What is Newslines?

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
Explain

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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Debate

Develop discussion points for your class by annotating relevant articles and asking for comments from your students.

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Below is a list of featured content recommended for you to read and comment on.

Dec 6, 2012

Citi to cut 11,000 jobs in ‘repositioning’

Bank adds to wave of redundancies across financial services industry and will cost the US group $1.1bn by the end of next year’s first quarter

Dec 6, 2012

Freeport returns to oil with $20bn deals

Taken together the moves will create the fifth-largest natural resources company in the US and the fifth-largest mining company in the world

Dec 6, 2012

Tesco retreats from lossmaking US foray

Retailer to review Fresh & Easy stores and announces departure of division’s head after facing cumulative losses of £850m on £1bn investment

Dec 6, 2012

Osborne squeezes rich and poor

Chancellor looks to help motorists and middle-income workers by scrapping a planned rise on fuel duty, as he extends austerity another year

Dec 6, 2012

The way corporate China woos

Cnooc’s courtship of a Canadian energy company illuminates how Chinese companies plan overseas bids

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