In today's FT: Internal Treasury HS2 concerns mount, Investment ban...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday August 21 2013     UK Homepage   Internal Treasury HS2 concerns mount   Official projected cost of the flagship scheme is £42.6bn, but senior figures are using a much bigger figure to add bite to their criticism       Investment banks begin hiring     Slimmed-down Kodak emerges from bankruptcy         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   JPMorgan hires top law firm over Hong Kong probe   SEC requested information from bank concerning hiring of son of a former banking regulator and daughter of a railway official       Goldman faces losses on erroneous trades     Mexico economy contracts in quarter   Europe homepage   Greece bursts into German election   Germany's finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble says further funds will be needed to help country 'get over the hill' of debt financing it still faces       Bank intern death leads to calls for shake-up     Emerging markets feel the heat   Asia homepage   Rupee exposes India's corporate debt stack   Tide of indebtedness looms amid emerging market tumult as India's companies toil in sectors from construction and infrastructure to metals and mining       Asia's debt conundrum echoes 1990s crisis     Banks defy Papua New Guinea robberies   World News   Merkel criticised for Dachau visit   The first German chancellor to visit the camp while in office faces sharp criticism for visiting former Nazi camp in middle of election hustings       Court backs Mugabe in Zimbabwe poll     Guardian 'told to destroy files'     Spotlight falls on Brazil's bus sector     Muslim Brotherhood leader held in Egypt   Companies News   Consumer caution hits sales at US retailers   Groups trying to adjust to the growth of ecommerce, stubbornly cautious consumers and a perceived excess of bricks-and-mortar stores       Head of BAE's US division retires   Markets   Wall Street rallies as bond yields slip   Wall Street rebounds as Treasury bond yields retreat from two-year highs, but nerves remain following the recent sharp sell-off in emerging market assets       EM storms could spread to Europe     Uncertainty fuels fall in EM currencies     US repo pullback could have wider effects     Issuance plummets as EM pain intensifies   Comment   Has the Fed given up on US jobless?   The costs of pushing a bit too far to cut the number without a job are small – and the cost of letting them stay out of work is vast       Authoritarians have no place in Egypt     Some firms should just hope for death     Scaring drug offenders really works     Eat, drink, man, woman, meatballs   Management   The pull of a cool pushchair   Stylish and functional, Max Barenbrug's strollers are objects of desire for new parents, who are said to include the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge       Fourth estate has more perk than pitfall     Can bosses force their opinions on workers?     Getting luggage delivered         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.