In today's FT: Grim data take shine off growth message, BoE remit e...

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/UXDMSS/PN2T68/YQ9BRO/JI67RT/   In today's FT Thursday March 21 2013 Financial Times - UK Homepage   Grim data take shine off growth message Grim economic news sees chancellor once again revising down growth forecasts and having to borrow more than previously outlined http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/LSOPGO/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   BoE remit expands options for activism Updated remit calls for BoE to consider using 'explicit forward guidance', whereby central banks pledge to keep interest rates low for specified period http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/UL56ZH/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Property moves seen as a 'game-changer' Analysts warn'Help to Buy' stimulus scheme could trigger a sudden rise in house prices http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/B4PIFY/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - US homepage   Fed keeps its foot on stimulus pedal The rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee made only slight upgrades to its assessment of the US economy and would keep buying assets for now http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/HIBRL9/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Obama warns Syria on chemical weapons The US president is making his first trip to Israel since taking office as part of a Middle East tour, despite having to face widespread scepticism http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/87FKSZ/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   US immigration reform draws 3,000 lobbyists Tens of millions of dollars have been spent by 656 clients, including private prisons companies with the most to lose from reform, during past 5 years http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/VT4O7D/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - Europe homepage   Medvedev lambasts EU over Cyprus levy The Russian prime minister compared the bailout plan to Soviet-style expropriations and said the union had acted like an 'elephant in a china shop' http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/GYHJ1V/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Cyprus orders banks to shut until Tuesday Infighting is hampering Cypriot officials from finding an alternative plan to avert a banking collapse, with all back-up plans so far rejected http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/87FKS0/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   UK cuts taxes to revive stagnant economy Finance minister George Osborne tweaks Bank of England's remit in the hope that more 'monetary activism' would help spur economic recovery http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/Z8D2W8/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - Asia homepage   YouTube hits a billion users 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/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/OFVLO5/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   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/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/XBXC5Z/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Cyprus crisis: The four scenarios The island's parliament has rejected the proposed bailout plan but its options for getting its banking system back on its feet are limited http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/Z8D2WF/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - World   Ashton gains upper hand over critics Despite her lack of diplomatic experience, the EU foreign policy chief may deliver a remarkable prize by brokering a deal between Serbia and Kosovo http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/3CQMYT/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   French authorities raid Lagarde's flat As part of their probe into a 2008 payment to Sarkozy supporter Bernard Tapie, investigators raid the Paris flat of IMF chief Christine Lagarde http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/DX1Q3L/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Chinese premier pressed on cyber spying Newly appointed US Treasury secretary Jack Lew tackles the issue at a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a visit to Beijing http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/SU7G2G/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   South Korean broadcasters 'hacked' Intelligence agency investigates a potential cyber attack on broadcasting companies and a bank after their computer networks were paralysed http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/4V95IT/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Chinese factories struggle to keep staff Factories are finding it hard to hire workers, partly because of the decline in the working age population, and are investing in incentives http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/GYHJ1A/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - Companies   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/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/YGKV4Y/36/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/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/CWUENT/36/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/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/DX1Q3A/36/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/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/FDTSU3/36/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/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/4V95I6/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - Financial markets news   Stocks rise as Cyprus worries ease Markets more positive as fears wane of contagion from the island's eurozone bailout rejection and the Fed sticks to its policy guns http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/20E7D4/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Emerging markets equities lag behind In the long term, these markets should see faster growth in economic output and in stock market capitalisation – so what is going on? http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/CWUENP/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   German strength propels Dax near record Index approaches highest level on corporate resilience and the accommodative policies of the world's leading central banks http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/YGKV40/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   UK gilt sales to fall 8.4% next year The expected drop in issuance is primarily due to the Bank of England transferring to the Treasury the profits from its quantitative easing programme http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/Z8D2WL/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Japan is setting course for hyperinflation Price increases that result from rapid expansion of money supply can cause insidious cycle that requires creation of ever-larger amounts of new money http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/NRC168/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - Comment   Investors have a right to ask for cash Executives have to repudiate handouts that sound nice but would make it harder to build a sustainable enterprise, writes John Gapper http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/4V95I4/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Abe is right to favour Japan's future Younger people have already been saddled with reduced opportunity and earnings potential, writes David Pilling http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/T1M8AZ/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Osborne's play for the strivers The chancellor remains vulnerable to charges of complacency in the face of economic stagnation in the here and now, writes Janan Ganesh http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/T1M8Z3/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Shrewd politics hides brutal economics Chancellor cannot disguise the fact outcomes for economic activity and public finances are drifting further from expectations, writes Martin Wolf http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/JQ8NH9/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Political divide on spending is narrowing Far better for Britain to be a state that prevents and invests rather than one that remedies and compensates, writes Matthew Taylor http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/PN2T05/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - Management   Top of the list: sort out your working life Busy executives can combine digital tools with the latest thinking on how to be organised to avoid feeling overwhelmed, writes Ian Sanders http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/87FKSY/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Should you correct colleagues' grammar? Poor writing by staff and semi-literate correspondence to customers can damage a business but requires tactful handling, writes Michael Skapinker http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/A53YRR/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Entrepreneurship with a purpose Michiyo Nakamoto reviews 'Marketplace 3.0: Rewriting the rules of borderless business, by Hiroshi Mikitani http://link.ft.com/r/UXDMSS/FDRM4O/C51OYF/XHNT5F/Z8D2WJ/36/h?a1=2013&a2=3&a3=21   Financial Times - Special Reports Boldness in Business Mexico Risk Management: Financial Institutions Entries open for the 2013 ranking Video Lex Iron ore oversupply outlook? Share prices for miners are suffering on concerns over the outlook for iron ore prices. Lex's Stuart Kirk and Julia Grindell discuss the large amounts of supply expected to come online from the miners in the medium turn and how this will meet future demand. 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