Asia AM: Flat Japanese consumer prices aid Kuroda, US charges...

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/OZMCDD/B4HAW2/9LT7GF/TP5EB2/   Asia AM Friday June 28 2013 Financial Times - Asia homepage   Flat Japanese consumer prices aid Kuroda Government data on Friday showed that core CPI across Japan was unchanged in May from a year earlier, rising from minus 0.4% in April http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/JQVKNB/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   US charges Chinese with trade secret theft US alleged that Sinovel had stolen proprietary software and technical details belonging to AMSC, a US company that makes wind turbine components http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/SUXRGZ/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Investors pull $8.6bn from US bond funds Investment managers are closely watching the flow data for signs that withdrawals accelerate, which would force managers to sell assets http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/NR7E1T/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Iran, Russia and China prop up Assad Three main allies supporting international financial transactions, delivering $500m a month in oil and extending credit lines, says senior economy minister http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/DXG7Q1/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   US to suspend Bangladesh trade privileges Decision from the White House will come in response to a series of disasters in the south Asian nation's garment factories http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/20RB7Z/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Nike to tackle rising Asian labour costs Sports group's profitability nonetheless rose from same period last year thanks to product price rises, lower raw material costs and lower tax rate http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/FD65S3/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Napster co-founder attacks online media 'jackals' Sean Parker, a venture capitalist who was the first president of Facebook, called for stronger privacy and intellectual property laws http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/RPWJBG/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Bank fees rise 9% despite dealmaking dip Of the global fee pool, 59 per cent was generated in the Americas, illustrating how the US market has recovered compared with the rest of the world http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/20RB77/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Obama says no deals in exchange for Snowden Barack Obama said the US still had 'a whole lot of business that we do with China and Russia' which should not be jeopardised by one extradition case http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/VTY3OZ/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Myanmar awards telecoms licences Norway's Telenor and Qatar's Ooredoo win licences to run phone networks in Myanmar, one of the last untapped telecoms markets in the world http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/9MLVD1/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Financial Times - US homepage   Immigration reform bill clears US Senate Bill marks the first crucial step towards overhauling the US immigration system, one of President Barack Obama's top priorities for his second term http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/Q34SH6/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   US hatches mortgage risk plan for market Politicians on Capitol Hill are taking their positions on a new bipartisan Senate bill that would wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/FD65SF/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Corzine charged in connection with misuse of customer funds Corzine was chief executive of MF Global when it collapsed leaving a $1.6bn hole in customer funds after the brokerage allegedly dipped into clients' accounts http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/Z89L2E/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   UK Homepage   UK industry closes on Mittelstand Britain's often neglected medium-sized companies are closing the gap in revenue growth with Germany's admired cadre of mighty midsized businesses http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/K92D30/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Industry asked to curb peak power use National Grid could give financial incentives to companies to reduce demand, in stark sign of urgency of UK's looming energy supply shortage http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/6APOWQ/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Fed big-hitters seek to quash QE fears Remarks are clearest attempt by top monetary policy officials to clarify Fed policy after Ben Bernanke, Fed chairman, last week rattled the markets http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/WHIP0Q/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Improvisation the rule in bank bail-in deal Stricter regime to force creditors to foot the bill of failed lenders instead of taxpayers will only come into force from 2018 http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/LSAYPA/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   CVC fund attracts pledges of €14bn UK buyout group virtually exceeds own fundraising targets by 50% as the money raised comes in at fastest industry pace since financial crisis http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/871CKN/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   Facebook investors reunite to back start-up A trio of Facebook's earliest investors have invested $25m to back a new campus-based mobile payments company founded by a 22-year-old http://link.ft.com/r/OZMCDD/SU7BZA/TP5EB2/C47CUJ/EK8M96/GX/h?a1=2013&a2=6&a3=27   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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