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Tuesday August 20 2013
 
 
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Builders face curbs on 'rabbit hutch' homes
 
Consultation on increasing minimum space standards for homes will be seen as the coalition's quid pro quo for fuelling a recovery in the sector
 
 
 
Emerging market currencies hit heavily
 
 
Falcone admits misusing funds
 
 
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US homepage
 
JPMorgan probed on US power markets
 
Investigation follows civil settlement bank reached last month over allegations it manipulated power markets in California and the Midwest
 
 
 
Guardian ordered to destroy files, says editor
 
 
Brazilian airline Azul cancels IPO
 
Europe homepage
 
Sinai killings fuel Israel concerns
 
Attacks against police and army targets by militants in northern Sinai have intensified since the ousting of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's elected president
 
 
 
Fed advises US banks to lift capital targets
 
 
Rising bond yields hit equities
 
Asia homepage
 
Gold exports surge tenfold as Asian buyers pounce
 
UK gold exports to Switzerland, the hub of the gold refining industry, leapt to 798 tonnes in the first six months of the year, up from just 83 tonnes in the first half of 2012
 
 
 
Offshore centres in race for Africa deals
 
 
Obama urges action on Dodd-Frank
 
World News
 
Sisi denies political ambitions
 
In a polarised country riven by mounting insecurity, analysts say the general would stand an excellent chance of winning if he stood for election
 
 
 
Detroit creditors file objections
 
 
Brussels to enter Gibraltar dispute
 
 
Ministers set out vision of strong France
 
 
Japan exports slide amid subdued demand
 
Companies News
 
RBS branches decision likely within weeks
 
W&G Investments, led by Andrew Higginson, former Tesco finance director, is set to table its final bid for the 315 outlets, which serve 2m customers
 
 
 
P&G lobbies EU over teeth-whitener sales curbs
 
 
Blackstone to build on real estate empire
 
 
A mixed Olympic legacy for UK plc
 
 
Companies lift wages to beat bonus cap
 
Markets
 
Eurozone banks cut 'slice-and-dice' loans
 
Outstanding amount of securitised loans falls 8.6%, underlining the precariousness of the region's economic recovery as banks prune balance sheets
 
 
 
EM inflation-link bonds remain blind spot
 
 
Don't put faith in Cape crusaders
 
 
Beijing's rice subsidies buoy imports
 
 
US stocks slide again
 
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Stability is what Egypt needs now
 
If clean government, order and economic growth return then there is a chance that democracy's institutional foundations can take root
 
 
 
Safe banks do not mean slow growth
 
 
China can defuse its demographic crisis
 
 
How to cure Europe's left
 
 
The second-home curse is overblown
 
Management
 
Fashion cents and sensibility
 
Young designers need not only creative brilliance but also a commercially sharpened brain to ensure their survival in the industry
 
 
 
Rewards of social chat are worth the risks
 
 
How to manage the mediocre
 
 
HTC's Robert Downey Jr campaign
 
 
 
 
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