviewers failed to hold Putin to account. In the 2010 general election , the FT was receptive to the Liberal Democrats ' positions on civil liberties and political reform, and praised the then Labour Party leader Gordon Brown for his response to

6068-618: The way for friendships and a network of future colleagues across borders. Local Groups are being divided into Regions in ESTIEM, every Region has a Regional Coordinator that is responsible to ensure the communication and cooperation among the members. The ESTIEM network created and supports multiple international events that take place in ESTIEM's Local Groups. They aim to train and educate students in various hard and soft skills. In June 2024, ESTIEM counts four collaborations with student organisations: Other collaborations with ESTIEM: Financial Times The Financial Times ( FT )

6150-505: The world. Globalisation from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries facilitated editorial expansion for the FT , with the paper adding opinion columns, special reports, political cartoons , readers' letters , book reviews, technology articles and global politics features. The paper is often characterised by its light-pink (salmon) newsprint . It is supplemented by its lifestyle magazine ( FT Magazine ) , weekend edition ( FT Weekend ) and some industry publications. The editorial stance of

6232-464: Was also cheaper to print on unbleached paper (several other more general newspapers, such as The Sporting Times , had the same policy), but nowadays it is more expensive as the paper has to be dyed specially. The Berry brothers, Lord Camrose and Gomer Berry (later Lord Kemsley), purchased the Financial Times in 1919. In 1945, Brendan Bracken purchased the Financial Times from Lord Camrose, and, following 57 years of rivalry, merged it with

6314-555: Was and still is distributed with the paper every Monday. FTfm is the world's largest-circulation fund management title. Since 2005 the FT has sponsored the annual Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award . On 23 April 2007, the FT unveiled a "refreshed" version of the newspaper and introduced a new slogan, "We Live in Financial Times". In 2007 the FT pioneered a metered paywall , which let visitors to its website read

6396-544: Was firmly opposed to the Iraq War . Due to its advocacy of free markets and free trade, it is often identified as centrist to centre-right in its political positions. The modern FT is a product of a merger of two smaller newspapers in 1945 ; since that time, the paper had backed the Conservatives fairly consistently, but Labour's tacking to the centre, combined with the Conservatives' embracement of Euroscepticism, led

6478-549: Was never popular with the National Union of Journalists and ceased in 1966 following the recruitment of Richard Lambert from Oxford, himself a future Editor of the FT . Meanwhile, Pearson had bought the paper in 1957. Over the years, the paper grew in size, readership and breadth of coverage. It established correspondents in cities around the world, reflecting a renewed impetus in the world economy towards globalisation . As cross-border trade and capital flows increased during

6560-485: Was once 50% owned by FT , reaches 32%. FT 's The Banker also proved vital reading, reaching 24%. In addition, in 2010 the FT was regarded as the most credible publication in reporting financial and economic issues among the Worldwide Professional Investment Community audience. The Economist was rated the third-most-credible title by most influential professional investors, while

6642-571: Was reported to have 1.3 million subscribers of which 1.2 million were digital. The newspaper has a prominent focus on financial journalism and economic analysis rather than generalist reporting , drawing both criticism and acclaim. It sponsors an annual book award and publishes a " Person of the Year " feature. The paper was founded in January 1888 as the London Financial Guide before rebranding

6724-585: Was the editor of The Times and is now the chief executive of News Corporation . Will Lewis , a former New York correspondent and News Editor for the FT , edited the Daily Telegraph and the Wall Street Journal . Dominic Lawson went on to become editor of the Sunday Telegraph until he was dismissed in 2005. Andrew Adonis , a former education correspondent, became an adviser on education to

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