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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/G8OTZZ/Q3M0SS/1JR63Y/9Z3GXS/   Asia AM Wednesday May 15 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   US deficit falls faster than expected The brighter US fiscal outlook is the result of a combination of increased tax revenues, due partly to the economic recovery, and deep automatic spending cuts http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/VTK71A/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   JPMorgan investors take heat off Dimon People familiar with early voting patterns say investor proposal to strip chief of role as chairman is on track to gather less than 50% of vote http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/OFZOJH/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   China's corporate debt market set to challenge US Standard & Poor's report says that in terms of outstanding non-financial debt the US will slip into second place in 2014-15 http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/Z8EWBE/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Stocks power to fresh highs US and European equities marched to fresh cyclical highs as uncertainty about the outlook for the US economy were put to one side http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/JQ0HIT/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Activist investor politely urges Sony revamp Founder of hedge fund Third Point urges Japanese group to sell off part of its film and music business, setting up a potential struggle http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/OFZOJA/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   China: High and dry Water shortages are putting a brake on economic growth and are stirring political discontent, but high-spending responses are triggering criticism http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/7Z392S/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Google's Page discloses voice damage The disclosure follows a period of leave that Google's chief executive took in the middle of last year to deal with his voice problems http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/7Z392I/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Bloomberg Way is given public focus The Bloomberg Way, which has grown from a 30-page manifesto into a 376-page book, was 'a strategy to prove that we could compete with everybody' http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/CWTN51/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Russia arrests alleged CIA recruiter Russia's security service says US diplomat in a wig was captured trying to recruit an agent, detained overnight and handed over to embassy officials http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/VTK715/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   BlackBerry messenger to go on iPhone, Android The move will position the messenger service, which 60m users daily, as a direct competitor to rival services including Microsoft's Skype, Facebook and WhatsApp http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/OFZOJV/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Financial Times - US homepage   FBI probe after IRS targeted activists The likelihood of rancorous hearings on Capitol Hill may sour the chances of Congress passing a bill to reform the immigration system http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/ULXZUK/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Financial Times - UK Homepage   Europe oil groups raided over price setting Probe into oil benchmarks comes in the wake of Libor manipulation scandal. BP, Statoil, Shell and Platts are among the companies being investigated http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/1O9K8R/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   JC Flowers buys debt collector Cabot The private equity group run by Christopher Flowers is to acquire Cabot, marking the former Goldman Sachs banker's biggest deal in the country http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/YGI4H4/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   Amazon hit by old-world strike action Online retailer's employment practices and conditions for staff are under scrutiny, after allegations of poor treatment of seasonal workers http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/20SD6R/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   London tightens grip on arts donations Figures will deal blow to theatres, galleries and arts groups across regions suffering from cuts in government funding and a sluggish recovery http://link.ft.com/r/G8OTZZ/3CD84Q/WLXS67/7AOBMJ/52FECK/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=14   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. FT.com Change Briefings  •   Unsubscribe  •   Change Email Address  •   Forward this email to a friend  •   Privacy Policy  •   About Us  •   Help This email was sent by or on behalf of a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723..