Get short, timely messages from Financial Times.

Twitter is a rich source of instantly updated information. It's easy to stay updated on an incredibly wide variety of topics. Join today and follow @FinancialTimes.

Get updates via SMS by texting follow FinancialTimes to 40404 in the United States
Codes for other countries

Two-way (sending and receiving) short codes:
Country Code For customers of
Australia
  • 0198089488 Telstra
Canada
  • 21212 (any)
United Kingdom
  • 86444 Vodafone, Orange, 3, O2
Indonesia
  • 89887 AXIS, 3, Telkomsel
Ireland
  • 51210 O2
India
  • 53000 Bharti Airtel, Videocon
Jordan
  • 90903 Zain
New Zealand
  • 8987 Vodafone, Telecom NZ
United States
  • 40404 (any)

FinancialTimes

  1. Syrian forces shell Houla on.ft.com/LQXMyP
  2. How movie stars reading classic film scripts became a hot night out on.ft.com/LMWULk
  3. Bankia chairman defends predecessor on.ft.com/JBQ6ey
  4. Lunch with the FT: controversial US economist #Paul Krugman talks to Martin Wolf on.ft.com/JyAF6L
  5. #Chen Guangcheng's escape from persecution in #China: the inside story on.ft.com/JytuM1
  6. Oscar Pistorius: the double-amputee aims to compete in both the #London Olympics and #Paralympics on.ft.com/JytfjX
  7. JPMorgan shakes up board risk committee on.ft.com/LOiEGE
  8. Opinion: Didier Drogba is a case study in mobility on.ft.com/Jz3HTX
  9. Private spacecraft reaches space station on.ft.com/LNnc0f
  10. Markets: Facebook unfriended on.ft.com/JzrUta
  11. Opinion: You wanted brave, Mr Draghi? Meet Mr Sarrazin on.ft.com/LNtwoc
  12. Opinion: Doughty campaigner for free trade and economic liberty on.ft.com/LNvcOK
  13. Opinion: Hard cash for tough times on.ft.com/Jz3KiD
  14. Opinion: A proposal for the philosopher Beecroft on.ft.com/Jz3KPn
  15. Iran talks end in harsh lesson for west on.ft.com/JyYGdY
  16. Opinion: Europe raises spectre of an ungovernable world on.ft.com/Jz3KiB
  17. Opinion: An education on social mobility by degrees on.ft.com/LNtw7Q
  18. Opinion: The entrepreneur with astronomical ambition on.ft.com/LNtw7U
  19. CNN backs its international news expertise on.ft.com/LNncgt
  20. Cult of equities is dead. Long live equities on.ft.com/JyYISY