Global business: iPhone sales boost Apple shares, Ford and Toyota end...

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/5F39HH/FD06JP/F6OKV9/S3MIHV/   Global Business Wednesday July 24 2013 Companies News   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 http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/B4GH1U/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   Ford and Toyota end joint drive on hybrids Ford said it was hiring 200 engineers to develop its hybrid technology and in the second quarter it had sold five times as many hybrids as a year earlier http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/FD06G9/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   Jindal brothers vie to buy Stemcor assets Two members of one of the country's leading business families are competing to buy the iron ore operations of the private British steel trading group http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/OF4MA8/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   SAC hits back at claims by regulator Steven Cohen's lawyers outline argument against the SEC in a 'white paper' which states that the fund chief only reads a fraction of his emails http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/Z8J9IT/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   Higher operating costs hold back AT&T Investments reduced mobile margins, but helped to offset new competition from T-Mobile US which began selling Apple's popular iPhone http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/1OFJQN/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   Banks eye Singapore's rapid growth Singapore could yet overtake Switzerland as the word's biggest wealth management centre, marking a shift in the balance of power between east and west http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/7ZLUNY/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   CME Group uncoils its spring Chief executive predicts return to a 'normal' interest rate environment, a potential boost for its key derivatives products http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/WHQIKF/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   Defence groups hope to escape US cuts Spared programmes may include those so complex, long-term or strategically important that it could prove nearly impossible to impose savings http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/52U3RQ/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   Barclays sued for 'misuse' of information Bank alleged to have used confidential information from client CF Partners' about trading company Tricorona when acquiring it itself, two years later http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/CW8BLB/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   GSK reviews policies for sales staff in China GSK is considering cutting prescription-linked commissions paid to its sales staff and reducing drug prices in China amid the fall-out from a growing corruption probe http://link.ft.com/r/5F39HH/Z8IGW0/QFZDL0/B47ZBB/7ZLU3Z/ID/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=24   In depth - FT.com Libor scandal Austerity Europe Great tax race US states of emergency 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..