US Morning Headlines: Stocks struggle as bond yields inch up, India’s rupe...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Friday August 16 2013     US homepage   Stocks struggle as bond yields inch up   Equities drop as signs from US labour market reinforce expectations Fed could soon start scaling down its quantitative easing programme       India's rupee hits fresh record low     Egypt prepares for Islamist 'day of rage'     Farmers count cost of S Korea power crisis     Maersk uses slower ships to speed profits         Video   Talking to the animals   Roger Mugford is one of the UK's leading animal behaviourists. His clinic sees many difficult pets and their owners every year. But how did he succeed in building a business with annual revenues of £10m around the mental wellbeing of cats and dogs?   Markets   'Fat finger' trade eyed in China market spike   Everbright Securities has launched an internal investigation of its trading systems, after a suspected 'fat finger trade' caused a 5.6% spike in Shanghai Composite       Dollar falls on rising Treasury yields     Precious metals surge lifts Randgold     Demand surges for copper in China     Paulson still likes gold despite ETF sale   World News   Foreign groups shut factories over fears of violence   Risk of continuing crisis prompts foreign operators to close down and makes Egypt the world's seventh riskiest country for investors       Marikana miners struggle for better life     Lapid denounces anti-Israel sentiment     Sex slave past hits Tokyo-Seoul relations     Global executives keen for Merkel victory   US news   Civic America at its least civil   A sampling of the summer's traditional town hall meetings between lawmakers and voters lays bare the nation's political problems       America's doctors need a cultural shift     US retail: pattern of disappointment     Herbalife kept links to pyramid scheme     A history of LA's loopy dreamers   US & Canadian companies   Facebook trials mobile payment feature   Tracking purchases originating from a Facebook ad via stored credit card information could significantly bolster its attraction to ecommerce advertisers       Walmart slashes global sales forecast     Tastemade raises $10m in funding round     Tobacco: volume and value     Whale catch might not make banks safer         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.