Global business: Treasury pledges £2m in Barclays probe, Merger set t...

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/LVA6WW/CW6WGU/JV2E7F/C51OYF/   Global Business Monday July 29 2013 Companies News   Treasury pledges £2m in Barclays probe The UK Treasury is expected to pledge special 'blockbuster' funding to the SFO to back its investigation into Barclays' 2008 fundraising http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/Z8R681/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Merger set to create a marketing leviathan New crop of companies, from internet groups to newcomers threaten to cut big advertising groups out of the equation http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/MJ5RRV/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Rio sells Northparkes stake for $820m China Molybdenum to take control of the copper-gold mine with the purchase, one of the biggest this year by a Chinese group of a mining asset http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/PNX3NC/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Brussels gets tough on Monte dei Paschi Joaquín Almunia, EU's competition enforcer, warns that without 'urgent' changes to the bank's restructuring plan he would launch a full-blown EU probe http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/6ALZ2G/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Grant Thornton accused in Tchenguiz case Allegations against accountancy firm form part of a huge damages claim brought by property entrepreneur against the Serious Fraud Office http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/NR4FFH/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Loescher's Siemens tenure looks tenuous Supervisory board has scheduled a vote on the departure of the chief executive after the company lowered its target for operating margin http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/EK0DDK/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   More China businesses seek offshore loans More businesses are looking overseas amid tightening credit conditions at home and lower costs for loans in Hong Kong dollars and US dollars http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/SUY11G/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Twitter sees sense over troll sensibilities Briton who won her campaign for women to be included on UK banknotes subjected to barrage of abusive tweets in response to victory http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/Q3KP3L/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Oppenheimer to test Brazil bankruptcy law US-based fund is suing JBS, the world's biggest meat exporter, over its lease of the assets of a bankrupt chicken producer http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/6ALZ2P/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   Pressure on Spain's banks to cut dividends Doubts have spread about the sustainability of high payouts in the face of opposition from the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of Spain http://link.ft.com/r/LVA6WW/3CSXSZ/72FH4Q/4V074U/87HM72/B7/h?a1=2013&a2=7&a3=29   In depth - FT.com US states of emergency Libor scandal Austerity Europe Great tax race 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..