| * Obama cancels Malaysia trip amid crisis * Alrosa set for public offering in Moscow * Thai concerns over growing gold habit * Multinationals buy more forex protection * EM currencies give up post-Fed gains * Emerging-Market Energy Shares Fall as Technology Index Rallies * Echoes of the past in Alibaba demands * SGX looks to expand overseas presence * EM currency turmoil hits European groups * Men find a place on China's factory floor * No sign of growth for India's manufacturers * Newmont considers Glencore Peru project * Aspen pays £700m for GSK's clotting drugs * Markets: mixed Obama cancels Malaysia trip amid crisis
A visit to Malaysia by Barack Obama has become the first political casualty of the US government shutdown with questions marks remaining over other parts of his Asian tour
http://on.ft.com/1bqBWyI Alrosa set for public offering in Moscow
Alrosa, the world's largest diamond producer by output, has announced plans for a Moscow public offering, with the company's government owners and management selling a collective 16 per cent stake in the company for an estimated $1bn to $1.5bn.
http://on.ft.com/16goV6K Thai concerns over growing gold habit
Consumer gold demand in Thailand rose 58 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2013 amid central bank concerns that the rise in demand is being driven by currency speculators
http://on.ft.com/1bqBWyF Multinationals buy more forex protection
Multinational companies are buying more financial protection against swings in emerging markets currencies, after being hit by a summer of volatility
http://on.ft.com/1bt7dxu EM currencies give up post-Fed gains
Except for the Romanian leu, all emerging market currencies have slipped below the levels they reached against the dollar on September 19
http://on.ft.com/1bt7fpb Emerging-Market Energy Shares Fall as Technology Index Rallies
Emerging-market energy and consumer discretionary stocks fell, while technology shares rose to the highest level in 13 years. Indonesia's rupiah led declines among developing-nation currencies.
http://bloom.bg/16XhZqK Echoes of the past in Alibaba demands
Co-founder Jack Ma wanted to stuff his board with supporters after going public, but his scheme was rejected by the city's guardians of governance
http://on.ft.com/1bt7fpe SGX looks to expand overseas presence
Singapore exchange to tap overseas customers for its derivatives and equities products with US office reopening and boost to London office
http://on.ft.com/1bt7fpf EM currency turmoil hits European groups
Big currency fluctuations in markets such as India, Brazil, Turkey and Indonesia have shown large European multinationals can no longer rely on them
http://on.ft.com/1bt7fpg Men find a place on China's factory floor
Era of the 'factory girl' is ending as a tight labour market forces employers to recruit male workers to churn out products for export
http://on.ft.com/16Tqpj1 No sign of growth for India's manufacturers
Despite a weakening in the currency factory output in India remains in contraction territory
http://on.ft.com/16Tqpj6 Asian smartphone makers eye developing markets
Lower handset prices and margins prompt companies to cut costs and raise efficiency as they try to appeal to consumers at both ends of the spectrum
http://on.ft.com/15HkgqK Newmont considers Glencore Peru project
Las Bambas is to be auctioned by Glencore Xstrata and will possibly fetch up to $5bn, with Chinese mining groups among the favourites to win the asset
http://on.ft.com/15HkgqQ Aspen pays £700m for GSK's clotting drugs
Deal is second-largest this year by sub-Saharan Africa group buying assets outside the continent and allows GSK to focus on profitable new medicines
http://on.ft.com/15HkgqU Emerging Markets
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Bovespa up +1.61% at 53,179 Asia
Nikkei 225 down -2.17% at 14,170
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MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.38% at 460.94 Currencies
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Brent Crude (ICE) unchanged 0.00 at 107.94
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