Europe 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     Europe 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     Asian shares rise on US growth data         Markets   Chinese find M&A deals hard to clinch   Investment bankers who once boasted to clients in the west of their contacts among potential Chinese buyers are no longer quite as confident       India buys rupee some breathing space     Unhappy ending for Indonesia growth story     Fed considers new repo tool to smooth exit     Soyabean meal jumps as supply falls   World News   Boehner presses Obama on Syria doubts   Lawmakers appear more concerned about president's objectives than whether administration has sufficient evidence that chemical weapons were used       Striking at Syria without a strategy     CIA budget revealed in Snowden leak     Portugal's €78bn bailout hit by court blow     Indian industry concerned over new land law   Europe News   Italy cancels controversial property tax   Letta buys time for fragile coalition by agreeing to cancel controversial property tax this year but Brussels wants details on plans to recoup revenues       One Irish person emigrates every six minutes     Spain plans to simplify labour contracts     ECB to promote more women to senior roles   European Companies News   Russian steelmakers plunge into losses   Evraz and Severstal report net losses as company executives warn falling demand in Europe and China is feeding a supply glut       Vodafone-Verizon race switches gears     Pernod Ricard: sobering up     Boardroom clash claims Renault executive     Pressure high at the top in Zurich         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.