Europe Morning Headlines: Berlin claims US targeted Merkel phone, Liquidity sh...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Thursday October 24 2013     Europe homepage   Berlin claims US targeted Merkel phone   White House denies the US had access to Angela Merkel's phone calls, rekindling debate in Germany about the NSA's reported mass surveillance in Europe       Liquidity shrinks as China renews tightening     Pinterest value leaps 52% to $3.8bn     Draghi's blunt warning on bank stress tests     Australia equities a bright spot amid gloom         Markets   China conjures up 'bad bank' magic trick   The solution to the prospect of growing bad debts is the same as in the past: socialise the debt through the creation of a new generation of asset management companies       'Rich country' creditors seek EM lender accord     Oil traders hunger for lost years of volatility     Value investors see tech stocks coming of age     Relief for start-ups as SEC outlines crowdfunding rules   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   Europe News   Russia drops piracy charges   Thirty Greenpeace activists, who tried to scale an oil platform, have had charges of piracy dropped against them in Russia       Euro bank tests bring unanswered questions     Roma case exposes Greek registry flaws     Britain and France clash over regulation     ECB must battle on two fronts   European Companies News   Chancellor urged against splitting RBS   Shareholders fear crystallising of losses and suggest that the bank's assets are recovering, saying the idea would destroy value for the bank       Peugeot warns over cost-reduction targets     Foreign investors chase Spanish 'bad loans'     'Red director' Bogdanov sticks to old ways     Russian puzzle proves hard to crack         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.