In today's FT: Chinese manufacturing data mixed in July, RBS select...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday August 01 2013     UK Homepage   Chinese manufacturing data mixed in July   Official figures show manufacturing grew slightly, while a separate HSBC survey points to a contraction in activity       RBS selects McEwan as new chief     Fed views economic growth as 'modest'         Video   The DCF dilemma   DCFs are universally loved for their theoretical purity. But the difficulty in finding the correct inputs makes them unreliable   Financial Times - US homepage   Obama defends Summers to Democrats   The president said there was little in the nature of policy differences between Summers and Janet Yellen, the vice-chair of the Fed       Banks hit by debit card cap fee ruling     Dovish Fed reassures Asian markets   Financial Times - Europe homepage   'The Croods' drives DreamWorks earnings   Katzenberg blames crowded US marketplace for the disappointing performance of 'Turbo' after several big family films were released around same time       IMF warns of €11bn Greek bailout shortfall     Siemens names Kaeser as chief executive   Financial Times - Asia homepage   Dell's $24bn bid left hanging by a thread   PC maker's board offers alternative concession after decision to reject founder's request to change voting rule to lessen the impact of abstentions       Goldman bets on eurozone recovery     Facebook shares touch $38 IPO price   World News   Police told to disperse Cairo protesters   Egypt's government orders that two Islamist protest camps in Cairo backing ousted Mohamed Morsi be dispersed, raising the possibility of more bloodshed       Italy awaits Berlusconi appeal verdict     US economy's big makeover in five charts     Zimbabwe heads to the polls under cloud     Raskin chosen for deputy treasury post   Companies News   CBS unfazed by Publicis-Omnicom deal   Comments on the deal, among first from a senior media executive, came as two advertising and marketing services companies flesh out their plans       BP changes tack by keeping US wind farms     Herbalife boosted by reports of Soros stake     DBS bid for Indonesia's Danamon collapses     Tom Enders drives strategy change at EADS   Markets   Goldman relents in metals warehousing row   US bank has proposed measures to ease long queues that have helped to boost profits at its warehousing unit       Questions hang over Uralkali     Most hedge funds dream of SAC's returns     Potash row set to hit producers' profits     US Treasury announces cut in debt sales   Financial Times - Comment   The risks of riding China's coat-tails   Many Latin American nations have bet the mine on eternal demand from an economy that is now slowing       Spying scandals imperil health revolution     Carney could kick-start UK economy     Happy birthday, minimum wage     Banks should learn from Habsburg Spain   Financial Times - Management   Help for the makers to make it   After revolutionising life for software start-ups, incubators now aid hardware developers, enabling them to make their ideas into reality       Mandela's lessons in how to negotiate     A cultural take on corporate history         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.