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Monday October 14 2013
 
 
UK Homepage
 
Lloyds warns of Help to Buy bubble
 
One of most enthusiastic supporters of initiative to make home ownership more affordable says policy could only succeed if accompanied by broader reform
 
 
 
Vegetable prices fuel Chinese inflation
 
 
Senate takes over US budget negotiations
 
 
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Royal Mail in Wonderland?
 

Royal Mail shares on their first day in the market were trading at a premium of more than 30 per cent to the final offer price. Lex's Vincent Boland and Nikki Tait discuss the UK group's debut.

 
US homepage
 
Iran draws red line ahead of nuclear talks
 
More positively, Iran says it is prepared to negotiate over 'the form, amount, and various levels of [uranium] enrichment' within its atomic programme
 
 
 
China developer in $5bn Brooklyn move
 
 
Gulf oil production hits record
 
Europe homepage
 
Bank exposure to EU states' bonds on rise
 
Despite official pledges by eurozone authorities to break 'sovereign-bank nexus', government bonds accounting for more of lenders' capital
 
 
 
New alliance in Brazil threatens Rousseff
 
 
Merck explores 'risk-sharing' deals
 
Asia homepage
 
UK to relax tourist visa rules for Chinese
 
Issue a bugbear for British retailers, who complain cumbersome bureaucracy is preventing access to visitors who typically spend £1,676 per trip
 
 
 
Himalayan floods: climate change blamed
 
 
JPMorgan's legal burden weighs on banks
 
World News
 
French far right sweeps to victory in local election
 
Blow came despite calls from President François Hollande's Socialist party for its supporters and other leftist voters to rally behind a rival candidate
 
 
 
UK plans safe route for Somalia payments
 
 
Israel unearths Gaza 'terror tunnel'
 
 
Fears voiced over trade pact standards
 
 
Austerity hits Spain's cultural ambitions
 
Companies News
 
Job half done for Lloyds' chief
 
Two years after taking the UK bank's helm and with stabilisation achieved, the Portuguese CEO's attention now shifts to the government's sell-down
 
 
 
UK banks set to face pension pressure
 
 
Business faces cyber threat challenge
 
 
Reinsurers fight 'too big to fail' label
 
 
Hedge funds shun marketing route
 
Markets
 
Urals Energy receives cash approach
 
Bid for Aim-quoted Russian oil explorer is two-thirds higher than latest closing price and comes amid dissident shareholders' push for board changes
 
 
 
Oppenheimer defends Puerto Rico strategy
 
Comment
 
Sclerosis of the US 'non-essential' state
 
Avoiding disaster is turning into Obama's abiding role. Top of the list is stopping a sovereign default
 
 
 
US budget battle is the wrong fight
 
 
Blame bad policy for Europe's lost growth
 
 
Be wary of following US on tuition fees
 
 
The grim theatre of Mexico's drugs war
 
Management
 
Liam Casey, PCH International chief
 
The Irish founder of the sourcing business, who set it up 17 years ago with only $20,000 to his name, explains why he finds it impossible not to work hard in China
 
 
 
Competence beats confidence every time
 
 
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