In today's FT: UK opens doors to Chinese banks, Senate closes in on...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Tuesday October 15 2013     UK Homepage   UK opens doors to Chinese banks   Chancellor expected to offer the prospect of special terms to state-owned banks as part of 'personal mission' to make London a Chinese offshore banking centre       Senate closes in on deal to reopen US government     Cameron to urge Brussels on market reform         Video   Peugeot's big fall   Peugeot's dependency on the European market and the suggestion that Peugeot may be preparing a €3bn rights issue, supported by Dongfeng, has driven the French carmaker's share price sharply lower. Lex's Vincent Boland and Nikki Tait discuss the fall.   US homepage   BlackBerry ad campaign aims to calm customers   Smartphone maker is struggling to reverse a sales decline following the launch of its BlackBerry 10 operating system and four new devices that use it       Swiss to sign tax evasion convention     Asia buoyed by prospect of US debt deal   Europe homepage   Moscow launches probe of Uralkali chief   'Potash War' takes unexpected turn as Russia's equivalent of the FBI starts investigation that could see Vladislav Baumgertner extradited from Belarus       Abe's trade pact push sparks infighting     Rulings dent London's role as libel hub   Asia homepage   Dumex shakes up staff amid China claims   Danone's baby-food brand accepts 'full accountability' following allegations it bribed doctors and nurses to push parents to buy infant-milk formula       Twitter aims to sell ads on others' sites     Big appetite for China banking licences   World News   Iran seeks road map for nuclear solution   Mohammad Javad Zarif, foreign minister, hopes the Geneva talks with six world powers will set out a plan to end the decade-long stand-off       Far-right victory stirs fear in Paris     Fama, Hansen and Shiller win Nobel Prize     Merkel stays coy on coalition choice     Belgium detains suspected Somali pirates   Companies News   Puerto Rican woes hit US bond insurers   S&P warns MBIA and Assured Guaranty that they will need to set aside more than $100m if US territory's credit rating is downgraded by two categories       Investors pile pressure on Tesco     Riadys show talent for survival     US oil boom faces costs pressure     Brussels warns Alitalia on capital boost   Markets   US ethanol credits drop sharply on leak   Leaked proposal indicates EPA examining deep cuts to Washington biofuels mandate. Renewable Identification Numbers are trading down 25% from last week       Tech-related precious metals tumble     Forex funds feel strain of debt deadlock     US tech groups' profit growth in focus     US energy revolution ends old Opec regime   Comment   Japan's unsettling glimpse of the future   The country's drive to maintain cohesion and respect promises made to citizens is admirable. But it has paid a price for emphasising social harmony       UK journey from austerity has hardly begun     'Sharing economy' erodes workers' rights     Ireland is sticking with the devils it knows     Efficient markets hypothesis merits Nobel   Management   The hunt for the Hispanic dollar   Companies are trying to attract a US population that is becoming less and less homogenous       Icahn and Loeb cannot be shut out     A new business model for Noah     A telekinetic surprise for 'Carrie'         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.