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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday August 07 2013     Markets   European stocks lower after Tokyo slumps   Equities drop as Tokyo stumbles on a strengthening yen, amid heightened uncertainty over when Fed might start withdrawing US stimulus       Simple solution to UK productivity puzzle   Most, but not all, of the recent decline in productivity in the UK can be explained well enough by the depth and duration of the recent slowdown     Precious metals groups tarnish FTSE   Investors sell off mining shares for a second day, with poor results from precious metals groups driven by the falling gold price         Video   Goldman - going it alone in Europe   Goldman Sachs Asset Management has increased its already overweight exposure to the eurozone - something of a lone move among asset management companies. Eddie Perkin, chief investment officer of international equities at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, explains to FTfm editor Chris Newlands why the group is so optimistic over Europe.           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.