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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/P75VYY/HI6AFM/SXKPYI/D4L0IN/   Markets morning briefing Wednesday May 22 2013 How useful are FT email briefings to you and what can we do to improve them? Take our short survey Markets   Shares mixed ahead of Bernanke testimony Japan stocks lead rally, with investors waiting for Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before Congress l http://link.ft.com/r/P75VYY/IET8D9/8ANBW9/08T0AP/XBYFNU/T3/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Commodities traders acquire power stations Trading houses are buying plants signalling a return to the utilities sector, 10 years after the collapse of the US electricity trading industry http://link.ft.com/r/P75VYY/IET8D9/8ANBW9/08T0AP/XBYFNN/T3/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   Capital comments boost Lloyds shares Part-nationalised bank says it will not need to issue new equity to satisfy Prudential Regulatory Authority requirements on capital levels http://link.ft.com/r/P75VYY/IET8D9/8ANBW9/08T0AP/DXHV2A/T3/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   US stocks close at fresh high Five of 10 main industry groups on the benchmark rise, with companies that sell non-essential items to consumers leading the gainers http://link.ft.com/r/P75VYY/IET8D9/8ANBW9/08T0AP/20S1LH/T3/h?a1=2013&a2=5&a3=22   In depth - FT.com Austerity Europe Libor scandal Bank bonuses Video Markets Flaws with financial transaction tax A "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions was seen as a way to discourage speculative market trades. Capital markets editor Ralph Atkins and FT Trading Room editor Philip Stafford discuss how turning theory into practice is proving a challenge. 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..