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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Monday September 30 2013     UK Homepage   Washington faces shutdown over budget   Spending reductions causing most damage in regions that weathered the recession better than the rest of America, according to FT analysis       Italy's PM seeks to shore up government     US sales of CLOs highest since 2007         Video   UK utilities face price freeze   Lex's Rob Armstrong and Vincent Boland on the fight Ed Miliband has picked with the UK's electricity utility companies, which see a price freeze as a threat to capital investment   US homepage   Axa to spin out private equity arm   Latest sign of how tougher regulation has prompted financial institutions to pull out of private equity units to concentrate their capital on more strategic activities       UK developing offensive cyber war capability     Wall St top five face $1bn earnings cut   Europe homepage   Intesa CEO quits after clash with shareholders   Italian lender appoints longstanding manager Carlo Messina as chief executive after Enrico Cucchiani resigned following a clash with shareholders       Former adversaries join to blame BP     Banks cautious on Shanghai free-trade zone   Asia homepage   Australia's asylum policy sparks clash   Australia's plan to "tow back" asylum seekers sets stage for tense talks on prime minister Tony Abbott's maiden overseas trip       China manufacturing disappoints     China moves into Apple supply chain   World News   Rouhani's efforts raise Iranians' hope   Analysts believe president's efforts on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly had the blessing of the highest echelons of the Islamic regime       Netanyahu to talk tough on Iran to Obama     Toxic weapons enforcers head for Syria     Modi attacks India's Congress dynasty     Mexico struggles to stem faltering growth   Companies News   BP faces claims it rejected leak plan   Oil group accused in court filings of putting a higher priority on defending its statements about the flow rate from the well than sealing it       Nestlé scrutinises its L'Oréal stake     McLaren to break even ahead of expansion     Banks watchdog retreats from strict rules     Siemens to cut 15,000 jobs worldwide   Markets   ICG set to issue biggest CLO since crisis   Move by London-based money manager a sign of revival of interest in complex credit structures that now face additional regulatory burdens       Swiss private banks face 7,000 job cull   Comment   Republican lost cause – Obamacare   Stand-off over healthcare reform means the US is at the bizarre juncture where it makes more sense for Obama to talk to Iran's leader than to Congress       The eurozone is far from recovering     US-Iran diplomatic dance will be no waltz     Why living costs and the deficit matter     Leaders must speed up on climate change   Management   Julius Genachowski, telecoms expert   When Barack Obama asked his old law school classmate Julius Genachowski to help his administration, there could only be one answer       Ryanair feels force of face-to-face protest     How to declutter your working life     Adventure ride safety specialist         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.