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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/R5WAEE/B41UT2/OM5RXC/WLXS67/   Asia AM Friday April 26 2013 Financial Times - Asia homepage   US suspects Syria used chemical weapons The simple admission that chemical weapons have likely been used will put huge pressure on President Barack Obama to intervene more forcefully http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/B41UGW/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Google can predict markets, study finds Analysis shows that a trading strategy constructed around the search word 'debt' would have returned 326% between 2004 and 2011 http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/LSC07F/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   GrainCorp agrees to A$2.8bn ADM deal Buying GrainCorp would give ADM control of seven of the eight Australian ports that ship grain in bulk from the nation's east coast http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/PNZA4X/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Merkel speech highlights European divide The German leader underlined the gulf at the heart of the eurozone when she waded into interest-rate policy, days before an expected cut by the ECB http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/873NL0/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Amazon boosts margins even as profit falls The Seattle-based company's net income fell 37% from last year to $82m, or 18 cents per share, but its gross profit margin increased http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/IE68V4/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   China signs $4bn order for 18 Airbus jets The deal, signed at the start of an official visit by French President François Hollande, had been held up by a dispute over airline emissions http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/VTXWIJ/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   US economy sees broad growth The data suggest the US economic recovery is becoming more diverse and resilient ahead of growth figures for the first quarter http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/YGYDST/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   West pressed to act over Dhaka disasters The latest mass loss of life raises serious questions about regulatory failures in Bangladesh's $19bn garment industry that supplies big brands http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/Z8IYJG/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Stocks gain as corporate earnings please Equity markets remain bullish on a busy reporting day as investors shrug off recent poor economic data, while sterling gains after better news from the UK http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/ULW4YJ/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   India moves to ease tensions with China Foreign minister to visit Beijing in what is seen as a conciliatory response to Chinese military incursion across the disputed Himalayan border http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/7ZNF1H/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Financial Times - US homepage   Soros boosts JC Penney by taking 8% stake Soros joins the retailer's share register alongside Bill Ackman, the hedge fund manager whose decision to install Apple veteran Ron Johnson as chief executive failed http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/FDBH0X/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   FSOC seeks to replace Libor promptly Financial Stability Oversight Council said alternative rates 'anchored in observable transactions' should be identified 'promptly' http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/ULW4YN/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   US bankers hit out over Fed capital plan US executives are working through trade associations to support European rivals in opposing a plan requiring lenders to hold more capital in the US http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/XBDK9O/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Financial Times - UK Homepage   Norway's oil fund to become active investor World's largest sovereign wealth fund says it will help pick directors of groups in which it has key stakes and have more dialogue with chairmen http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/VTXWET/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Osborne claims UK economy is 'healing' The anaemic first-quarter growth of 0.3 per cent is a political gift for the embattled chancellor, who has been forced to defend his austerity plans http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/9MP3T8/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   SFO launches criminal probe into ENRC Investigation by the Serious Fraud Office comes as founding shareholders consider bid to take the Kazakh-based, FTSE 100 mining group private http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/VTXWIP/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   Push to scale back EU audit reforms European lawmakers also oppose proposed controversial crackdown on consulting work that could have forced break-up of big accountancy firms http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/MJBZQQ/C51OYF/ZGUTR9/MJVCMF/82/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=25   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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