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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/R5WAEE/6ANTX0/E86XC1/5CJLMI/   Asia AM Wednesday May 22 2013 How useful are FT email briefings to you and what can we do to improve them? Take our short survey Financial Times - Asia homepage   Apple chief defends tax practices Tim Cook, Apple chief executive, defended the technology group's tax practices and denied it was engaged in massive tax avoidance schemes http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/IEOZUT/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Japanese trade deficit widens The total value of exports in April rose 3.8 per cent from a year earlier to Y5.78tn, while imports were up by 9.4 per cent to Y6.66tn http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/DXH0RN/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Dimon victory despite investor backlash Investors targeted their disapproval at the bank's independent directors in an unusually large vote against the re-election of Ellen Futter, David Cote and James Crown http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/OFZXGU/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   China property boom not abating Restrictions and a property tax announced by the central government in February have not been fully implemented in any city apart from Beijing http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/RP5YON/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Twitter wins over teens in race for users Facebook fatigue manifesting as move by teenagers to set up extra accounts on rival sites to avoid parents' scrutiny, according to Pew Research Centre http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/9MUGQQ/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Shares advance ahead of Bernanke speech US stocks reach fresh record highs as investors await further clues on the outlook for monetary policy from the Federal Reserve chairman http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/CWTOJE/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Microsoft unveils new media-friendly Xbox The successor to the Xbox 360 represents Microsoft's bid to be the favoured content provider in the living room against competition http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/JQ071B/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Chiefs talk up India-China trade target While some notable agreements have boosted ties, in other ways the story of the corporate links spanning the two Asian powerhouses is less happy http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/CWTOJR/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Rafsanjani banned from presidential poll Guardian Council bans Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, an ally of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, from participating http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/XBYJZ6/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Shane Todd's family walk out of inquest An inquiry into the death of an American engineer in Singapore took an unexpected turn after his family walked out of a coroner's inquest http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/T1WEC6/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Financial Times - US homepage   Dimon performance well choreographed Given a choice between sending a message to the board and rebuking their still-popular chief executive, JPMorgan investors chose to slap the directors http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/6ANTY2/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Silicon Valley set for immigration win As senators continue to haggle over a bill that would overhaul the US's immigration system, a new deal removes one of the last remaining stumbling blocks http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/MJ24HO/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Oklahoma rallies after tornado The devastation in Moore is extensive, with entire neighbourhoods reduced to debris, leaving residents to pick through the rubble http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/6ANTY7/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   SAP seeks programmers with autism German software group wants to tap into a new talent pool by hiring hundreds of people with the condition to programme and test its ­products http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/87PBE7/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Instant Bloomberg not fading away yet There have been attempts to topple Bloomberg's instant messaging dominance, but the system is too popular with the financial community at the moment http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/VTK92C/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   US farmland faces asset bubble test Prices have doubled as the Fed has held interest rates at lows and amid strong demand. What will happen when monetary policy tightens and grain supply grows http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/NRAWBF/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Financial Times - UK Homepage   Fiat Industrial to move tax home to UK Blow to Italy underlines the attractiveness of the UK's increasingly light corporate tax regime http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/PN7K8J/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   BP increases challenges to oil spill payouts Oil group aims to stop what it believes are unjustified compensation payments under the settlement it agreed with victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/20SPW4/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Gay marriage 'tipping point' for Tory grassroots A former chairman of Wycombe Conservative Association believes the fight against the same sex marriage bill is growing, but many deem it irrelevant http://link.ft.com/r/R5WAEE/Z8WXZ4/OJ2XU6/YB18O8/FDGVN9/ZH/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   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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