| * Traders cheer Cyprus deal * Xi set to unveil $10bn Tanzania port project * Commodity booms, busts and bubbles * Brics will promote state-led development at Durban summit * HTC: phone delay dismays investors * Head of Syrian opposition alliance quits * Economic tail winds lift China banks * India may see internet boom by 2015 – report * Congo attack hits mineral transport * Stanley Gibbons targets southeast Asia * China's foreign oil drive set to continue * How 'the comet' Berezovsky faded * Israel and Turkey eye ties on Syria Markets: mostly up Traders cheer Cyprus deal Monday 10:40 GMT. The euro, stocks and crude oil are firmer afterCyprusreached a deal on a €10bn bailout. Money is moving out of supposed havens, pushing the yen and Swiss franc lower, while forcing Treasury yields higher. http://on.ft.com/11ALCOi Xi set to unveil $10bn Tanzania port project Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to unveil a big port project in Tanzaniaduring his first visit to Africa as head of state, highlighting China's growing infrastructure investments in the resource-rich continent. http://on.ft.com/X2XWrF Commodity booms, busts and bubbles Commodity markets are prone to bubbles, but like the ones in bathtubs, they don't last. http://on.ft.com/101fqT1 Brics will promote state-led development at Durban summit After the onset of the (western) financial crisis of 2008, there has been a deep questioning of the free market ideology encapsulated by the phrase "Washington Consensus", writes Martyn Davies of Frontier Advisory. http://on.ft.com/ZONVwP HTC: phone delay dismays investors HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker, has been fighting to turn around its plunging sales by learning lessons from Apple. http://on.ft.com/16SV7MH Head of Syrian opposition alliance quits The Syrian opposition was in disarray on Sunday as the head of the main coalition group resigned and support for a new opposition prime minister appeared uncertain. http://on.ft.com/YO2Bcc Economic tailwinds lift China banks A rebound in economic growth has allowed Chinese banks to outrun the approaching shadow of bad loans and given them more time to strengthen their balance sheets. http://on.ft.com/X27xyT India may see internet boom by 2015 – report Already the third-largest online user base in the world, India has the potential to double its economic contribution from the internet in the next three years. http://on.ft.com/16Nn0FL Congo attack hits mineral transport The largest attack on Congo's copper mining heartlands in more than a decade has brought provincial movements of minerals to a standstill and forced a night-time curfew in the provincial capital, Lubumbashi. http://on.ft.com/YOKSl8 Stanley Gibbons targets southeast Asia Stanley Gibbons has put its stamp on the growing Asian market for philately investing with plans to open an office in Singapore, as the venerable British company targets affluent collectors in southeast Asia. http://on.ft.com/11Buk7k China's foreign oil drive set to continue China's state-owned oil companies reported falling net profits last year due to the economic slowdown and state-controlled fuel prices, even as they are set to continue their rapid expansion overseas. http://on.ft.com/11yXoIV How 'the comet' Berezovsky faded In his glory days they called him "the comet", because he burnt so bright and talked so fast. Yet in his final months Boris Berezovsky was an insecure, self-doubting and anguished man. As his £6bn court case against his former protégé Roman Abramovich went against him, he lost the ebullient bombast that once defined him. http://on.ft.com/X1ver5 Israel and Turkey eye ties on Syria The prospect of a reconciliation between Turkey and Israel has paved the way for closer co-operation on Syria and removed a big obstacle to collaboration over the development of strategic energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean, officials on both sides say. http://on.ft.com/10awaa4 Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +1.03% at 1,026 Europe FTSE down +0.91% at 6,451 RTS up +1.20% at 1,489 Warsaw Wig up +0.70% at 45,381 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.91% at 1,200 Americas DJIA up +0.63% at 14,512 S&P 500 up +0.72% at 1,557 Bovespa down -0.60% at 55,243 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.69% at 12,546 Topix up +0.84% at 1,047 Hang Seng up +0.61% at 22,251 Shanghai Composite down -0.07% at 2,327 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +1.11% at 466.08 S&P CNX Nifty Index down -0.31% at 5,634 Currencies €/$ 1.30 (1.30) $/¥ 94.71 (94.49) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.69 at 108.35 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.48 at 94.19 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.60 at 1,608 |