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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/A1TNOO/52JYWZ/RWX3YL/3O9UZD/   In today's FT Thursday April 04 2013 Financial Times - UK Homepage   Bundesbank launches Deutsche probe Central bank investigates claims lender hid up to $12bn in losses during financial crisis by misvaluing credit derivatives http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/JQ6LLP/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   US to send missile defence unit to Guam North Korea has threatened to target Guam, a US territory and one of the key US military bases in the Asia-Pacific region, amid escalating rhetoric http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/CW1RR1/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Bitcoin bubble grows and grows Buying frenzy has sent the value of the total stock of virtual currency past $1.5bn and the price of a single unit has doubled in less than two weeks http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/CW1RRR/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - US homepage   Obama takes pay cut 'to share in sacrifice' Obama's move signals that the White House is nervous about the public backlash against the cuts, worth $85bn through the end of September http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/LS0HHT/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Fed member hints at summer slowing of QE3 A leading dove at the Federal Reserve said it could start tapering off its QE3 programme this summer in a sign of how debate has shifted http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/SUMC0Q/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Goldman and JPM benefit as rivals retreat US banks are benefiting as rivals suffer decline in investment banking and capital markets activity, says Goldman president Gary Cohn http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/6ARIIA/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - Europe homepage   Cyprus to receive €1bn from IMF Three-year loan is part of €10bn bailout deal agreed with lenders last month that prevented the meltdown of the country's banking sector http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/RP70OS/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Salz attacks warped top pay at Barclays Review of bank's culture and practices recommends that the lender be more transparent and candid, and for the board to engage more closely with the business http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/GYBPPE/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Hollande promises to root out corruption French president plans to ban convicted politicians from office and stiffen wealth disclosure rules for ministers and members of parliament http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/MJCBB0/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - Asia homepage   Kuroda in spotlight with first BoJ meeting In contrast to meetings at the European Central Bank and Bank of England, first official get-together of the new board is expected to be 'momentous' http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/DXLFFB/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   China losing virtual propaganda war In the past few years it has become fashionable to be anti-establishment and senior party officials worry they have lost control of public discourse http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/20QXWN/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Ex-Goldman trader surrenders to FBI Matthew Taylor turns himself in to US authorities on securities-related charges over alleged fabricated trades that led to a $118m loss http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/Z8Y55B/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - World   Obama nears Arkansas health deal Health secretary gives state preliminary green light to pursue plan, which could give rise to similar proposals in Florida, Ohio and perhaps Texas http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/CW1RR3/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Egypt in spat with US over embassy tweet Twitter page highlighted a clip from American comedian Jon Stewart in which he savages Mohamed Morsi for the arrest of comedian Bassem Youssef http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/4VSDDO/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Iran warned on food security High inflation and the rial's fall have been exacerbated by poor performance in the agricultural sector, which suffers from under-investment http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/JQ6LLF/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Fears of Taliban assassinations increase Afghanistan's people and its neighbours are hedging their bets, US general tells the FT, as Nato-led forces prepare for 'high-profile' attacks http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/NRVGG6/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Spanish princess is suspect in fraud case Cristina to be formally questioned by judge investigating corruption allegations against her husband, in latest blow for country's royal family http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/B4UJJK/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - Companies   KFC eyes more orders with 'mobile wallet' KFC implemented its technology in 10 locations in London on Wednesday, with the goal to extend it across the UK, then the US and rest of the world http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/IE81UZ/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Lululemon product chief departs Canadian retailer gives no indication of when product line-up will return to normal amid see-through yoga pants crisis http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/YGDMM0/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Fallon to succeed Leno at Tonight Show Move follows weeks of speculation and marks one of Comcast's biggest programming decisions since it took control of NBCUniversal http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/MJCBBO/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Deal hopes grow after Ambani truce Second, more lucrative, accord likely to follow telecoms deal between India's most famous fraternal tycoons after detente ends years of rancour http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/T15VVW/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   British Airways to get 18 Dreamliners Proposed deal – worth $4bn at catalogue prices – a boost for Boeing, which is reeling from regulators ordering the grounding of the 787 in January http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/B4UJSC/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - Financial markets news   Equities give back some recent gains S&P 500 retreats from record closing high as investors eye forthcoming central bank decisions and Friday's US payrolls report http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/20QXX4/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Gulf states bemoan lack of top-grade ratings Saudis and Qataris believe their economies are not being accorded the status they deserve by Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/3C9KX8/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Cyprus bailout sends warning to bank creditors The rescue of Cyprus prompts drive by banks to issue assets that will protect senior unsecured bondholders from any future bail-ins http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/UL422T/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Electronic trading to muscle in on corporate debt Computer-based trading is muscling in on one of the last bastions of telephone trade between dealers and investors http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/MJCBBS/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   New orthodoxy means EM currency gains New set of norms at central banks and how they deal with inflation has implications for investors in the bond, equities and currency markets http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/NRVGB4/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - Comment   Facebook's fight to keep its start-up edge The more the company swells, the greater the risk of becoming a bureaucracy and suffering from the curse of success, writes Gillian Tett http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/87NQQ9/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial reform is coming to America Many critics hoped that a Republican president would rescue them. But it is no longer in their interest to delay, writes Barney Frank http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/3C9KKS/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Ankara pulls at Mideast's Kurdish thread Erdogan plans to draw Iraq's and Syria's Kurds into the 'Turkosphere', a Sunni bloc facing the Shia powers to the south, writes David Gardner http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/Q3ZO6Q/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Japan and UK must lead way to reflation Inflation-raising can take hold quickly if policy makers are determined. Abe should not let others' lack of ambition thwart his own, says Peter Tasker http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/87NQQD/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Horses line up for a springtime ritual Although British horseracing has become marginalised, the Grand National pushes it nearer centre stage than anything else, writes Matthew Engel http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/LS0HHA/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - Management   The search for lifelines in Italy Small businesses in Italy that are finding themselves starved of cash have been forced to search for new sources of funding, writes Rachel Sanderson http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/MJCBHI/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   It is not a crime to greenlight a new verb Few shudder at 'to Google'. English has been creating verbs for centuries. The real question is whether they are useful, writes Michael Skapinker http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/K9OTL5/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   The Goldman banker turned environmentalist 'Nature's Fortune', Mark Tercek's account of his move from Wall Street to green policy, highlights the links between nature and business, writes Pilita Clark http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/IEUYQT/QFZDL0/C4VALT/UL4226/7V/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=3   Financial Times - Special Reports Investing in Japan Connected Business Trading Insight Combating Tuberculosis Video Lex What's new at Barclays? Lex's Stuart Kirk and Oliver Ralph discuss the Salz Review, a 230-page report into what went wrong at Barclays before and during the financial crisis, and ask whether it tells investors anything new about the bank. 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