Europe Morning Headlines: Tesla joins race to build self-driving cars, US fami...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday September 18 2013     Europe 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       US families feel the squeeze     China's housing price surge raises alarm     VW targets new rich with Brazil plant plan     Nikkei rallies as Asia awaits Fed news         Markets   Profits needed for Wall Street's bull run   Equity bulls concede the real long-term worry for the US stock market is the timing of the first rate increase by the Federal Reserve       Hedge funds pile into cocoa recovery     Japan buys Treasuries even as yields rise     Europe will struggle to avoid Fed fallout     China reforms open way for short-sellers   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   Europe News   EU moves to hasten bans on 'legal highs'   Proposed legislation would reduce the bureaucratic legwork needed to restrict sales from at least two years to under 10 months       Rehn berates Italy over instability     Dutch king signals welfare reform     Germany's Greens see their support fall     Court confirms fine for Berlusconi company   European Companies News   Former Bankia head joins Santander   Choice of Rodrigo Rato likely to raise eyebrows because of his role at Bankia, which became the symbol of Spain's banking crisis       Dutch agree €4.5bn deal to buy F-35 jets     Boeing closes in on South Korean deal     Schaeffler puts floor on Conti stake     Mediobanca: what is a bank worth?         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.