Asia AM: Apple avoids potential $9bn tax bill, New ad tools b...

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/1OQULB/LAZ956/BMU6DR/   Asia AM Thursday May 02 2013 Financial Times - Asia homepage   Apple avoids potential $9bn tax bill Apple said it would partly fund a record-breaking $55bn share buyback programme by using money raised in the corporate bond market http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/K904Y3/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   New ad tools boost Facebook revenues Revenues from tools including 'paid posts', which allow small businesses to pay to send status updates to more users, are starting to appear in the top line http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/DXTVM9/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Fed willing to increase QE3 in new shift Federal Open Market Committee linked changes in the rate of purchases to prices as well as jobs, as latest data show hiring falling below expectations http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/B410Z3/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Three more charged in Boston bombing case Three days after the bombing, the suspects allegedly removed a laptop and a backpack containing emptied-out fireworks from the alleged bomber's dorm room http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/8738V9/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Global tablet shipments jump as PCs fall There were 49.2m tablets shipped in the first quarter, up from 20.3m a year ago, while PC shipments fell 14 per cent http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/XBDF1D/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   EU looks at limiting Bangladesh trade In an attempt to exert pressure on Bangladesh to improve its factory standards, Brussels is considering restrictions on the country's exports http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/EKH25F/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Key investor hits at gold miners The warning comes after the share price of Barrick Gold fell to a 20-year low last week, losing its crown as the world's largest gold miner by market value to GoldCorp http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/HI87XO/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Anwar in last run at Malaysian leadership The opposition leader's appearance at rally in Putrajaya was calculated to press his advantage home in hostile territory, at the seat of government http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/JQO5DB/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Buffett pays $2bn in move on Israel's IMC The deal reflects the success of Berkshire Hathaway's first overseas purchase in 2006, when it bought 80 per cent of IMC from the Wertheimer family http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/LSCWI0/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Transocean eyes dividends to rebuff Icahn Proposed dividend of $2.24 per share, worth about $800m, was 'sustainable' for the future, and intended to increase as earnings rose, its chief says http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/VTXJP6/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Financial Times - US homepage   Paris stops Yahoo 'devouring' French video group In a move underlining France's hostility to foreign acquisitions, leftwing industry minister claims he rejected US company's interest in Europe's largest video website http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/4VJT6I/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   NY regulator backs banks against Fed New York's Department of Financial Services says banks with less than $50bn of US assets should be exempt from tighter capital rules http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/FDBA4T/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Financial Times - UK Homepage   Irish president warns on EU social risk Higgins urges ECB reform and adds that there would be no 'glowing future' for a bloc that allowed divisions to open up between states http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/9MP62I/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Tories prepare to sell bank stakes Conservatives close to chancellor say Darling paid too much for shares in RBS and Lloyds when he injected nearly £66bn into banks' bailouts http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/7ZNGC3/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Merkel slips in polls after tax scandal German voter support for the chancellor's party has fallen to its lowest level this year in the wake of a tax evasion case involving a prominent ally http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/VTXJPV/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   Europe May Day protests target austerity Although less boisterous than in some recent years, demonstrations across the continent demanded a reversal of economic policies based on cutbacks http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/PNOF5P/C51OYF/6264OB/DXTVMF/YT/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=1   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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