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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/NA70KK/RP5NCO/46E18J/V1W98Z/   Europe morning headlines Tuesday May 07 2013 Financial Times - Europe homepage   Microsoft prepares U-turn on Windows 8 'Key aspects' of how the software is used will be changed when Microsoft releases an updated version of the operating system this year http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/1O96DX/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   China seeks to alter World Bank report The row is an example of China's growing assertiveness at international bodies and its increased willingness to challenge liberal economic prescriptions http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/MJ2S6Z/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Facebook set to introduce video ads Move by the social networking site is a bid to tap into the vast budgets that marketers spend on television that tower over online ad spending http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/52FVQT/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Protests mount on use of BP Gulf spill funds The controversy is a foretaste of even fiercer disagreements that are likely over the much larger sums expected to flow into the region http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/DXHWPP/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   US says China is stepping up cyber war The Pentagon's comments represent perhaps the strongest yet about an issue that is raising the ire of many of Beijing's critics in Congress http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/PN7FCV/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Markets   Nikkei 225 breaches 14,000 after holiday Improving corporate earnings set to boost sentiment further in coming days, according to analysts http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/PN7FCA/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   S&P tipped to avoid spring swoon The issue for investors is whether a market sporting a gain of more than 13% this year has room to extend and avoid its first May sell-off since 2009 http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/Z8EGXD/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Apollo leads US stocks to new high US stocks reached a record level yet again after shares in Apollo Global Management hit an all-time high on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/XBYH4F/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Support for corn as ethanol output surges Strong current demand for corn helps keep May-delivered corn futures priced well above futures for December delivery as refiners restart plants http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/7Z3ASO/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   US regulators eye Bitcoin supervision CFTC is 'seriously' considering whether the cyber-currency might fall under its remit because of concerns about risks to consumers and markets http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/K9CQGZ/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   World News - latest world news headlines - FT.com   EU plans migrant jobless benefit reform The mandatory period for nations to support their citizens seeking work in another member country could be extended from three months to at least six http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/4VRCEJ/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   No clear frontrunner for Iran presidency As election hopefuls start to register this week, tense political infighting makes it difficult to predict any likely winner http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/NRAJOZ/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Russian opposition marks violent protest Demonstrators met in Moscow to mark the day a year ago that ended in clashes with the police and broke the back of the anti-Putin movement http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/9MU7RG/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Somali president calls for Marshall plan Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is calling for huge amount of donor help, comparing his country to post-1945 Europe with added problems of piracy and terrorism http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/PN7FC8/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Europe News - latest Europe news headlines - FT.com   Ministers back rise in EU carbon prices Confusion over Germany's position means it is unclear if it will be possible for MEPs to prop up bloc's flagship policy to tackle climate change http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/GY8DL1/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Neo-Nazi trial suspended in Germany The trial of an alleged member of a far-right terrorist cell has been halted after defence lawyers complained of being searched on entering the court http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/DXHWPF/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Banish threat of Europe's zombie banks A sector kept alive by implicit state guarantees of all its liabilities needs new and thorough stress tests, say Harald Benink and Harry Huizinga http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/OFZR0I/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Giulio Andreotti, Italian statesman Seven times prime minister of Italy, Giulio Andreotti will be remembered more for how he exercised power than for what he achieved by wielding it http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/4VRCEU/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   European companies   Lufthansa switches course on new chairman Dispute highlights a schism between German and foreign shareholders on importance of independent voices among non-executive directors http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/IEOIHO/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Bayern Munich chairman has backing of club Board 'unanimously decided' it was in interests of club for Uli Hoeness to stay even though German prosecutors are investigating unpaid tax http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/DXHWP8/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   Hess and Elliott Management fight hots up Five nominees put forward by Hess board take unusual step of issuing an open letter, accusing rivals of having failed to 'do their homework' http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/FDGK1Z/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   European telecoms: ring of confidence Regulatory pressure on mobile termination rates is still peaking and customer spending is depressed. Citibank expects it to be the worst quarter for mobile revenue declines http://link.ft.com/r/NA70KK/52IY68/3O9UZD/HY41O0/DXHWP7/28/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=7   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..