Global business: HP board survives investor protest vote, Weak softwa...

If this email is not displayed correctly, please click on the following link or open your browser and paste the link into the address field: http://view.ed4.net/v/19JYUU/HIBRUE/WIETSO/OJ2XU6/   Global Business Thursday March 21 2013 Financial Times - Companies   HP board survives investor protest vote Institutional Shareholder Services, a proxy advisory firm, had urged shareholders to remove Ray Lane over the controversial acquisition of Autonomy http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/7ZRXUU/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Weak software and cloud sales hit Oracle The company's weak earnings come as a blow to investors who were hoping that corporate technology spending was returning to growth http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/9MNDLO/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   YouTube reaches billion users milestone YouTube matches similar milestone reached by Facebook last October, but rapid growth is raising questions about the costs involved in running the video site http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/YGKVQ1/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   JPMorgan board set to back dual top role Investors likely to be disappointed in call to split Jamie Dimon's position of chairman and chief executive, people familiar with the matter say http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/9MNDLC/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Suntech unit declared bankrupt Company that was until recently the world's largest producer of solar panels becomes the first big Chinese group in the sector to enter insolvency http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/PN2T4J/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   BP stays out of bidding for gulf drilling Oil group decides not to enter auction due to uncertainty over length of US government ban imposed over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/WHW0IQ/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   FedEx cuts forecasts and Asia capacity Third-quarter net income falls by a steeper than expected 31% on poor air freight markets and customers' shift towards lower-cost transport modes http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/87FKLA/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Alibaba chief sees China online retail boom Ecommerce tycoon Jack Ma predicts a third of all sales will take place over the web within five years, up from just 6 per cent now http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/3CQMF8/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Rivals demand share of Mexican beer market An alliance between Mexican microbreweries and SABMiller is gearing up for a battle to break an alleged duopoly in the Central American state http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/CWUEB0/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Equity rules choke growth, warn chiefs Swedish industrialists say European companies are hampered by regulations that force them to sell themselves rather than raise funds http://link.ft.com/r/19JYUU/T1ON0T/IY8ZJL/L9XQ89/OFVLMA/D5/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   FT.com - In depth BP trial Mali intervention Libor scandal Bank bonuses Tools Your account    Portfolio Email Briefings    Price alerts Keyword alerts    RSS feeds Subscribe to FT.com     © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 ABOUT THIS EMAIL You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..