Europe Morning Headlines: Mideast negotiators to meet in Washington, Publicis ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday July 29 2013     Financial Times - Europe homepage   Mideast negotiators to meet in Washington   Although these are only talks about talks, they nevertheless represent the biggest breakthrough in the long-stalled process for five years       Publicis and Omnicom reshape ad world     Rio sells Northparkes stake for $820m     Treasury pledges £2m in Barclays probe     European oil demand on the rise         Markets   Japanese markets lead Asia decline   Nikkei falls as the yen shows signs of strengthening and Japanese retail sales shrink month on month       More China businesses seek offshore loans     Crisis of performance grips hedge funds     Systemic risk from Detroit played down   World News   Killings put Egypt ministry in spotlight   Abuses by interior ministry forces waned under Morsi but critics say he failed to rein them in because he was eager to secure their loyalty       Benghazi blasts and jail break rock Libya     Millions of Malians go to polls     Italy awaits verdict on Berlusconi appeal     Syrian opposition condemns rebel attack   Europe News   Cannes thief takes 'millions' in diamonds   Armed robber raids exhibition at hotel where Hitchcock filmed 'To Catch a Thief', the third big robbery on the French Riviera in recent months       European data protection under a cloud     Paralysis may extend past German election     Brussels gets tough on Monte dei Paschi     China to freeze trade probes in solar deal   European Companies News   Publicis/Omnicom: Does not ad up yet   A share exchange with a 50/50 split is correct. But joint management is cumbersome.       Funds seize chance to move into property     EuroChem move freezes IMR assets     Merger set to create a marketing leviathan     Man who steered Publicis into global top three         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.