In today's FT: Merkel celebrates ‘super result’, Twitter seeks pre-...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday September 23 2013     UK Homepage   Merkel celebrates 'super result'   Merkel looks set to win third term but dead heat between left and right could force her into a coalition with the Social Democratic party       Twitter seeks pre-IPO credit line     Labour's apprentice scheme condemned         Video   Adidas falling below par   Adidas, the German sportswear manufacturer, has surprised the market by issuing a profit warning. Lex's Vincent Boland and Julia Grindell discuss the sportswear market, currencies and golf.   US homepage   Blow for Citi as trading revenues drop   Bank has the biggest exposure of any US bank to emerging markets, and is weighted towards interest rates and forex, seen as weak across Wall Street       Anger at Elop's Nokia pay-off spreads     Republican Cruz tests out call for unity   Europe homepage   Fidelity tells companies to use longer-term incentives   Top 10 shareholder in a third of FTSE 100 groups wants companies to raise the time executives must hold shares from three years to five before selling       IPOs in UK head for best year since crisis     Kenyan forces fight to rescue hostages in Nairobi   Asia homepage   BlackBerry bought jet earlier in 2013   The ill-timed purchase speaks to the accelerating deterioration in BlackBerry's business and may raise fresh questions about its decision-making       Goldman revamps bond-trading platform     Scores killed in attack on Pakistan church   World News   Coalition puzzle hangs over Merkel win   The chancellor insisted that she would not answer 'speculation' over the shape of the next government until the final result was clear       Iran and Syria talks put UN at centre stage     China court gives Bo Xilai life sentence     Colombia grapples with farmers' protests     Fear of violence ahead of India elections   Companies News   Divisions over control mount at Ecobank   Inquries into debts linked to the chairman, chief executive's bonus and salary package, and alleged plans to sell off bank assets on the cheap       Keeping the family fortune intact     Early setbacks fuel Lopez family drive     Nokia defends ex-chief Elop's pay-off     Top chiefs' median pay at £4.4m   Markets   Emerging markets urged to use Fed delay   Postponement in tapering asset purchases gives developing countries chance to move forward with structural reforms, says Turkish finance minister       TSE to launch rival to Nikkei and Topix     Side-effects that should call time on QE     Smaller oil players seek long-term upside   Comment   Congress is putting the dollar in peril   There is no imminent rival as the global reserve but fresh evidence of US capacity for self-harm would hasten diversification to other currencies       A US-Iran thaw could be a game-changer     The Fed is wrong to delay its tapering     What Labour must do to win power     A defence of Angela Merkel   Management   Finland's former revolutionary   The executive who had a teenage brush with communism explains why he now thinks Keynesian economics is nonsense       Global business has led to greeting hell     Robotics Engineer     How to cope with a mis-sold job         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.