FT 21/05/10

Capa
Investor confidence crumbles

Scientists create a living organism

Reino Unido
Vague plans defer tough decisions

Real estate bad debt surges amid slump

Lending again, but at high margins

Mundo
Berlin pushes for global curbs

Asians fear further damage to exports

Tsunami of regulation batters banks

EU concern over 'protectionist' tax plan

Firms face tax increase on deal profits

Tame price rise figures raise fears over deflation

Comentários e Análises
Rising powers do not want to play by the west’s rules

Now is the time to ask: ‘What crisis?’

Why are senior women so rare in finance

Cartas
Britain braces for battle with unions

Lessons of Dubai

Fiscal policy is not one-size-fits-all

Taper relief key to fair CGT package

Back to the drawing board with VAT in US

Lex
Dubai World restructuring

The double-dip threat

Empresas
Dubai World and main lenders agree debt revamp terms

Publishers fear heavy cost of fighting digital book piracy

Smaller bad loan provisions aid banks

Dubai World clears debt hurdle

Congressmen round on Toyota over defects

Pakistan bans Facebook and YouTube

Mercados
Grey areas in Chinese loans give pause for thought

Hendry takes big bet on China crash

Financials bear brunt of selling

Commodity-linked standards suffer from risk aversion

Precious metals fall after stellar run

European bonds hit by investor jitters

Hold-out creditors cloud Argentina renaissance hopes

Winners emerge from euro woe

Equities tumble amid broad flight to safety

Miners lead London towards six-month lows

S&P 500 falls most since April 2009