In today's FT: Ex-HBOS trio face City ban call, ECB signals rate cu...

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/IOCBMM/OF20JM/Z9SGF0/HDGAS1/   In today's FT Friday April 05 2013 Financial Times - UK Homepage   Ex-HBOS trio face City ban call Lender should be seen as a case study of how not to run a bank and the three men were urged to be barred from future roles in the sector, report says http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/XBK4GE/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   ECB signals rate cut on the agenda Central bank keeps its main refinancing rate on hold at 0.75%, hours after Japan stunned investors with a dramatic easing plan http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/HIGTQY/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Bank chiefs reluctant to follow Japan The revolution in monetary policy will fascinate the central bank community, as its feeble economic performance is seen as the canary in the coal mine http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/VTWMH7/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - US homepage   Skilling in talks on early jail release Justice department says it is 'considering entering into a sentencing agreement' with the former Enron chief executive and asks victims to weigh in http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/LS08JO/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Autonomy deal debacle takes toll at HP Lane received only a 59 per cent vote in favour of his re-election at HP's annual meeting in March, compared to 96 per cent a year earlier http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/WHX5BJ/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Reuters accused of favouring clients Former employee Mark Rosenblum says he was sacked weeks after he alerted the FBI that certain customers received a two-second advantage over others http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/EKTUDB/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - Europe homepage   Kuroda takes markets by storm The Bank of Japan governor is determined to double Japan's monetary base and meet the target to introduce 2% inflation within two years http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/NRVONH/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Nikkei soars on aggressive BOJ move Japanese shares jump as yen and government bond yields drop sharply, with other Asian markets under pressure ahead of US jobs report http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/NRVOFO/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Samsung unveils quarterly profit boost The South Korean electronics group gains from stepping up sales of cheap smartphones in emerging markets http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/UL47H0/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - Asia homepage   Thein Sein vows to step up Myanmar reforms President Thein Sein pledges to step up the pace of reforms in an interview with the Financial Times and crack down on religious and racial violence http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/6AR97A/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   IEA to open up to emerging nations The International Energy Agency, often considered the western countries' oil watchdog, has started talks with seven emerging economies http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/OF203J/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Apple devices predicted to beat Windows Gartner, the market research group, has forecast in a just-released report that sales of tablets will overtake desktops and laptops by 2015 http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/6AR97C/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - World   Bank of Japan unveils aggressive easing Central bank governor announces arrival with plan to buy long-term bonds to rid Japan of the deflation that has dogged it for almost two decades http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/NRVOFQ/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Obama budget plan set to curb tax breaks Democrats and liberal groups predict president will stick to old definition of wealthy, applying limits to households with incomes above $250,000 http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/XBK48C/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Budget axe starts landing on economic 'lifelines' In small cities, the budget battles have forced local politicians to dip into their own budgets to keep their airports functioning http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/B4UNWJ/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Sequestration's slow burn will not mitigate effects If the sequestration continues into the next financial year, then those temporary expedients will no longer work http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/DXLPK0/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Syrian refugees flood neighbouring states Ankara hosts 187,000 civil war refugees in 17 camps with 200,000 more in towns. In Lebanon, officials believe Syrians make up quarter of populace http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/1OED0L/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - Companies   HBOS built on flawed business model UK Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards report highlights dangers of ill-judged lending, poor risk control and slack regulatory scrutiny http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/HIGTEV/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Facebook stakes claim on rivals' territory Facebook aims to dominate the time people spend on smartphones – a dynamic it will use to push its advertising business on to Google and Apple terrain http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/9M3R45/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   MF Global report blames Corzine Jon Corzine embarked on a 'risky strategy' of betting on European government debt and ignored 'glaring deficiencies' in controls, the trustee finds http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/EKTUYI/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   SAC insider trading case takes twist No reason was stated in court filings for the change, but lawyers speculate the switch does not necessarily reflect a change in strategy http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/20QYVZ/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Bloomberg to pull Twitter into terminals The system will pull in a select group of tweets, including official accounts of companies, officials at central banks and various other influencers http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/HIGTE7/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - Financial markets news   Investors get ready to short yen again After the Bank of Japan's radical measures, investors say selling the yen will once again dominate the global foreign exchange market http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/K9OGSD/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Nasdaq sets stage for HFT in Treasuries Acquisition of eSpeed is key to expansion for the group and high-frequency traders http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/Z8YX6P/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Asia's SWFs must shed political shackles Investment considerations rather than political ones should be paramount in running North Asia's sovereign wealth funds, says Henny Sender http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/3C9IVS/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Wall Street stocks shrug off jobs data US equity markets move modestly higher, shrugging off disappointing weekly jobless data, with shares in defensive sectors leading gains http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/1OEDC7/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Nyrstar zinc contract up for grabs Glencore agreed to terminate its contract to buy a large chunk of Nyrstar's European zinc output to win EU approval for its $76bn tie-up with Xstrata http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/NRVOF0/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - Comment   Spend and borrow will not save the left The continent's welfare state was built on economic growth. That is what social democrats should be talking about, writes Philip Stephens http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/LS08J0/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Forget trying to change any country Berlin chose to turn its back on what was considered the conventional wisdom and has done quite well out it, writes Samuel Brittan http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/PNACPP/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Bank of Japan follows the Fed, on steroids The strategy brings a real prospect of breaking the deflationary psyche which has plagued Japan – but it could work too well, says Gavyn Davies http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/LS08RN/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   What makes the French so unhappy? Whether at home or abroad, the concept of joie de vivre appears to have eluded the people of France, writes Claudia Senik http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/1OED0X/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   State of the union: what's not to love? The foes of gay wedlock essentially argue that the institution of marriage would be stronger in America if fewer people were involved in it, write Gary Silverman http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/WHX5BE/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - Management   The chemist in the kitchen Rachel Edwards-Stuart cooked up a career from applying techniques learnt in the laboratory to modern gastronomy, writes Emma Jacobs http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/4VSE2F/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Bebo creators take networking offline A new private members club aims to improve integration between Silicon Valley geeks and the rest of San Francisco society, says Tim Bradshaw http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/4VSE2G/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Games devices winning public funds Two new products from a US-based Swiss designer are proving that players vote with their wallets when it comes to great ideas, writes Chris Nuttall http://link.ft.com/r/IOCBMM/A594GH/JI67RT/SP9FQQ/CW13X6/HK/h?a1=2013&a2=4&a3=4   Financial Times - Special Reports Investing in Japan Connected Business Trading Insight Combating Tuberculosis Video Lex QE4: Now Japan eases and in earnest Two decades of deflation have driven Japan to instigate an aggressive monetary easing programme - the fourth major central bank to takes such unconventional measures. 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