US Morning Headlines: JPMorgan hires top law firm over Hong Kong probe, Ku...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday August 21 2013     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       Kuroda open to further monetary easing     Goldman faces losses on erroneous trades     Slimmed-down Kodak emerges from bankruptcy     Stocks soften ahead of Fed minutes         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.   Markets   Prepare now for tricky times ahead   There are good reasons why investors may wish to reconsider the conventional wisdom of waiting for autumn to reposition portfolios       Emerging market FX sell-off spreads     RBI adds liquidity to help India banks     Standard Life leads the weaker FTSE 100     Uncertainty fuels fall in EM currencies   World News   Fresh leak at crippled Fukushima plant   Tepco, operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, reveals worst radioactive water seepage since the March 2011 disaster       Schäuble breaks bailout silence     Bank intern death leads to calls for shake-up     US distances itself from data destruction     Merkel criticised for Dachau visit   US 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       Scaring drug offenders really works     Has the Fed given up on US jobless?   US & Canadian companies   Samsung takes bite out of Apple in China   Apple has lost more than 40% of the Chinese tablet market in the past year to cheaper rivals as Android devices overtake its gadgets       Bank regulators / repo market: intended consequences     Best Buy / Barnes & Noble     JPMorgan pledges to clean up legal woes     McCarthy & Stone agrees debt deal         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.