UK Morning Headlines: Sell-off as markets expect early Fed move, Fed taper...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday August 16 2013     UK Homepage   Sell-off as markets expect early Fed move   Positive employment and inflation data have added to expectations that the Federal Reserve will soon reduce its asset purchases       Fed tapering expectations hit Asia stocks     Farmers count cost of S Korea's power crisis     Dell earnings tumble 72% amid deal tussle     UK 'zombie bank' pitches for future role         Markets   Demand surges for copper in China   The cost of Chinese physical copper over benchmark futures prices has more than tripled since the start of the year to more than $200 a tonne       Paulson still likes gold despite ETF sale     High India land prices bar cheap hotels     US farmland prices keep on rising     'Hindenburg Omen' portends fiery crash   World News   West struggles to find Egyptian response   Obama suspends Bright Star joint military exercise, held every two years, but makes no mention of the $1.5bn in aid US gives to Egypt each year       Why Egypt's army can ignore the US     Foreign groups shut factories over fears of violence     Lapid denounces anti-Israel sentiment     Sex slave past hits Tokyo-Seoul relations   UK News   Cuadrilla suspends work at protest site   Pressure is mounting on the fracking company as anti-shale campaigners gear up for 'mass civil disobedience' near its Balcombe drilling site       Slump spurs interest in A-level economics     UK retail sales soar in the sunshine     BT agrees sports deal with Virgin     Banks set to launch account-switch service   UK Companies   Clean-up rules help Johnson Matthey   Tighter EU rules on car emissions are fuelling sales of catalytic converters, helping to offset a slowing car market and dwindling metals prices       Dutch gloom as housing bubble deflates     EU spending squeeze hits Imperial Tobacco         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.