In today's FT: Fed officials support tapering this year, Syria rebe...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday August 22 2013     UK Homepage   Fed officials support tapering this year   Federal Reserve officials broadly support tapering asset purchases this year, but disagree on when to start, minutes say       Syria rebels claim hundreds die in attack     Latest mis-sale scandal could cost UK banks £1.3bn         Video   Glencore Xstrata's mega merger   Glencore Xstrata opened its first set of results as a merged group, with a $7.7bn impairment on mining assets. Lex's Stuart Kirk and Julia Grindell discuss how underlying earnings were supported by Glencore's trading arm.   US homepage   HP chief abandons revenue growth target   Meg Whitman, chief executive, blames 'inconsistent execution' for the poor performance and forced another shake-up in the company's top ranks       Manning sentenced to 35 years over leaks     Bloomberg acts on data issues   Europe homepage   Egypt court orders Mubarak out of jail   Release of former president from jail into house arrest is likely to fuel political turmoil gripping the country, seven weeks after the military removed Morsi       SEC scrutinises Goldman's trading glitch     US military mined Twitter to track threats   Asia homepage   Bo took $3.4m in bribes says prosecutor   In the most closely watched political trial in China in decades former senior official Bo Xilai has been accused of receiving bribes and abuse of power related to efforts to cover up his wife's murder of a British businessman       Sale of AIG $4.8bn aircraft unit in doubt     Rupee falls despite RBI liquidity pledge   World News   BofA interns stay on after student dies   City of London faces pressure to reform long-hours culture. But decision highlights youngsters' determination to win passport into that world       London luxury basement told to dig deeper     Merkel stonewalls over Greece bailout     China billionaire urges clarity on policy   Companies News   Reports shine light on Bloomberg practices   One story likened the effects of an unprofitable derivatives agreement to the Nazi occupation of the Italian town of Cassino during second world war       Wells cuts 2,300 mortgage jobs     BAE in quest to find new US leader     Al Jazeera sues AT&T for dropping network     GIC in talks over £1.7bn Broadgate stake   Markets   Stocks choppy after release of Fed minutes   Markets see volatile trading as investors hunt for clues about when the Federal Reserve might begin scaling back the pace of its asset purchases       Mohamed El-Erian: Prepare now for tricky times ahead     Small-caps favoured in China's tale of two cities     Eurex to challenge CME in currency arena     FT/StarMine Awards: Top stockpickers took 'holistic' view   Comment   Don't blindly trust guardians of security   Before Edward Snowden's leaks, we had little insight into the scale of the NSA's access to information on anyone who is not shielded by US law       Dithering is the root of India's problems     Markets expected too much from Carney     Innovation needs help of an active state     New Fed chair should be an outsider   Management   'Sea turtles' who swim out again   Western-trained Chinese managers who returned home are now seeking top international roles       Missionary founders may turn mercenary     'Mission in a Bottle'         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.