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Eurozone crisis: A deft way to buy time

With his bold offer of unlimited three-year liquidity to squeezed lenders, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi has helped hold off a credit crunch – but deep economic and political problems remain

A dogfight over Delhi

India’s choice of a new fighter jet reveals hard truths about a promising market – and the risks for politicians and executives of misreading it, write James Lamont and James Boxell

US Treasury: Manhattan transfer

Rapid staff turnover is raising fears that the department is precariously short of seasoned professionals

Bonuses of contention

Incentive plans are the carrot of choice for many companies but a culture deemed excessive by the public and politicians is the focus of fire, writes Andrew Hill

Carmaking: in the slow lane

A sector that has long been seen as an engine of European industry looks increasingly shaky, writes John Reed

Russia’s military: modern warfare the Moscow way

Kremlin plans to restore the army’s flagging power reflect a more assertive global posture – but attempts are meeting resistance at home

A new page opens for Facebook

The social network’s stock market launch will be the biggest test yet of whether a young company can live up to expectations, writes April Dembosky

Hordes of hoarders

US companies paying out a smaller portion of their earnings as dividends are irking shareholders and stunting growth, writes John Authers

Untied kingdom

A referendum on independence is in prospect, but it is economics that will determine the ultimate destiny of the British isles’ constituent nations, writes Brian Groom

MF Global: Uncertain futures

Confidence in US derivatives trading has been battered by last year’s failure of a big broker, which showed customers could lose money kept in special accounts, writes Hal Weitzman and Gregory Meyer

Food security: Dampened prospects

As population growth outstrips agricultural gains, policymakers will have to juggle the conflicting needs of food, jobs and the environment. By Louise Lucas and James Fontanella-Khan

Nigeria: Power outage

Since Goodluck Jonathan took office promising reforms, failed efforts to deal with an Islamist insurgency and protests are fuelling doubts

Storm warning in the strait

As the US and EU impose oil sanctions, the worry is that Tehran will produce a bomb or act to provoke a military conflict, write Roula Khalaf and James Blitz

Seven ways to fix the system’s flaws

The shocks inflicted on the world by the upheavals of the past few years make a thoroughgoing overhaul urgent, argues Martin Wolf

A rather civil partnership

Can high-street stars such as John Lewis, Middle Britain’s store of choice, provide off-the-shelf economic models, asks Andrew Hill in an FT series

US finance: An enduring squall

Bank of America is still pondering bankruptcy protection for its Countrywide mortgage provider, writes Henny Sender

FT interview: Mario Monti

Italy’s technocratic prime minister has no criticism of ratings downgrades – just of persistent policy weakness at the European level

Capitalism in crisis: A perilous path to prosperity

In a remarkable reversal of fortunes, eastern economies are soaring as many in the west sink – but triumphalism is premature, says David Pilling

Brutal for Britain

After leading the way in voluntary deficit reduction, the UK is now enduring a prolonged period of near-stagnation, write Chris Giles and Andrew Bounds

Capitalism in crisis: Caught between apathy and anger

As Americans steadily lose trust in their system, demographics are likely to play a bigger political role than class, Edward Luce argues as part of an FT series