| * Bolivia court clears Evo Morales' bid to run for third term * India's opposition hits out over border dispute with China * Tiger Asia loses final appeal against Hong Kong regulator * Indonesia's SBY: back from the brink on fuel subsidies, again * Unilever offers $5.4bn for a better grip on Hindustan Unilever * Karzai admits CIA sent cash to Afghan intelligence agency * Asian Shares extend gains on US data * Taiwan GDP growth falls to 1.5% * Vale's narrow escape from Argentina * Tata eyes coal assets freed by global fracking boom Markets: mixed Bolivia court clears Evo Morales' bid to run for third term
Bolivia's constitutional court has opened the way for President Evo Morales to serve a third term after ruling that a new clause in the country's constitution would not bar him from standing.
http://on.ft.com/17v1cOy India's opposition hits out over border dispute with China
An Indian opposition leader has called the government "weak, cowardly and incompetent" amid a worsening international dispute over what New Delhi says is a Chinese military incursion 18km into Indian-controlled territory along the disputed Himalayan border.
http://on.ft.com/ZOTdeG Tiger Asia loses final appeal against Hong Kong regulator
Hong Kong's market regulator has won a key victory in its battle to show it can act quickly against offshore investors accused of market abuse after the city's highest court dismissed an appeal by US-based hedge fund Tiger Asia Management.
http://on.ft.com/ZidLHK Indonesia's SBY: back from the brink on fuel subsidies, again
Predicting when Indonesia's gingerly President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will take a tough decision is a fool's game. Despite suggestions from his ministers and advisers on Monday that he would finally announce a long-discussed hike in the price of subsidised fuel, on Tuesday, SBY (as he is universally known) stepped back from the brink once again.
http://on.ft.com/189FQYw Unilever offers $5.4bn for a better grip on Hindustan Unilever
Shares in Hindustan Unilever, Unilever's Indian arm, soared around 20 per cent on Tuesday after its Anglo-Dutch parent announced a $5.4bn offer to raise its stake from 52.5 per cent to 75 per cent.
http://on.ft.com/12MuYfN Karzai admits CIA sent cash to Afghan intelligence agency
President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that Afghanistan's intelligence agency had received payments from the US for the past 10 years but insisted that they were small and legitimate.
http://on.ft.com/12Lsazy Asian shares extend gains on US data
Asian stocks extended gains as US home sales rose and expectations grew for further stimulus measures from global central banks.
http://on.ft.com/13HNDZY Taiwan GDP growth falls to 1.5%
Taiwan's economic growth rate dropped to just 1.5 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2013, down from 3.7 per cent the previous quarter, as the export-oriented economy stumbled under the weight of slowing growth in key trade partners, particularly China and the US.
http://on.ft.com/10oKj1H Vale's narrow escape from Argentina
When Dilma Rousseff emerged from a meeting with Argentina's Cristina Kirchner last Thursday, saying that Vale would soon reach an agreement over its $6bn Rio Colorado potash project in the country, some feared the worst.
http://on.ft.com/12LrASd Tata eyes coal assets freed by global fracking boom
Tata Power Co. (TPWR), India's second- largest generator, is seeking coal assets in the U.S., Canada and Colombia as prices of the fuel drop amid surging shale gas supplies in North America. (Bloomberg)
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