In today's FT: Funding for Lending to be ‘put on steroids’, Republi...

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/2SRI11/VT5A7D/UDY1QB/3O9UZD/   In today's FT Tuesday March 12 2013 Financial Times - UK Homepage   Funding for Lending to be 'put on steroids' George Osborne and senior Lib Dems want to see the scheme, unveiled by the Treasury and the Bank of England last summer, extended beyond 2013 http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/20IXQY/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Republicans to unveil $4.6tn of cuts Paul Ryan, chairman of House budget committee, will for the third consecutive year present a budget that cuts deeply into US social programmes http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/CWPR1K/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Huhne and Pryce jailed for eight months Ex-MP who once came close to leading Lib Dems pleaded guilty as trial was due to start. Jury rejected former spouse's defence of marital coercion http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/VT5AW7/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - US homepage   Mexico eyes telecoms revolution The new regulator would have wider powers to be able to classify companies as dominant, stiffen existing penalties against them and even break them up http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/WH4ZXL/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Facebook reveals secrets you haven't shared Sex, drugs and politics predicted from program data with techniques that could easily be replicated by companies to infer personal attributes http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/FDL3T7/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   US urges China to crack down on hacking Thomas Donilon, White House national security adviser, said incidents of hacking of US companies coming from China were at an 'unprecedented scale' http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/NR0GVM/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - Europe homepage   Africa told to view China as competitor Reflecting the shifting views of a number of senior African officials, the Nigerian central bank chief says continent is 'opening itself up to a new form of imperialism' http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/B43JUE/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Concern over $2.6m paid to Intrade founder Auditors for the Dublin-based company highlighted concerns about 'significant financial irregularities' and the payments made to John Delaney http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/XBW7KL/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Paulson eyes Puerto Rico tax haven move Relocation to the Caribbean island would mark a sharp change for a hedge fund chief who last year made a $100m donation to his city's Central Park http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/1OYWIB/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - Asia homepage   BoJ board member at odds with Kuroda Bank of Japan board member Koji Ishida says inflation target is 'very high', setting stage for clash with incoming governor Haruhiko Kuroda http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/NR0GVT/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Judge blocks New York's sugary drinks ban New York state judge says the city's proposed ban on sales of supersized sugary drinks is 'fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences' http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/JQGL6G/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Mrs Watanabe comes out of hiding Effects of 'Abenomics' start trickling down to consumers and private investors as fund launches come thick and fast in Japan's investment trust market http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/VT5AW8/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - World   Iran and Pakistan launch pipeline project The $1.5bn gas deal risks antagonising the US and is viewed by many Pakistanis as an attempt by Zardari to win votes amid serious power shortages http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/A5NSP8/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Obama and opponents talk the talk No one has shifted position but levels of expectations in Washington are so low that just the two sides agreeing to meet counts as a success http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/PNV6A7/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Alarm rises as Hungary defiant on law Budapest moves to put limits on the powers of the country's constitutional court and restore some elements of a controversial fundamental law http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/YGXMDZ/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Egypt weighs burden of IMF austerity Economic and political woes leave Morsi with difficult choices as foreign currency reserves plummet and stronger reforms are urged http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/VT5AWT/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Top executives join France exodus Bernard Charlès, chief executive of Dassault Systèmes, was critical of the 'handicap' of high tax policies pursued by François Hollande's socialist government http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/87RQF0/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - Companies   Investors sign up for Matahari share sale Matahari, which operates 112 department stores in Indonesia, will be valued at about $3bn in the sale of up to 46% of the stock, launched on Monday http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/B43JUJ/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   GE aims to double African sales Chief Jeff Immelt says sub-Saharan region had been 'off the radar' when he took over the US's largest industrial group in 2001 but was now 'essential' http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/ULM24T/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Oil groups warn of biofuel risk to prices US Federal law requires that refiners and wholesalers blend increasing amounts of biofuels each year into the petrol that they sell http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/7ZJEFF/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Commerzbank eyes £5bn UK property sale US private equity investment firms including Blackstone, Lone Star and Starwood Capital line up for German lender's Eurohypo real estate arm http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/RPA07M/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - Financial markets news   Stocks rise in afternoon rebound Stock markets are mixed after last week's highs as disappointing Chinese economic data damp response to unexpectedly strong US jobs report http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/VT5AWY/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Subprime car loan securities sales soar Jump in risky auto ABS deals to nearly $4bn this year comes as low interest rates lead investors to buy assets with poorer credit quality to gain higher yields http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/7ZJEFR/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Cut in fuel use reignites ethanol debate The sharp rise in Renewable Identification Numbers prices this year shows what happens when policy clashes with the realities of supply and demand http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/XBW7XN/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Applaud central banks 'soft' on inflation Fears that central banks are going soft on inflation are overdone, when history shows rising prices can be consistent with higher stock markets http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/NR0GVZ/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Iron ore prices fall to 2½-month low Benchmark down as China steelmakers, by far the largest source of demand, resist restocking amid weakening economic data http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/LS6H0M/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - Comment   Prepare for endgame in North Korea In the absence of clear answers to the regime's growing nuclear threat it is time for the US and China to pool ideas, writes Gideon Rachman http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/A5NSPB/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Better make this Budget a boring one It is precisely the depth of the UK's economic pathologies that renders the idea of a quick fix so frivolous, writes Janan Ganesh http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/4VQDSZ/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Immigration exposes political weakness Conservative politicians are caught between extremists to their right and more liberal voices to their left, writes Stanley Greenberg http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/SUZC7R/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Africa must get real about Chinese ties A relationship that carries with it a whiff of colonialism amounts to little more than a missed opportunity on both sides, writes Lamido Sanusi http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/GYTPBS/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Plot worked once but rarely since It is one thing to get rid of an unpopular prime minister but it is quite another to put in place a leader who will guarantee victory, writes Brian Groom http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/87RQNE/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - Management   Skills for global business As emerging market companies look beyond their borders, cultural adaptability is gaining value among executives, writes Peter Vanham http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/CWPR1E/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Work-life balance is not just for women Managers and policy makers should act to correct imbalances before they have a negative impact on their future business, writes Andrew Hill http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/9MF937/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Volkswagen builds its brand in China The German carmaker cultivated a strong brand image along with valuable and durable contacts with government, writes Morgen Witzel http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/20IXE1/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Red letters day at Casa Mariol A vineyard's bold campaign to increase sales using wine-based ink may not appeal to conservative business leaders, writes Jan Cienski http://link.ft.com/r/2SRI11/7ZD4IH/5CJLMI/4CTK5U/3CEK9D/6C/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=12   Financial Times - 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