Markets am: Japan shares hit 5½-year high, Oil trade shifts from...

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/CTBPCC/FDGP4U/SXKPYI/ZBYFC4/   Markets morning briefing Wednesday May 15 2013 How useful are FT email briefings to you and what can we do to improve them? Take our short survey Markets   Japan shares hit 5½-year high Yen weakness boosts exporters' earnings outlook, while Sony soars after shareholder Daniel Loeb proposes float of up to 20% of entertainment business http://link.ft.com/r/CTBPCC/1OK8HO/TP5EB2/ZG13V2/LSV8KM/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=15   Oil trade shifts from crude to refined products Trade to shift over the next five years from traditional short-haul routes to long haul routes as new export-oriented refineries are constructed http://link.ft.com/r/CTBPCC/1OK8HO/TP5EB2/ZG13V2/RP529Y/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=15   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/CTBPCC/1OK8HO/TP5EB2/ZG13V2/K9CGX5/9A/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=15   In depth - FT.com Austerity Europe BP trial Libor scandal Bank bonuses Video Markets Land of the rising sun and falling yen This time it is different - for the first time in decades, the yen has fallen against dollar for eight months running. But Ashraf Laidi, chief market strategist with City Index, argues to Long View columnist John Authers that the yen will continue to sink. 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..