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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/M2ZOXX/OFZY0X/Z9SGF0/18E32X/   In today's FT Thursday May 23 2013 Financial Times - UK 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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/9MUOPP/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   IMF pulls its punches in ring with Treasury Against expectations, fund refused to openly and explicitly criticise chancellor George Osborne's austerity drive in report on British austerity http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/IEO5OQ/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/MJ2KVT/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Financial Times - US homepage   HP turnround plan begins to show results Meg Whitman, chief executive, tells the FT that the 'patient is showing more signs of recovery' after PC revenues fell by a fifth year on year http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/Z8EPEB/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   GE eyes consumer finance unit IPO Jeff Immelt says the US conglomerate is seeking to shrink the assets of its financial services division and possibly list the company publicly http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/Q3ME7Z/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/52FBRI/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Financial Times - Europe homepage   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/FDGZBO/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Ai Weiwei mocks state in music video Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist, has dedicated to dissidents everywhere a heavy-metal video he has made that satirises the power of state authorities http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/NRADAL/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/3CJTJZ/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Financial Times - Asia homepage   Asian debt: Beware of bubbles Southeast Asia's booming bond market has sparked fears of a bubble but the region is in more robust shape to withstand shocks than in the late 1990s http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/MJ2KVE/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/WHDFK5/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Amazon plans giant biosphere in Seattle Mixed public reaction to proposal to construct spherical greenhouses where the online retailer's staff will work surrounded by shrubbery and trees http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/OFZYAY/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   World News - latest world news headlines - FT.com   Ireland pledges to fight tax avoidance Prime minister insists Ireland does not cut special tax deals with foreign companies as he arrives for an EU summit where the issue will top agenda http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/T1WS4M/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/RP5Q53/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Brussels to tighten bank bailout rules EU proposes more stringent rules on state bailouts by which investors would suffer heavier losses and would be levied before taxpayers http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/MJ2K2N/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/3CJTSR/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Iran business shocked by Rafsanjani bar Economy has been struggling due to international sanctions that have helped fuel inflation, which has been officially put at 32.2% http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/DXH2TZ/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Companies news and analysis - FT.com   Cable & Wireless to relocate from London Telecoms group that traces its history back to the early days of the British empire will move its headquarters out of the UK after more than 140 years http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/HI6M8L/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Cloud lifts from UK banks as review ends Lloyds and RBS do not have to issue shares or sell securities to meet fresh regulations, however, shortfalls remain http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/OFZYAQ/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Ares hires ex-Blair adviser for Europe deals Charles Steel, an ex-Carlyle Group executive, is to become the LA-based fund manager's first full-time private equity dealmaker for the continent http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/MJ2KVZ/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   US housing upturn boosts Toll Brothers Luxury homebuilder benefits from a rebounding market, giving Americans confidence to sell their existing homes and make new purchases http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/CWTVL8/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Dish aims to scuttle rival bid for Sprint Dish has filed letters to the FCC disparaging SoftBank, created a website dedicated to scuttling the deal, and has just launched an ad campaign http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/WHDFKS/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Markets   'Eureka' moment for rating agency critics In reformers' sights are the investment mandates that prevent many pension funds and other investors from buying bonds that are not stamped for approval by at least one of the big two agencies http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/87P63H/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/FDGZBN/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Fed QE exit must avoid collateral damage Scarcity has disrupted repo market, harming the ability to set rates for non-bank institutions, and so Federal Reserve should steer collateral to them http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/B4LCL7/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/Q3MEMT/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   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/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/3CJTSL/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Financial Times - Comment   Wall Street needs open-court justice If he is innocent, Steve Cohen's good name should be restored. If he is guilty of massive insider trading on Wall Street, he should be punished http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/DXH2HQ/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Hard to build an 'anyone but China' club No one will say it, but the unstated aim of the TPP is to create a 'high level' trade agreement excluding the world's second-largest economy http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/3CJTSK/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   No magic pill for Britain's economy The biggest pity of the IMF's visit to London is that the hype over fiscal policy will detract from the rest of the report http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/T1WS47/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   How to make big groups play fair on tax The game of cat and mouse can be brought to a satisfactory conclusion end if businesses are assessed on the basis of where they make their sales http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/B4LCLX/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   iDodge: Apple's new killer product Imagine if the company had used one of its famous showcase events to present its tax arrangements. This is what might have happened http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/IEO56O/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Financial Times - Management   Marketing the unpleasant truth Some leading brands are entering sensitive territory by adopting a franker approach when advertising their personal care products http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/OFZYAK/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Bangladesh and the clothes on our backs In the month that has passed since the collapse in Dhaka, resolve to prevent a repetition has all but evaporated, writes Michael Skapinker http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/GY878Y/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Advice to get you out of a rut Many of the lessons offered here seem like pure common sense but the well-chosen and considered case studies leave the reader much to ponder http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/FDGZGR/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   A better baggage handling system Ball bearings have replaced a conveyor belt as part of a redesigned system of transporting luggage to aircraft at London's Gatwick airport http://link.ft.com/r/M2ZOXX/YG4Y41/3O9UZD/C4ZDH7/WHDFKN/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Special Reports - FT.com The Future of Business Data Poland The Connected Business Video Lex Fiat Industrial's tax move to the UK Fiat Industrial aims to move its tax home to the UK after a merger with US business CNH. 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