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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/ZE9K33/06E0WL/ICVIZB/3O9UZD/   Asia AM Thursday April 18 2013 Financial Times - Asia homepage   Fears over weak earnings hit Apple Apple's shares touched a fresh 12-month low, as investors weighed up reports that suggested the company's shipments of new products were slowing http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/YGY6XO/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   IMF warns on risks of excessive easing Fund raises concerns of a potential shift to a 'more chronic phase' with bouts of financial instability, without more policy reform http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/FDBI14/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Suspect detained in ricin scare Poisoned letter sent to US president follows the seizure of suspicious mail sent this week to Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican senator http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/WHKG5P/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Chinese official endorses monetary easing In contrast to criticism from other officials, a senior China Investment Corp figure has given cautious approval to radical monetary easing http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/PNZPVJ/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Equities slide on renewed growth worries Weak corporate earnings and global growth concerns leave equities and commodities nursing sharp losses, but gold continues to recover http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/MJVF6Z/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   North Korea rejects US call for talks Pyongyang says that it is not opposed to taking part in negotiations but will not talk to 'the party brandishing a nuclear stick' http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/6AF79H/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Taiwan runs live-fire military exercise With its first big exercise for five years, aimed at showing readiness to defend attack from China, President Ma Ying-jeou wants to face down critics http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/B41X3W/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Beijing at home on global regulatory stage Glencore-Xstrata conditions highlight a shift from considering global M&A deals on purely antitrust grounds and may herald more aggressive rulings http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/3CS2E2/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   A conclusion of unThatcherite pageantry Thatcher was given a funeral of a dignity not seen since the Queen Mother's death and, royalty aside, since Sir Winston Churchill in 1965 http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/6AF79T/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Rival offers weighed up in race for Sprint With Dish, Sprint would gain valuable wireless spectrum it could use to expand its service offerings, but join a company with a precarious debt load http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/LSCR87/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Financial Times - US homepage   US Senate rejects gun background checks The Senate fell short of the 60 votes needed to pass the proposal that required background checks on people who buy firearms online and at gun shows http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/52RZ9C/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   US court forbids foreign abuse claims The ruling will come as a relief to Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil company, as well as to other companies accused of wrongdoing overseas http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/B41X35/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Brazil raises interest rates Brazil's central bank ended an easing cycle that last nearly two years by raising its benchmark lending rate http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/B41XN0/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Nokia plans 'phablet' in new handset range Finnish group set to launch several high-end smartphones this year to add momentum to the slow growth of the Lumia handset that uses Windows software http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/3CS2IP/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Harvard duo defend case for austerity Rogoff and Reinhart said they would review criticisms but argued there was consensus on the basic conclusion of higher debt leading to slower growth http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/A5UWFH/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   BofA struggles to recover from bad loans Second-biggest US bank reports decline in revenue in consumer, mortgage and investment banking divisions and further bad loan costs http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/IE69BJ/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Financial Times - UK Homepage   Perils of austerity theory take centre stage The spat over a 2010 paper has attracted attention because the result was widely and aggressively cited as a reason to tighten fiscal policy http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/209VYT/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Central bankers say they are flying blind At the IMF spring meeting, economists concede they do not fully understand what is happening in developed economies and worry about side-effects http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/PNZPVN/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Eurozone woes shift climate change focus Tuesday's vote to prop up the EU carbon market has provoked much soul searching about the bloc's devotion to global warming http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/A5UWFV/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   Changing times see Tesco shelve landbanks Chief executive ascribes £804m writedown down to changing face of retailing with growth in online shopping curbing the need for bigger stores http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/LSCR8X/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   SFO demands law firm's ENRC documents Dechert receives notice after miner fired the firm from investigation into its business, in a sign the UK prosecutor is weighing a criminal inquiry http://link.ft.com/r/ZE9K33/20X6EH/S3MIHV/QNQ788/8735JU/CM/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=17   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. 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