Having bought the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times is rumoured to want to acquire the FT. Richard Siklos reports from New YorkWhen the chairman of the New York Times and the publisher of the Wall Street Journal shared the dais on a media panel last week, it was inevitable that the discussion would turn to the Times' burgeoning global ambitions. Karen Elliott House had overseen the launches of the Journal's European and Asian editions, and Arthur Sulzberger Jr. last month began a bold push to internationalise the Times by taking full control of the International Herald Tribune. The...