In today's FT: Help to Buy a risk to stability, say MPs, China and ...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Tuesday October 08 2013     UK Homepage   Help to Buy a risk to stability, say MPs   Treasury select committee to issue warning that programme, which could underwrite up to £130bn of mortgages, likely to 'raise prices rather than new supply       China and Japan warn US on default     Penalties planned for banks receiving ECB aid         Video   Sellers key to upturn in IPOs   Twitter and Royal Mail are but two of the companies that are coming to market. Lex's Oliver Ralph and Vincent Boland discuss what is driving the pick-up in IPOs   US homepage   Alcatel-Lucent to cut 10,000 jobs   About 900 job losses will be in France, although the struggling telecoms equipment maker also plans to create 5,000 new positions in growth areas       Monte dei Paschi agrees capital increase     Thomson Reuters to refocus after Libor loss   Europe homepage   Norway's new government targets infrastructure   New rightwing coalition announced on Monday night a programme aimed at boosting private enterprise through trimming taxes and bureaucracy       Head surgery for Argentina's Fernández     US defends terror suspect raids   Asia homepage   Japan's current account surplus shrinks   Japans current account balance contracted by nearly two-thirds in August year-on-year against expectations of an 18 per cent rise       Zoellick joins Goldman Sachs as adviser     Young Chinese shun factories for 'easy' jobs   World News   Serbia seeks billions in loans from UAE   Gulf state expected to provide $1bn on 'favourable terms' this year, with further loans taking the total to $2bn-$3bn by the end of 2014       Poll funding case against Sarkozy dropped     TPP members note Japan's 'determination'     IMF warns Fed of QE exit 'spillovers'     Sharif to select new Pakistan army chief   Companies News   Vodafone aims to raise Indian unit stake   UK-based telecoms group aims to use the funds to buy out minority sharehodlers as it takes advantage of new foreign investment rules       DE Shaw shuts doors to new investors     Advertisers remain cautious on Twitter     US defence contractors recall staff     Markit sends rivals message of intent   Markets   Markets edgy as US shutdown continues   Equity markets and the dollar come under pressure as the partial US government shutdown weighs, while a stronger yen helps drag down the Nikkei       Money fears point to more ECB bank loans     Africa bond issues soar to record sums     Yen stands out as haven in US debt drama     Bats Chi-X moves into listings business   Comment   America cannot live so carelessly forever   Repeated games of Russian roulette are never advisable. It is possible that this time Congress will spin the chamber and find that there really is a bullet in it       UK eurosceptics are not ready for a fight     Time Argentina talked to its creditors     Pay should not be too complex to value     Germany must open up its service sector   Management   Public speaking, private fears   As the ability to give a good talk becomes more important and offers greater rewards, experts offer advice on how to cope with stage fright       Danger of a rush of power to the head     Blueprint for Azul updated for Brazil     Europ Assistance's submarine in Milan         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.