In today's FT: Apple chief defends tax practices, Dimon victory des...

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/J0VG55/NRAWL7/DG8W0Y/QFZDL0/   In today's FT 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 - UK 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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/NRAW8J/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/4VR1D9/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/LSV5H0/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/DXH0FR/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/Q3MD0T/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/Z8EF5W/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Financial Times - Europe 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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/Q3MDOB/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/FDGV33/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/B4L6JN/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Financial Times - Asia homepage   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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/ULXQAU/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/DXH0FS/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/NRAWGW/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   World News - latest world news headlines - FT.com   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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/YGIRMI/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Rescuers search for Oklahoma survivors Forecasters warn that another tornado could be coming as rescue teams continue the search for missing people in Moore, Oklahoma http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/B4L6J9/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   China reveals first carbon trading scheme China's first pilot carbon trading scheme will be launched on June 18 in the southern city of Shenzhen, the first of seven pilot schemes this year http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/LSV5HW/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Israel warns Assad over action in Golan IDF chief of staff makes one of the most explicit warnings yet to the Syrian leader by an Israeli public official after a chain of incidents http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/JQ07L4/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Former Georgia PM charged with corruption Move may rekindle international concerns over alleged selective prosecutions under the country's billionaire premier Bidzina Ivanishvili http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/NRAWG2/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Companies news and analysis - FT.com   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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/3CJUKP/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Cheap debt fuels executive share buybacks More than half of all buybacks by US non-financial companies in the first quarter were used to repurchase stock options, according to Société Générale http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/Q3MD01/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Europe plans to widen bonus cap The European banking regulator said it had broadened the definition of staff affected by the incoming cap, which comes into effect next year http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/A518JZ/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Lawyers for Rajat Gupta argue for new trial 'Key dispute' centers on daughter's testimony http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/4VR1DP/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Nick Buckles bows out as G4S chief The chief of one of the world's biggest security companies is to retire after 28 years in the industry following a profits warning http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/PN7K6D/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Markets   Asian shares rally ahead of Bernanke testimony Japan stocks lead rally, with investors waiting for Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress later in the day http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/A518J5/E4/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/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/HI6AU1/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Central bankers turn deaf ear to warnings Despite poor progress on reducing big deficits and debt, the yields on US and UK government bonds fell and their currencies appreciated. But price moves in markets now show a different story http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/T1WE2L/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Move into 'junk' stocks powers bull run The best performers in the current quarter are those that lagged behind from January to March, according to Bespoke Investment Group analysis http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/SU4ICK/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Kyle Bass bets on full-blown Japan crisis While hedge-fund trade of the year has been to short the yen and buy Japanese stocks, he sees signs of stress he has been predicting for three years http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/NRAW8N/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Financial Times - Comment   The climate sceptics have already won The real and present dangers are shoved to one side because they are simply too uncomfortable to confront http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/DXH0FA/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Prosecutors should not cut deals A practice that amounts to little more than a convenience for the legal establishment does society a grave injustice http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/PN7K69/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Cameron is no longer a winner Activists selected him in 2005 over a rival because they thought he would end their electoral losing streak. But they are regretting their choice http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/3CJUKE/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Abenomics will cause regional damage China, Taiwan and South Korea are all facing the problem of currency appreciation. The falling yen is salt rubbed into their wounds http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/OFZX6U/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Tax is not Apple's biggest worry The tech group's main problems, globally, are slowing growth in iPhone sales and shrinking margins across its line-up. But it has rebooted before http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/XBYJ7I/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Financial Times - Management   A start-up that is fit for purpose The husband and wife team behind Zaggora explain the challenges of managing growth energised bysocial media http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/VTK9AN/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   The best sectors for would-be founders If you have ambitions to become an entrepreneur, it pays to join the right industry even if you don't become self-employed right away http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/HI6AU0/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Is it OK to get personnel in public? I wonder whether it is wise, or even legal, to work on personnel information in public http://link.ft.com/r/J0VG55/RPV20P/YHDR05/R3JUHD/K9CMTY/E4/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=21   Special Reports - FT.com The Connected Business Global Brands Brazil & the US Top 50 Business Ideas Video Lex Carnival issues profit warning Shares in beleaguered cruise operator Carnival fell as much as 13 per cent on Tuesday following an overnight profit warning. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Vincent Boland discuss the outlook for the company. 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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