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Henry Mance negotiates the week's top stories in the time it takes for Greece and the EU to shout at each other and storm out of the room. This week: US presidential hopefuls, the world's biggest beer company and is there a tech bubble?

Currency investors were looking for signs of lift-off in interest rates this week, but Fed chair Janet Yellen wants the US central bank to tread very carefully. Roger Blitz, FT currencies correspondent, spoke to Stephanie Flanders, chief market strategist for Europe at JPMorgan Asset Management, about the Fed's message.

This week, Europe's comet lander Philae awoke after a sleep of seven months and made contact with earth via its mother ship Rosetta. Andrew Jack talks to Clive Cookson, FT science editor, about the famous tweet, and why it inspired such excitement in the scientific world.

As Greece heads closer to a default, how are the markets reacting and what would happen if the Tsipras government failed to reach a deal with Greece's creditors? Patrick Jenkins, FT financial editor, discusses the potential fallout with Ralph Atkins, Martin Arnold and Caroline Binham.

Allegations that Qatar won its bid to host the 2022 World Cup through bribery have led to calls for the Gulf emirate to be stripped of its right to host the competition - especially after the corruption scandal at football's governing body Fifa erupted last month. Fiona Symon discusses Qatar’s response with Simeon Kerr, the FT’s Gulf correspondent.

Art historian Bendor Grosvenor talks about the growing trend for displaying Old Masters in contemporary interiors and whether brown furniture is making a comeback.

Henry Mance scrolls through the week's news and offers his selection of the best of the FT podcasts and videos.

The suffering of Asia's Rohingya Muslims has been revealed in gruesome detail in recent weeks, with haunting images of desperate people stranded on the Indian Ocean. Fiona Symon talks to Michael Peel, FT correspondent in Bangkok, about the crisis.

Snapchat has lured Millennials by creating a new type of social media app, but can it figure out a way to make money out of them? Ravi Mattu discusses its attempt to convince advertisers that it can offer them a way to reach the next generation of consumers with Hannah Kuchler and Shannon Bond.

What role do our friends play in the strategies we adopt to keep our internet data safe? Lisa Pollack is joined by Carnegie Mellon University's Sauvik Das to discuss his research on role of social influence in the adoption of online security features on Facebook and elsewhere.

Turkey's ruling AK party has lost its majority in parliament in a significant setback for the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled unchallenged for over a decade. Fiona Symon discusses the implications with the FT's Istanbul correspondent, Daniel Dombey.

Henry Mance asks what hopes for Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, will Egyptians move to homes in the desert, and what is 'hurry sickness'?

Egypt recently announced plans to build a new capital in the desert, but will Egyptians move there? Heba Saleh put the question to David Sims, urban planner and author of a book on Egypt's efforts to build cities in the desert.

Self-belief is vital for leaders, but Lehman, Hanergy and Fifa show the dangers, says Andrew Hill.

Smartphones are everywhere and the media industry is getting ready for a shake-up. By 2020 there will be more than 6bn smartphone subscriptions worldwide according to a new report by Swedish technology group Ericcson. Henry Mance discusses the findings with Daniel Thomas and Shannon Bond.