Europe Morning Headlines: Bernanke says bond buying could slow, China factory ...

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/EB8122/87P6JU/WU5SPK/QFZDL0/   Europe morning headlines Thursday May 23 2013 Financial Times - Europe homepage   Bernanke says bond buying could slow The Fed chairman said it might consider taming asset purchases soon if officials became convinced that the economic recovery was on a steady upward path http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/7Z363O/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   China factory output hits seven-month low Factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months as new orders fell, the May HSBC PMI showed, raising concerns of a feeble recovery http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/MJ2DAR/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Soldier killed on London street Scotland Yard says two men, both carrying weapons, were shot by police and taken to hospital. Video footage showed one of the men with bloodied hands http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/VTKFK9/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   IMF studies bond restructuring reform First high-level attempt to address the issue since efforts to create a sovereign debt mechanism failed a decade ago http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/6AN8NB/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Rating agencies under fire again Growing number of investors say agencies such as S&P, Moody's and Fitch have not kept up with improving fundamentals in US housing market http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/9MU0U2/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Markets   Japan shares fall sharply in broad sell-off Sentiment hit after Fed chairman said the $85bn-a-month asset purchase programme could start to wind down http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/20STJ2/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Lenders to CLOs told to take lower rates Equity owners of highly-leveraged investment vehicles, called collateralised loan obligations (CLOs), are asserting themselves at the expense of lenders http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/4VRBRL/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   US stocks step back from intraday highs The S&P 500 lost 0.8 per cent to 1,655.35, with stocks sustaining heavy losses after initially rising as much as 1.1 per cent http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/3CJHRM/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Dollar rises on Fed bond-buying comments Analysts say a dovish statement from Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman, could cause a further pullback in the US dollar, which has strengthened recently http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/NRAYZR/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Copper rises to six-week high Continued outage at Freeport's Grasberg mine in Indonesia heightens supply worries http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/K9CXVI/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   World News - latest world news headlines - FT.com   Apple unlikely to change without tax reform The company's defence rests on a simple premise – that its actions stem from an outdated US corporate code – and many Republican senators agree http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/Q3MQ5L/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   White House admits to strikes on US citizens The deaths of the Americans have become one of the most politically sensitive aspects of the widespread use of drones under Mr Obama to kill suspected terror leaders http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/ULXRXR/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Egyptian security force staff freed Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's Islamist president, greeted the men at a military airport in Cairo and vowed to continue a crackdown in the troubled Sinai http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/XBY3YU/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Eurozone seeks 'Tobin tax' incentives Officials look to ease collection of the levy, using market infrastructure, and make it more difficult to sidestep the bloc's taxman http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/20STJZ/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Europe News - latest Europe news headlines - FT.com   Vatican watchdog reports suspect transactions Vatican's finance watchdog says it monitored several suspect money transactions in 2012 and will move to comply with international standards http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/SU4SW3/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   Lagarde to face court over €400m pay-off Judges probe IMF chief's role in 2008 arbitration process that settled a long-running legal dispute involving colourful multimillionaire http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/OFZI7R/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   European companies   Credit Suisse sued over sale of oil group Suit filed by companies owned by Georgian businessman alleges that the bank failed to seek out best price on sale of Caspian Energy http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/Z8EUEP/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   No one left behind To get more people with an autism condition into gainful employment, at market wages, is a true economic and social contribution http://link.ft.com/r/EB8122/RPV4GV/40S17Y/MSI3JT/EKBZGY/XL/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=23   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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