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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday September 18 2013     Asia homepage   Tesla joins race to build self-driving cars   Musk predicts robot cars will be on the road in three years. A successful attempt would see the company overtake Google, which has struggled to find a partner on the project       Dimon outlines simplified JPMorgan     China reforms open way for short-sellers     Microsoft's Office lock-up opens door to rivals     PetroChina may emerge stronger from probe     Boeing closes in on South Korean deal     Novartis unit hit by China bribery claims     Philippine army seeks end to rebel siege     Prada sales hit by China slowdown     S Korea struggles with immigration dilemma         World News   S Africa mining bill sparks controversy   The mining bill is likely to interfere with trade and bilateral investment treaties and risks leading South Africa to being sued on multiple fronts       Rousseff postpones state visit to US     Budget talks to test Obama's resolve     Lavrov urges wider chemical arms probe     Iran's ayatollah urges nuclear flexibility   Markets   Markets shift focus to Fed meeting   Caution is the watchword as investors turn attention to this week's FOMC meeting for news on when Fed might start tapering quantitative easing       Profits needed for Wall Street's bull run     Hedge funds pile into cocoa recovery     Japan buys Treasuries even as yields rise     Europe will struggle to avoid Fed fallout   Asia & Pacific News   Bangladesh opposition leader to be executed   Islamist leader faces execution for war crimes following a judicial process dismissed by a British defence lawyer as a dangerously destabilising 'political show trial'       On the tourist trail of China's Jews     Modi tempers Hindu stance to woo India     'Hot money' stays sticky in India   Asia-Pacific Companies News   Indonesia worries as rupiah wobbles   Analysts say more-manageable corporate debt levels mean investors' greatest concern will be falling profit margins not a systemic collapse       Sony has high hopes for new HQ     Toyota patriarch Eiji Toyoda dies at 100     Bid talk sparks Hong Kong banks rally     HK property: shifting sands         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.