Europe Morning Headlines: Activision CEO leads $8.2bn investor buyout, Senate ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday July 26 2013     Financial Times - Europe homepage   Activision CEO leads $8.2bn investor buyout   Bobby Kotick is leading an investor group buying most of Vivendi's controlling stake in the world's largest video games company.       Senate letter backs Yellen for Fed role     Samsung sees slower smartphone growth ahead     Decade-long quest ends at SAC front door     Amazon reports unexpected quarterly loss         Markets   Equities mixed as China concerns linger   Global stocks struggled for a clear direction amid persistent worries about China, as investors digested a heavy schedule of corporate earnings       Lower fertility rates threaten tax base     Bonds to benefit from ageing population     Gold hedges reward Australian miners     Coffee roasters get a taste for arabica   World News   Probe into Spanish train crash begins   Prime minister Mariano Rajoy declares three days of national mourning after visiting the scene of the country's worst railway accident in 40 years       Call for Egypt protests sparks concern     Tunisian opposition leader shot dead     Details of Detroit's woes come to light     Spain's jobless data boost recovery hopes   Europe News   German business morale creeps higher   The Ifo think-tank said its business climate index, based on a monthly survey of some 7,000 companies, rose to 106.2 in July from 105.9 in June       Court rules Khodorkovsky trial unfair     IMF warns ECB may have to cut rates     Speed and safety system face scrutiny     Russia approves stimulus programme   European Companies News   LVMH raises first-half sales by 6%   Rate of growth remains well down on the heady double-digit expansion it enjoyed until about a year ago before demand in key Asian markets began to ease       Statoil hurt by lower gas and oil prices     Axel Springer sells regional newspapers     Siemens scraps key margin target     Michelin offers hope amid auto slump         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.