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* China claims 'mountains of data' on cyber attacks by US

* Argentina lifts freeze on Chevron assets in Lago Agrio case

* Brazilian real volatile after tax move

* Gabon seeks to reclaim Chinese oil assets

* Amazon launches online shopping site in India

* China's appetite for food imports to fuel agribusiness M&A

* Indonesia: get ready for an insurance boom

* Ukraine's richest man buys telecoms and 3G monopoly for $1bn

* Latvia set to join eurozone next year

Markets: down

China claims 'mountains of data' on cyber attacks by US
Beijing has upped the ante on the US over accusations of cyber attacks by China, warning that it also has evidence against the US before a meeting between Barack Obama and Xi Jinping this week.
http://on.ft.com/12sM5Hw

Argentina lifts freeze on Chevron assets in Lago Agrio case
Argentina's Supreme Court has lifted a freeze on the assets of Chevron that was sought by plaintiffs trying to collect on a $19bn judgment for environmental damage in Ecuador.
http://on.ft.com/12tISYc

Brazilian real volatile after tax move
Volatility jumped in Brazil's currency market after the country became one of the first emerging markets to scrap a key capital control in the face of a broadly stronger dollar.
http://on.ft.com/10QrlpU

Gabon seeks to reclaim Chinese oil assets
Gabon is planning to take assets back from three international oil companies including a subsidiary of China's Sinopec in a sign ofAfrica's growing assertiveness as competition intensifies for its natural resources.
http://on.ft.com/13lzz9d

Amazon launches online shopping site in India
Amazon has launched an e-commerce marketplace in India that lets it sidestep foreign investment restrictions, while it plans to expand its nascent US grocery business as its ambitions grow.
http://on.ft.com/15JXmAy

China's appetite for food imports to fuel agribusiness M&A
China is set to become more dependent on imported grains, oilseeds and meat during the next 10 years, a development that is likely to support prices and fuel further dealmaking in the global agribusiness industry.
http://on.ft.com/11iKtIN

Indonesia: get ready for an insurance boom
With very low penetration rates and too many small players, Fitch Ratings reckons Indonesia's nascent insurance market could be set for a wave of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
http://on.ft.com/15JGkT7

Ukraine's richest man buys telecoms and 3G monopoly for $1bn
Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine's richest man, is buying his country's fixed-line telecom monopoly and its only 3G mobile internet license for an estimated $1bn. The acquisition of Ukrtelecom from EPIC, an Austrian investment group, raises fresh concerns about how much of the nation's wealth is being concentrated in one man's hands.
http://on.ft.com/12tJhtH

Latvia set to join eurozone next year
Brussels has given the green light to Latvia to become the 18th country to adopt the euro, despite concerns at the European Central Bank about the country's economic outlook.
http://on.ft.com/18XtIM0

Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.52% at 986.22

Americas
DJIA down -1.43% at 14,961
S&P 500 down -1.38% at 1,609
Bovespa down -2.26% at 52,799

Asia
Nikkei 225 down -0.06% at 13,007
Topix down -1.50% at 1,074
Hang Seng down -1.05% at 21,838
Shanghai Composite down -0.76% at 2,254
MSCI Asia ex-Japan down -0.90% at 531.95
CNX Nifty down -0.63% at 5,887

Currencies
€/$ 1.31 (1.31)
$/¥ 99.16 (99.06)

Commodities
Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.07 at 102.97
Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.10 at 93.84
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +0.60 at 1,399

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