US Morning Headlines: Washington Post sold to Bezos for $250m, Sony rebuff...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Tuesday August 06 2013     Financial Times - US homepage   Washington Post sold to Bezos for $250m   Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes first foray into print journalism in a personal capacity, a move that could shake up the newspaper sector       Sony rebuffs Loeb's push for spin-off     Australia cuts rates to record low     President renews call for housing reforms     UK data help lift European stocks         Video   Emerging risk to developed world   People used to say emerging markets had 'decoupled', making them immune to recession in the developed world. Now, the concept has been upturned. Peter Oppenheimer, chief global equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, explains to Long View columnist John Authers that Europe is now only too exposed.   Markets   China a bigger threat than 'taper' risk   The most immediate threat to markets is already evident in the funk in emerging market equity, local currency bond and currency markets       Sterling climbs on UK recovery hopes     Fresnillo leads London miners lower     Dip in US bankruptcies aids investors     Investors in US homes eye sales options   World News   Washington Post sale shocks US capital   Reporters at the paper are stunned by the surprise announcement that the Graham family was relinquishing control to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos       Marina Berlusconi tipped as successor     Italian GDP falls but decline is slowing     Gorkhas fight for new Indian state     Fed succession reopens Democrat wounds   US news   HSBC faces $1.6bn payout over mortgages   UK lender says the damages, which stem from a US regulator's lawsuit in 2011 against 18 international financial groups, are larger than forecast       Major League baseball players suspended   US & Canadian companies   Sale best thing for the paper, says Graham   'We reminded ourselves that our ownership was supposed to be good for the Post, not just for the Graham family,' Don Graham says       Prismcould cost US cloud computing up to $35bn     Hub International to be sold for $4.4bn     JC Penney recruits marketer from Kraft     South Korea criticises Obama's Apple veto         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.