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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Tuesday September 03 2013     UK Homepage   Vodafone investors set for $84bn payout   Third largest deal in corporate history will see US's Verizon pay UK group $130bn for 45% joint venture stake that marks the end of stand-off       Peña Nieto vows to push ahead with Mexico reforms     Paris reveals Syria intelligence reports         Video   Pubs drowning in sorrow   While Irish pubs are suffering from an accumulated debt of €2bn, their UK cousins are adapting to new market forces with speciality beers and restaurant-worthy food. Lex's Nikki Tait and Vincent Boland look at the challenges faced by local institutions   US homepage   Banks face new set of capital rules   To ensure failed lenders do not need to be bailed out by taxpayers, some likely to be asked to ensure capital structures offer sufficient protection       Obama lobbies Congress on Syria     Manufacturers drive eurozone recovery   Europe homepage   Stocks up after China and Europe data   Equities get boost from positive factory data from China and Europe and investors' view that an imminent US strike on the Syrian regime is now less likely       The must-have warzone accessory – the gunfire app     Dering Capital in telecoms towers race   Asia homepage   Microsoft to buy Nokia mobile phone unit   US company is acquiring Nokia's mobile phone unit and patents in a big bet the Finnish group's devices can rival Apple's and Samsung's       Brazil outraged by claims of US spying     India's exporters assess rupee's fall   World News   Israel fears having to counter Iran alone   Perception that US is wavering on disciplining Syria over alleged chemical weapons use will mean it could fail to act if Iran develops a nuclear bomb       IOC set for biggest meeting in generation     Italy's parties contemplate generational shift     Merkel and Steinbrück TV debate 'a draw'     Egypt constitution panel all but excludes Islamists   Companies News   Ecobank chief moves to quell unease   The head of the pan-African lender is to launch an inquiry into allegations of mismanagement to draw a line under a leadership crisis of confidence       US hedge funds attack Co-operative Bank     Anglo Irish Bank art collection to be sold off     Private equity groups circle EVO Banco     Global Ports agrees $1.6bn deal for NCC   Markets   European ABS issuance slips to four-year low   ABS, which package revenue streams from mortgages, car loans or credit cards, have traditionally been an important source of bank funding and a proxy for lending in the wider economy       Puerto Rico counts cost of Detroit default     Rising consumer debt threatens UK recovery     US struggles with sugar surplus     Investors put Japan on hold   Comment   The world would miss the US policeman   The US's 'red lines' underpin global security from the Pacific to the Gulf to the Russian-Polish border       Britain's wish to intervene will survive     America must stick to a course on Syria     Would you buy a Picasso or a Bale?     France is run for the benefit of the old   Management   The front desk at your service   Luxury office developments are increasingly offering full-scale concierge services via receptionists to encourage high-worth corporate occupiers       Coaching helps trainers lift their game     How Havaianas built a global brand     One Direction's scented moment         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.