In today's FT: Allies face fight over Syria timetable, Brazil raise...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday August 29 2013     UK Homepage   Allies face fight over Syria timetable   UN secretary-general throws up a further obstacle in the way of Washington's and London's apparent drive for military action       Brazil raises rates for fourth time since April     Amazon takes tax fight to Supreme Court         Video   Ryanair's seven-year itch   Ryanair has been ordered to sell most of its 30 per cent stake in rival Aer Lingus, potentially bringing the seven-year saga to an end. Lex's Stuart Kirk and Nikki Tait discuss the appeal of Aer Lingus if it is given more room to fly   US homepage   BofA's Merrill to settle race bias case   Case dates back to 2005 when George McReynolds sued Merrill, complaining of 'systemic and pervasive racial discrimination against African-Americans'       Mao-era thrift shunned for good life on credit     Wall Street rise encourages Asian markets   Europe homepage   Scientists create human 'mini-brain'   Development of pea-sized brains with a neural structure could help treat complex conditions such as autism and schizophrenia       Tanzania seeks to launch maiden $1bn bond issue     Rupee suffers worst sell-off since 1995   Asia homepage   Rupee tumble dents India's confidence   India faces an array of financial difficulties exacerbated by the rupee's fall and the impact of the Syrian war on the prices of its two main imports       Russian miners bear burden of buying spree     Obama tells of 'unfinished business' in King commemoration   World News   Echoes of Iraq are eerie but misleading   The situation in Syria, which has already been churned up by two years of civil war, is much more confused than in pre-war Iraq       Fears on aims and consequences of strike     Eurozone presses Athens over real estate     Iran boosts uranium enrichment capacity     Russia widens potash spat into trade row   Companies News   BP fails in new bid to stop spill payments   BP has lost its latest appeal against compensation payments over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill       American and Alitalia fined over cartel claims     G4S raises £348m through share placing     Skype's first decade and a trail of missed opportunity     Singapore private banking shake-up looms   Markets   Oil could rise further on Syrian action   Talk of western airstrikes on the Syrian regime has added $7, or more than 6 per cent, to the price of benchmark Brent crude in just two days       'Sudden death' bank bonds on increase     End of UK gilt bull run in sight     Eurozone heading for a debt crisis relapse     Precious metals regain haven appeal amid unrest   Comment   Strategy gurus cannot choose a strategy   Consultancy is in a funk as midsized partnerships with venerable names realise they have to do something to survive but cannot decide on what       West's leaders seek chemical reaction     A strike on Syria requires a clear message     Syria and Kosovo, the 'non-precedent precedent'     Obama prepares his war of non-intervention   Management   Big Mother is watching you   Technology developers are allowing parents to keep their children under close surveillance, whether in terms of their whereabouts, email or purchases       Loneliness of 72m BlackBerry owners     Design space: Diffrient World chair     The mental cost of money worries         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.