Asia Morning Headlines: China debt habit proves hard to kick, Assad chemical...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Tuesday August 27 2013     Asia homepage   China debt habit proves hard to kick   First in three-part series investigating China's mounting credit burden: government, corporate and household       Assad chemical attack 'undeniable' says Kerry     Blavatnik wins $50m in JPMorgan lawsuit     Ackman to sell JC Penney stake     US Treasuries push higher     Bo trial exposes the man and his rivals     Loeb fund raises Sotheby's stake     Bazin set for the top job at Accor     UK markets regulator rejects EU guidance     BATS-Direct Edge merger creates NYSE rival         World News   US to reach 'debt limit' by mid-October   The debt limit debate is complicated because Congress must also pass a law to let the government keep spending past the end of September       MPs press for break-up of RBS     Poland premier struggles in leadership poll     Netherlands fracking moves step closer     Greenpeace icebreaker leaves Arctic waters   Markets   Syria concerns weigh on Wall Street   Amgen is biggest boost to Wall Street after striking deal to buy cancer drugmaker Onyx for $10.4bn, sweetening its offer made in June       Threat of late US heatwave bolsters grains     Support grows for single currency     Italian mood hit by political tensions   Asia & Pacific News   Abbott ducks hard economic questions   Polls predict a Liberal party win in forthcoming election in a country which has a strong economy and a paradoxically sullen national mood     Asia-Pacific Companies News   MBK to buy ING's Korea life unit   $1.7bn sale to South Korean private equity fund will move Dutch group closer to completing divestment of Asian assets to pay back public debt       India's ONGC takes Africa gasfield stake         Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | 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.