Izabella Kaminska joined FT Alphaville in October 2008. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP's internal magazine.
Learn moreLove him or loathe him, Robert Skidelsky’s prose always makes for a good read.
His latest offering comes by way of Project Syndicate and relates to the issue of robots and the rise of automation. To what degree are we really approaching a leisure society and how best to respond to the changes afoot? Read more
| Market | Last price | Today's change |
52 week high |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 Index: FSI As of May 20 2013 16:35 |
6,756 | +32.57 | +0.5% | 6,756 |
| FTSEurofirst 300 Index: FSI As of May 20 2013 17:15 |
1,252 | +3.91 | +0.3% | 1,252 |
| S&P 500 INDEX: WCB As of May 20 2013 05:00 |
1,666 | -1.18 | -0.1% | 1,673 |
| Euro/US Dollar FX Spot Rate As of May 20 2013 22:49 |
1.29 | 0.00 | +0.1% | 1.37 |
| ICE Brent Crude Oil Front Month: IEU As of May 21 2013 04:10 |
104.82 | +0.02 | +0.0% | 119.17 |
| COMEX GOLD 1 FUTURES CHAIN Front Mon: CMX As of May 21 2013 03:53 |
1,386 | +1.90 | +0.1% | 1,795 |
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