LibGuides@Southampton: Economics: News & Current Affairs

Latest News from FT.com

You can get full access to FT.com by clicking on 'FT.com (Financial Times)' to the right.

The free website ABYZ News Links gives links to broadcast, print and internet news sources from around the world.

Financial Times This link opens in a new window
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The Financial Times website. Provides FT articles, in-depth 'Special Reports', facsimile of the newspaper from 2005 onwards, and company and financial information.
Please note: Creating an account is no longer necessary. If you have previously created an account you need to open this link in an incognito window, which will then take you directly to the sign-up page.
You will then be able to sign-up with their university login details.
http://ft.com/UniSouthampton copy and paste this link
Gale OneFile News This link opens in a new window
You can access current UK newspapers such as the Guardian, Independent, Independent on Sunday and Observer from 1985 onwards.
Financial Times Historical Archive (1888-2016) This link opens in a new window
The Financial Times Historical Archive is a searchable, online, facsimile version of the Financial Times newspaper. It includes every article and advertisement printed in the newspaper, since it was first published in 1888 until 2016. You can either search for an article or browse the newspaper page by page.

The Economist This link opens in a new window
The Economist is a weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally. The newspaper focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, with a prominent focus on data journalism and interpretive analysis.

Please first register for an account, using your @soton.ac.uk email address.
The Economist app
Espresso This link opens in a new window
Espresso is a rich, full-flavoured shot of daily global analysis from the editors of The Economist to get you up to speed, fast.

Access is via the Espresso app, available on both iPhone and Android.

You will need to create a personal Economist account (using your University email address) to access all Espresso content.
Gale This link opens in a new window
Access the full text of The Economist 1988 - present via Gale:
- One File
- Advanced Search
- Publication Search
N.B. The Economist 1988 - present via Gale is a HTML version of the content, not a scanned facsimile. This means that figures, diagrams and photos from the original print content are not available via this resource.

Economist Historical Archive (1843-2015) This link opens in a new window
Complete online archive of the weekly current affairs magazine, with a primary focus on world events, politics and business from 1843 to 2015. It includes news, analysis, commentary, editorials, statistics, demographics, letters to the editor, obituaries, and historical photographs; special surveys and supplements on countries and industries.