| * China and Singapore agree renminbi pact * Trading cautious ahead of US jobs data * Starbucks chief defends China coffee prices * South Korean stocks win favour * Apollo's deal for Cooper Tire hits snag * Simandou stand-off poses Guinea dilemma * Trouble brewing in Myanmar * Consortium wins Brazil deepwater oilfield auction * BHP raises iron ore output forecasts Markets: mixed China and Singapore agree renminbi pact
Asian city-state to become the latest country to introduce direct trading with China's currency, a week after London agrees a similar deal
http://on.ft.com/1ddWBpJ Trading cautious ahead of US jobs data
Australian stocks hit a fresh peak on signs China's economy has revived, but Greater Chinese markets weighed by fears of developing property bubble
http://on.ft.com/17FIX7C Starbucks chief defends China coffee prices
John Culver, who is based in Seattle, said the price of a Starbucks café latte in China was close to and in some cases lower than competitors' prices
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/71bafbd2-3ab3-11e3-9243-00144feab7de.html South Korean stocks win favour
Foreign investors target a market that is tightly correlated to economic recovery in China, Europe and the US
http://on.ft.com/1ddWBpN Apollo's deal for Cooper Tire hits snag
Trustees of the US group's UK pension scheme might ask regulators to intervene amid concern additional debt would become obligation of Cooper
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d06f304-3a6a-11e3-9243-00144feab7de.html Simandou stand-off poses Guinea dilemma
Guinea is keen to pursue allegations of BSGR bribery over Simandou, but the legal dispute leaves conundrum for the government and investors
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6f27deac-3686-11e3-aaf1-00144feab7de.html Trouble brewing in Myanmar
Legal dispute in Myanmar between a Thai conglomerate and its military-linked local partner is shaping up as a test case for foreign investment
http://on.ft.com/17FIZMO Consortium wins Brazil deepwater oilfield auction
A consortium led by Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell, France's Total and PetroChina and its sister company Cnooc, won the bid for Brazil's Libra deepwater oilfield in an auction on Monday.
http://on.ft.com/GYf6QY BHP raises iron ore output forecasts
BHP Billiton nudged up its forecast for iron ore output this year as the world's largest mining group by volume said it was seeing the benefits of improvements at its Australian operations that supply the key steelmaking commodity.
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