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Correction: The diet drug PRX00933

Proximagen owns worldwide rights to the diet drug PRX00933

May 15, 2012

Correction: The leader of Greece’s Democratic Left party

The leader of Greece’s Democratic Left party is headed by a Synaspismos defector

May 15, 2012

Correction: Nomura and Macquarie downgrade

Nomura and Macquarie received a one-notch downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service in March and were placed on stable outlook

May 12, 2012

Correction: Publisher of Collinsworth book

Eden Collinsworth’s book ‘The Tao of Increasing Your Likability’ is published by one of China’s biggest players in the private sector

May 9, 2012

Correction: Ranks of Chinese generals

The military ranks of seven Chinese generals were incorrect in a graphic on May 8. The correct ranks are: Admiral Liu Xiaojiang; General Zhang Youxia; General Jia Ting’an; General Hou Shusen; Admiral Sun Jianguo; General Fang Fenghui; and General Zhang Qinsheng

May 9, 2012

Correction: Kelvin MacKenzie’s television channel

Kelvin MacKenzie’s television channel is called Sports Tonight

May 7, 2012

Correction: Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s name

The final ‘o’ was missing from Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s name in the Correction published on May 4. We apologise for the error

May 4, 2012

Correction: Cardiff Aviation’s venture

Cardiff Aviation’s venture will be based at the RAF’s St Athan base, not St Asaph as incorrectly stated in an article on May 2

May 4, 2012

Correction: Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Fernando Henrique Cardoso served as Brazil’s president from 1995 and was not leading the country in 1990 as incorrectly stated in an article on May 2

May 2, 2012

Clarification: Caterpillar’s sales in China

In some print editions of the FT on April 26 we said Caterpillar’s sales in China in the first quarter had fallen short of its forecasts without reporting that the company had simultaneously made a record net quarterly profit of $1.59bn

May 2, 2012

Correction: Lord Hodgson is a Conservative peer

Lord Hodgson is a Conservative peer, not Liberal Democrat

Apr 24, 2012

Correction: Running along Westminster bridge, not in the London Marathon

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls and fellow MPs Edward Timpson and Alun Cairns were photographed running along Westminster Bridge on April 16 and not in the London Marathon

Apr 21, 2012

Correction: John Love

The Macfarlane Group director has no plans to retire from the board. Comments in FT Money on April 14 saying he bought shares in the company before his imminent retirement should have been applied to Archie Hunter, Macfarlane’s chairman

Apr 19, 2012

Correction: Harold Tillman

Harold Tillman is the fashion entrepreneur who owned Aquascutum, not Howard Tillman

Apr 18, 2012

Correction: John Pluthero

John Pluthero joined Cable & Wireless in 2005 with the acquisition of Energis and did not lead the deal to acquire Energis

Apr 12, 2012

Correction: Fundly website

We mistakenly reported that the Fundly website had helped raise money for 1,000 charitable campaigns

Apr 11, 2012

Correction: Jim McNerney

The chief executive of Boeing is Jim McNerney, not John McNerney as incorrectly stated in an article on April 9

Apr 11, 2012

Correction: Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is planning to cut costs to about $11bn per quarter by the end of 2012 – not cut costs by $11bn as incorrectly stated in an article on April 9

Apr 9, 2012

Correction: Kipling quote

Rudyard Kipling was misquoted in a Lex note on April 3. He had referred to Burma, not Myanmar.

Apr 4, 2012

Correction: Ricardo Hollingsworth

Ricardo Hollingsworth is a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, not his former law firm Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston

Comment Awards


The Financial Times has won four categories in the 2011 Comment Awards including best comment pages, business commentator: John Gapper, cultural commentator: Simon Kuper and foreign commentator: David Pilling

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