Asia Morning Headlines: iPhone sales boost Apple shares, Regulator turf war ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday July 24 2013     Financial Times - Asia homepage   iPhone sales boost Apple shares   Sales of 31.2m iPhones, up 20 per cent over the previous year, comfortably outstripped analysts' consensus of sales of around 27m units       Regulator turf war on access to bank books     Ford and Toyota end joint drive on hybrids     SAC hits back at claims by regulator     Former HSBC man in frame to lead RBS     Low inflation worries central bankers     GSK reviews policies for sales staff in China     Singapore narrows money gap with Swiss     Will the royal baby buoy UK economy?     Global equities falter after recent gains         World News   March of Brazil's evangelicals tests pope   Pope Francis' visit to Rio highlights the Vatican's concern about a decline in the church's popularity in the country with the most Catholics       Turkey rate rise highlights dilemma     Israel opens Gulf 'virtual embassy'     Merkel's coalition partner breaks ranks     Hollande optimism not shared by backers   Markets   US offers mortgage risk to investors   Freddie Mac sold a new financial product that will absorb some of the losses on a $22.5bn pool of government-guaranteed mortgages       Banks warn rules threaten 'repo' market     Motown's screech will be heard in Europe     Investor alarm as India flashes amber     Recovery believers take over stocks rally   Asia & Pacific News   Kostas Constantinou braced for hard times   Property developer says Papua New Guinea faces a massive oversupply of hotel rooms and apartments, but residents will benefit       Myanmar to free 73 political prisoners     Entrepreneurs key to PNG resource 'curse'     When one pair of eyelids isn't enough     Australia warns UK against EU exit   Asia-Pacific Companies News   Swiss bankers shrug off Singapore's rise   'Singapore may be the Switzerland of Asia. But Switzerland is the Switzerland of the world,' says a banker. The country manages SFr2.8tn of foreign assets       Banks eye Singapore's rapid growth     Jindal brothers vie to buy Stemcor assets     China's bank reform is a damp squib     Japan leads field of M&As in SE Asia         Please send us your feedback about this email   follow us on:                     Tools: Your account | Portfolio | Email Briefings | Price alerts | Keyword alerts | RSS feeds | Subscribe to FT.com   Email: Change Briefings | Unsubscribe | Change Email Address | Forward this email to a friend | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.