In today's FT: US ready to go it alone on Syria, Japan inflation hi...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday August 30 2013     UK 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         Video   Vodafone's rush to exit at the top   A deal with Verizon over Vodafone's stake in Verizon Wireless is a logical step for both groups. Lex's Nikki Tait and M&A correspondent Anousha Sakoui explain why the two companies will need guts if they are to seal a transaction potentially worth $130bn.   US homepage   KPN foundation blocks Slim's €7.2bn bid   Foundation exercises call option that issues new preferential shares to give it a stake of nearly 50 per cent of group, putting takeover out of reach       Asian shares rise on US growth data     Vodafone closes in on Verizon Wireless stake deal   Europe homepage   Fears grow over $850m lifeline for Batista   Crisis of confidence across mining and energy empire has forced tycoon into race to divest parts of his companies before they run out of cash       Ackermann leaves Zurich after CFO death     US growth revised upwards to 2.5%   Asia homepage   CIA budget revealed in Snowden leak   The spy agency has grown rapidly to devour the largest share of the $53bn annual US intelligence spending, an unprecedented breakdown of data shows       Shadow banks face securities trading limits     Nasdaq blames software flaw for trading outage   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     Portugal's €78bn bailout hit by court blow     Indian industry concerned over new land law     Ghana court upholds Mahama poll victory   Companies News   Vodafone-Verizon race switches gears   Close personal relationship of CEOs has done little to disguise tensions over how to resolve one of the M&A world's great stand-offs       Fresh accusations rock Africa's Ecobank     Boardroom clash claims Renault executive     China's Xiaomi poaches Google executive   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   Comment   Hedge funds need smoother handovers   The sector's stars tend to be entrepreneurs with outsized egos and maverick views. That does not make them natural mentors or power-sharers       Obama's credibility rests on Syria strikes     Moscow will not hand Syria to the west     Legal case for action is flimsy and bold     Ignore banks over capital requirements   Management   Israeli hard news and soft power   After helping to set up France 24, ex-diplomat Frank Melloul has started a news channel to showcase Israel from an Israeli point of view       Solid file-sharing alternatives     Indian project aims for new charity model         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.