| * North Korea to restart nuclear facilities * Apple bows to Chinese pressure * France Telecom outsources African towers * Lion Air Plans Asia to Australia Ventures With 1,000 Planes * SE Asia outguns north in IPO fund raising * Glencore-Xstrata deal hit by fresh delays * Novartis loses Indian patent case * Brazil to probe Anglo American port accident * Norwegian airline counts on Asian tourists * Taiwan to ease rules for Chinese banks * Carrefour eyes Brazil and China for growth Markets: mixed North Korea to restart nuclear facilities
North Korea said on Tuesday it would restart all nuclear facilities at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex including a uranium enrichment plant, a move that further ratchets up tension on the Korean peninsula.
http://on.ft.com/10u7hGG Apple bows to Chinese pressure
Apple has given in to intense pressure from Chinese state media about its customer service practices, apologising to consumers in its second-largest market.
http://on.ft.com/XT3EZe France Telecom outsources African towers
France Telecom has agreed a deal to outsource more than 2,000 mobile towers across Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon to IHS, the African infrastructure group, in a move to cut costs and improve its networks in often difficult areas to operate.
http://on.ft.com/128j0js Lion Air Plans Asia to Australia Ventures With 1,000 Planes
PT Lion Mentari Airlines plans to set up ventures across Asia and Australia to expand after placing orders of more than $45 billion with Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. (BA) in the past two years.
http://bloom.bg/XmMdoY SE Asia outguns north in IPO fund raising
Southeast Asia topped north Asia as a venue for initial public offerings in the first quarter, something not seen since the heady days before the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.
http://on.ft.com/10u7LN3 Glencore-Xstrata deal hit by fresh delays
Swiss commodities trader Glencore announced fresh delays to its $76bn tie-up with London-listed miner Xstrata amid continuing regulatory issues in China.
http://on.ft.com/16hJMCN Novartis loses Indian patent case
India's Supreme Court has rejected a plea from Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group, to patent its cancer drug Glivec, in a landmark ruling health activists say will allow India's generics industry to keep making cheaper versions of newer medicines.
http://on.ft.com/10gjMXu Brazil to probe Anglo American port accident
Prosecutors have launched an inquiry into a fatal accident at Anglo American's port in northern Brazil, fearing it may also have caused environmental damage in the Amazon region.
http://on.ft.com/YXrPpD
Norwegian airline counts on Asian tourists
Norwegian Air Shuttle, Europe's third-biggest budget airline by revenues, is counting on growing numbers of Asian tourists to fill its seats as its fleet nearly triples to between 150 and 200 aircraft over the next seven years.
http://on.ft.com/Z5375L Taiwan to ease rules for Chinese banks
Taiwan will ease rules to allow Chinese banks to buy bigger stakes in local banks and permit more Chinese firms to invest in its financial industry, the island's financial regulator said on Monday, marking a major advance in cross-strait ties.
http://on.ft.com/100oM2z Carrefour eyes Brazil and China for growth
Carrefour is working on a plan to expand its operations in Brazil and China, the details of which the French retailer is set to reveal at the start of next year, according to the group's chairman and chief executive.
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