US Morning Headlines: France ready for Syria strike without UK, Singh in b...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday August 30 2013     US homepage   France ready for Syria strike without UK   Hollande says he will speak to Obama on Friday. 'France wants firm action against Damascus regime and all options are on the table'       Singh in bid to reassure India investors     Sinopec buys into Apache's Egypt venture     BP slams Louisiana amid oil spill spat     Shares mixed as Syria strike fears ease         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.   Markets   Rupee endures worst month in EM sell-off   India's rupee is down 10.3% during August, while Indonesia's rupiah is down 7%, which would be its worst month in nearly five years       Arm Holdings leads FTSE after upgrade     India buys rupee some breathing space     Unhappy ending for Indonesia growth story     Chinese find M&A deals hard to clinch   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     CIA budget revealed in Snowden leak     Portugal's €78bn bailout hit by court blow     Ghana court upholds Mahama poll victory   US news   US ready to act on Syria without UK   After 13-vote Commons defeat, David Cameron accepted there was now no chance of British military involvement in action against Damascus       US and Switzerland reach tax evasion accord     NFL to settle concussions lawsuit for $765m     US growth revised upwards to 2.5%   US & Canadian companies   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       Boardroom clash claims Renault executive     Nasdaq blames software flaw for trading outage     Vodafone closes in on Verizon Wireless stake deal     Hedge funds need smoother handovers         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.