Asia Morning Headlines: Mounting Wall Street fears of US default, Microsoft ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday October 03 2013     Asia homepage   Mounting Wall Street fears of US default   A highly anticipated meeting Wednesday evening between President Barack Obama, John Boehner, and other leaders ended without any sign of progress       Microsoft investors fear Gates' influence     SEC throws spoke into derivatives shake-up     US grabs $3m worth of Bitcoins in raid     Repo 'fire sale' risk worries regulators     Twitter's got the whole world in its hands     Draghi pledges to keep interest rates low     Thai concerns over growing gold habit     Tesco clinches deal for China venture     Marc Jacobs to quit Louis Vuitton for own line         World News   Berlusconi stuns all by backing Letta   Italy's former prime minister chose to support the vote of confidence in prime minister Enrico Letta rather than see his party split       Broadband trials seek to use white space     EU Commission chief aims to cut red tape     Thriller writer Tom Clancy dies     Party conferences signal gear shift   Markets   Stocks fall as US fiscal worries grow   Global equities and the dollar came under pressure from fresh concerns about the US fiscal crisis, although the S&P 500 pared an early decline       Central banks joined EM asset sell-off     Bears line up on sterling after highs     EU rescue fund bonds predicted to fly     Dividend stocks are losing their allure   Asia & Pacific News   Indonesia: winning friends and influence   Dramatic economic growth over past decade and changing geopolitical environment have placed Jakarta in strong position to boost global influence       Myanmar transition is on the road – just     Obama cancels part of Asia trip amid crisis   Asia-Pacific Companies News   Australia raises China iron ore import forecast   In spite of strong demand from China, prices were unlikely to rise excessively because of increased production       Tesco profits hit by Europe weakness     Japanese airline dogfight in public twist     Hong Kong battles to liven up IPO market         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.