
Samsung warns about ‘listening’ TV
Samsung is warning people about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set.

Ayn Rand is 110, and still influential years later
How did a novelist become the world’s most influential free market thinker?

Miliband stance ‘not anti-business’
Labour leader Ed Miliband is not anti-business and firms will become “more reassured” about his stance by the election, Lord Mandelson has said.

Let’s get digital! Ecuador’s new currency
More than 15 years after adopting the U.S. dollar, Ecuador is starting its own digital cash.

Watchdog threatens East Coast probe
Competition watchdog orders Stagecoach and Virgin to take action on overlapping routes.

VIDEO: How much is a retro-computer worth?
There is money to be made from the rising fashion of collecting older technology as it goes out of production.

Oil is falling, and it’s all OPEC’s fault: BIS
The BIS faults OPEC’s November decision to focus on market share, rather than cutting output, for the collapse in oil.

Ukraine mission ends with promise of more talks
It remains unclear if a Angela Merkel and François Hollande initiative for peace in Ukraine discussed with Vladimir Putin Friday would succeed. The FT reports.

VIDEO: Entrepreneurs ship chocolate to US
News of a US court’s decision to restrict imports of some British chocolates into America has had an unexpected effect on business here.

JPMorgan faces scrutiny over Asia hiring practices
JPMorgan Chase’s hiring of the son of a Chinese commerce minister is being scrutinized by investigators looking at whether the bank improperly hired relatives of government officials to win influence and business.