In today's FT: Osborne to launch Islamic bond plan, Feinstein deman...

 
 
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Tuesday October 29 2013
 
 
UK Homepage
 
Osborne to launch Islamic bond plan
 
Chancellor hopes that £200m bond or sukuk will act as a catalyst for the City to become a leading player in the $1tn sharia-compliant bond market
 
 
 
Feinstein demands total US intelligence review
 
 
Iran tries to lure back western oil groups
 
 
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Apple upbeat over iPhone sales drive
 
Tim Cook says group was 'stronger than ever' and would consider returning more cash to shareholders, amid calls for increased buyback programme
 
 
 
Google accelerates Glass rollout
 
 
Briton charged with hacking US government
 
Europe homepage
 
Global stocks hover near six-year peaks
 
World equities traded at their highest levels since January 2008 amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will refrain from tapering QE until next year
 
 
 
EADS plans defence job cuts
 
 
G4S faces abuse claims at S African jail
 
Asia homepage
 
Mizuho's flaws opened doors to gangsters
 
A report into shady lending at Mizuho explains how yakuza managed to circumvent controls and extract about $2m from Japan's second-biggest bank
 
 
 
China-Japan tensions mount over Senkaku
 
 
Samsung talks apps with Silicon Valley
 
World News
 
US asks whether allies' spy fury is real
 
Some in Washington see European complaints as hypocritical and designed to gain an upper hand in broader negotiations about data sharing
 
 
 
Peronists battle as Fernández is crushed
 
 
Libya instability fuels EU migrant fears
 
 
Cosatu crisis exacerbates S Africa woes
 
 
Eurozone budget leniency criticised
 
Companies News
 
Deutsche Börse considers deal on Iran case
 
Exchange operator has always denied any wrongdoing but set aside $340m for any potential penalty
 
 
 
Swiss open criminal probe in F1 scandal
 
 
Batista creditors strike gasfield deal
 
 
Sprawling G4S faces questions over control
 
 
Radio broadcasters face tech challenge
 
Markets
 
New UK Bitcoin exchange to bar US clients
 
Coinfloor, which is being pitched by its founders as a forum for high-frequency trading in Bitcoin, will open initially only to customers in the UK and the rest of Europe
 
 
 
Thailand poised for $15bn of debt sales
 
 
Big banks muscle in on peer-to-peer lending
 
 
Moody's warns on rise in US bank lending
 
 
Gold jumps on hope of Fed taper delay
 
Comment
 
Rights abusers can breathe more easily
 
Lofty western principles are being undermined by a desire to please the powerful in countries with a more selective approach to justice
 
 
 
The paradox at the heart of UK posturing
 
 
London can be an Islamic finance hub
 
 
Leaks have eroded US control of the web
 
 
A wobbly 'march of the makers'
 
Management
 
Life with a narcissistic manager
 
Self-obsession can take executives to the top and drive business success, but the trait can also carry downside risks
 
 
 
A €15,000 bathtub? Hair shirts fit better
 
 
Takeda looks outwards
 
 
Rebranding of HMV
 
 
 
 
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