Asia AM: Portugal faces fresh cuts to spending, Seoul on aler...

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/8P1R88/GYBHA5/P54FKV/D4L0IN/   Asia AM Monday April 08 2013 Financial Times - Asia homepage   Portugal faces fresh cuts to spending Passos Coelho makes televised address after country's constitutional court rejected austerity measures seen as essential to meet deficit targets http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/20QETH/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Seoul on alert over North Korea threat Pyongyang declares 'state of war' with the South, has blocked access to Kaesong and threatened a nuclear attack on America http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/MJC0D4/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Afghan attacks kill US diplomat and soldiers Car bomb blast kills three American soldiers and a diplomat in Zabul while a civilian working with the US government died in a separate incident http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/RP7Z9D/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Lagarde welcomes Japan's big stimulus IMF managing director Christine Lagarde says the huge monetary stimulus plan unveiled by Tokyo last week will help to boost global growth http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/6ARJ8U/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Calpers to battle zombie boards The $255bn pension fund has identified 52 directors who have failed to win shareholder votes but either stayed in place or have been reinstated http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/6ARJ8B/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Central banks move into riskier assets Near-zero interest rates and large-scale money printing cut returns on US government debt and the bonds of safer eurozone sovereigns to record lows http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/DXL1AC/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Chinese thirst for formula spurs rationing Rampant Chinese demand for foreign-made baby milk has forced UK and Australia grocers to limit sales to two tins of infant milk formula at a time http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/RP7Z9J/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Cyprus reaches end of a long and sleazy road The collapse of the Cypriot economy is not the result of a random lurch or shift in axis. It is the end of a path traced in a long, complacent arc of ease and sleaze http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/JQ68WA/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Nervous Europe drives demand for dollars Surge in demand for US cash suggests world is worried about safety of its banks and future of the euro, but has no fear of inflation in US http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/OF2VII/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Copper price set to fall amid high output Investors are betting on a price collapse of a metal that is key to the profitability of mining groups as output rises at the fastest rate in decade http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/1OEILJ/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Financial Times - US homepage   Biggest US rails to invest $450m in crude Union Pacific and BNSF say investment is justified because oil traffic is likely to remain high in the long term on the back of the shale oil boom http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/UL45RJ/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   Financial Times - UK Homepage   'Zero hours' contracts numbers leap White collar professionals are being put on contracts where they can be given no hours and therefore no pay – once the preserve of unskilled workers http://link.ft.com/r/8P1R88/Q36T6T/26QPAK/MSDS3R/PNA2ES/VU/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=7   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..