Asia Morning Headlines: US ready to go it alone on Syria, Japan inflation hi...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday August 30 2013     Asia homepage   US ready to go it alone on Syria   After 13-vote Commons defeat, David Cameron accepted there was now no chance of British military involvement in action against Damascus       Japan inflation highest in five years     US and Swiss reach tax evasion accord     KPN foundation blocks Slim's €7.2bn bid     Vodafone closes in on Verizon Wireless stake deal     CIA budget revealed in Snowden leak     Fears grow over $850m lifeline for Batista     Shadow banks face securities trading limits     Ackermann leaves Zurich after CFO death     Nasdaq blames software flaw for trading outage         World News   Obama failed to make case, says Boehner   Lawmakers appeared more concerned about president's objectives than whether administration had sufficient evidence that chemical weapons were used       Striking at Syria without a strategy     Portugal's €78bn bailout hit by court blow     Indian industry concerned over new land law     Ghana court upholds Mahama poll victory   Markets   Stocks rally as Syria fears ease   Equities advance as easing tensions over Syria prompt oil and gold prices to retreat and reduce demand for US Treasury bonds       Chinese find M&A deals hard to clinch     India buys rupee some breathing space     Unhappy ending for Indonesia growth story     Fed considers new repo tool to smooth exit   Asia & Pacific News   Philippine economy maintains strong growth   Construction, investments in durable equipment and government spending fuel 7.5% second-quarter GDP rise, exceeding analysts' forecast       China banks seek to shake off bad loans     Privacy laws trip up China investigators     Indonesia raises rates amid investor calls   Asia-Pacific Companies News   Pernod Ricard: sobering up   The Chinese slowdown does not present a buying opportunity – yet       Hays confident UK will drive profits     Bumi steps up oversight at Indonesia arm     Qantas returns to full-year net profit     China's Xiaomi poaches Google executive         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.