Asia AM: ECB gives forward guidance for first time, Crackdown...

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/A1TNOO/EK6R4X/N7MJW0/PRAK1O/   Asia AM Friday July 05 2013 Financial Times - Asia homepage   ECB gives forward guidance for first time Draghi and Carney take radical step of giving explicit guidance on low rates in response to US Fed's hints of tightening http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/RPX63Q/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Crackdown on Brotherhood intensifies Demoralised and leaderless, Islamists struggle to react to Morsi's overthrow as their organisation considers its future in politics http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/MJ7TSC/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Coup in Cairo is a rude awakening Events in the Middle East show that the help the region needs is not of the type the US and its allies have been giving http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/6AUD2B/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Batista begins shake-up of troubled empire The restructuring of the group, once the brash symbol of a booming Brazil, is expected to leave the billionaire with rump assets worth only about $1bn-$2bn http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/3CNW0S/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Second wind for regulators bruises banks The past fortnight has been a potentially expensive one for banks on both sides of the Atlantic as regulators step up demands on capital levels http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/NRMHJZ/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   EU threatens to halt data sharing with US Home affairs commissioner says bloc will halt access to financial transaction and airline passenger information if Americans break security laws http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/LSZL9K/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Portugal 'finds formula' to avert collapse Pedro Passos Coelho, Portugal's prime minister, said Lisbon's two ruling coalition parties had 'found a formula to maintain government stability' http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/VTIVLI/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Taiwan's fishermen sail in troubled waters Efforts to make a living force fishing boats further out to sea sparking clashes with authorities in neighbouring countries who accuse them of poaching http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/MJ7TS5/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Microsoft reaches agreement with Sinofsky Steven Sinofsky, former Windows boss who left Microsoft last November, reached a deal with the software company that grants him $14m worth of shares http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/52PKV3/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   US non-farm payrolls likely to disappoint Recent economic reports from the US have been mixed, making a job market disappointment more likely than a number well ahead of forecasts http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/Z8S7GJ/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   UK Homepage   Dovish central banks trigger share surge Amid thin trading on the US holiday, European stocks rally as traders are caught on the hop by BoE and ECB policy comments http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/JQ2UEM/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   Watson quits as Labour election chief Ed Miliband's ally has stepped down as campaign co-ordinator amid a growing dispute over a union attempt to influence candidate selection http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/LSZL9V/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   China drug audit gives pharmas the chills Local industry executives stress the inquiry is the latest in a regular series, which set an upper ceiling price for all patented and generic drugs http://link.ft.com/r/A1TNOO/LSOZXE/26QPAK/XBLGNP/K9A1QM/KI/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=4   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..