Asia Morning Headlines: US mortgages probe targets nine banks, Berlin claims...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday October 24 2013     Asia homepage   US mortgages probe targets nine banks   The threat of potential action could spell more trouble for banks as they try to put the 2008 financial crisis and mounting legal bills behind them       Berlin claims US targeted Merkel phone     Pinterest value leaps 52% to $3.8bn     GSK China sales plummet 60% since scandal     Draghi's blunt warning on bank stress tests     US Congress aims to tighten laundering laws     China and India agree border pact     Abe urged to review Tepco's future     Spain emerges from two-year recession     Apple iPad shuts window on Microsoft         World News   Chinese newspaper takes on the police   In what is seen as an unusual example of mainland media taking 'overt' action, a front-page editorial calls for the release of detained reporter       Pope suspends German 'bishop of bling'     Berlusconi faces new bribery trial     Blame flies over healthcare website flaw     Greece halts state funding to Golden Dawn   Markets   Equities in retreat as buoyant mood fades   The S&P 500 slips from record high amid doubts over US corporate earnings and worries about Chinese and European banks       'Rich country' creditors seek EM lender accord     Oil traders hunger for lost years of volatility     Value investors see tech stocks coming of age     'Helicopter' Ben offers clues to Yellen Fed   Asia & Pacific News   Scarce supply drives up Myanmar property   Research from estate agency shows Yangon had passed Singapore's office rental rates of $74/sq m by the first quarter of this year       FDI falters in Indonesia     Drone strikes set a dangerous precedent   Asia-Pacific Companies News   ZTE: loosening at the margins   Shareholders have given the Chinese phones and telecoms equipment group the one-day bashing of the year – harsh but not unwarranted       HTC cuts production as cash flow worsens         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.